James Sweeney (film editor)
- For others with the same name, see James Sweeney (disambiguation)
James Sweeney (1901–1957) was an American film editor.
Sweeney was born in Illinois and started his Hollywood career in 1929. After starting as a film editor for Columbia, including a number of Three Stooges short subjects, Sweeney spent most of the rest of his career on Columbia features and programmers. He was active through 1957, and worked on about 100 films and some early television series.
Filmography
Sweeney's work includes:
- Shadow Ranch, 1930
- Woman Haters, 1934 (the first Three Stooges short)
- Three Little Pigskins, 1934 (Three Stooges)
- Horses' Collars, 1935 (Three Stooges)
- Hoi Polloi, 1935 (Three Stooges)
- Pop Goes the Easel, 1935 (Three Stooges)
- Pardon My Scotch, 1935 (Three Stooges)
- Trapped by Television, 1936
- Venus Makes Trouble, 1937
- Atlantic Convoy (1942)
- Is Everybody Happy?, 1943
- Best Man Wins, 1948
- Gun Fury, 1953
- The Incredible Petrified World, 1958