Golden Scissors Award "The Longest Yard" 1974
1974 Edited the celebrated football sequence of Robert Aldrich's "The Longest Yard"
1920 Emigrated from Italy to Los Angeles at the age of nine
First film industry job, gate guard at MGM Studio
Joined the film editing department at MGM (date approximate)
As a member of the Arthur Freed unit at MGM for eight years, worked on musicals such as "Girl Crazy", "Meet Me in St. Louis", "Ziegfeld Follies", "Til the Clouds Roll By" and "Easter Parade"
Worked at Hal Roach Studios
Moved to Warner Bros.
Hired by 20th Century-Fox
Worked at Paramount
Segued to TV
Worked as an editor on "The Lone Ranger"
Worked in TV through the 1970s as an editor on such series as "The Wild, Wild West", "Hawaii Five-O", "Gilligan's Island" and "The Brady Bunch"
