Ra Hould

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Ra Hould a.k.a. Ronald Sinclair (21 January 1924 - 22 November 1992) was child actor from New Zealand, turned film editor.

[edit] Early career

Born Richard Arthur Hould, he was a juvenile player turned film editor who retained his celebrity in his native New Zealand long after the end of his Hollywood acting career. Sinclair's feature credits include William Wellman's The Light That Failed, Tower of London, Alexander Korda's That Hamilton Woman and Raoul Walsh's Desperate Journey. He also appeared in a series of children's adventure films featuring the Five Little Peppers

[edit] Late career

In 1955 Sinclair began a long and fruitful collaboration with producer-director Roger Corman which led to a busy career in low-budget independent filmmaking. Sinclair edited Corman's directorial debut, Five Guns West, and went on to work on at least a dozen of his films including Machine Gun Kelly, The Intruder, The Premature Burial, The Raven and The Trip. He also edited a number of films by another low-rent auteur with big ideas, Bert I. Gordon: The Amazing Colossal Man, Invasion of the Saucer Men, War of the Colossal Beast, Attack of the Puppet People, and The Spider.