Reginald Beck

Reginald Beck was a British film editor with forty-nine credits.^[1][2] He was born in Russia, but his family emigrated to Britain while still a child. He began working in the film industry in 1927 when he joined Gainsborough Pictures before going on to work on quota quickies at Wembley Studios. He later worked with a number of directors including Carol Reed, David Lean, Laurence Olivier and Joseph Losey.^[3] In his obituary, Anthony Sloman wrote of the seventeen films that Beck edited with director Losey, "Their professional and personal relationship was regarded as one of the great screen partnerships".^[1]

Beck worked with Laurence Olivier on Henry V (1944) and on Hamlet (1948). Sloman writes, "above all, it is for his immense contributions to Henry V and Hamlet that the British film industry is forever in his debt."^[1]

Selected filmography

• The Return of Raffles (Markham-1932)
• The Laughter of Fools (1933)
• Find the Lady (1936)
• Calling All Ma's (1937)
• The Stars Look Down (Reed-1939)
• Quiet Wedding (Asquith-1941)
• Henry V (Olivier-1944)
• Hamlet (Olivier-1948) (Associate producer)
• The Beggar's Opera (Brook-1953)
• Harry Black (Fregonese-1958)
• The Gypsy and the Gentleman (Losey-1958)
• Modesty Blaise (Losey-1966)
• Accident (Losey-1967)
• Secret Ceremony (Losey-1968)
• The Go-Between (Losey-1970)
• The Assassination of Trotsky (Losey-1972)
• Steaming (Losey-1985)

See also

• List of film director and editor collaborations

References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Sloman, Tony (29 July 1992). "Obituary: Reginald Beck". The Independent. 
2. ↑ Reginald Beck at the Internet Movie Database
3. ↑ "Beck, Reginald (1902-1992)".  From Perkins, Roy; Stollery, Martin (2004). British Film Editors: The Heart of the Movie. British Film Institute.