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- Jack Murray was born on March 20, 1909. He was an editor, known for The Quiet Man (1952), The Searchers (1956) and Battle of Broadway (1938). He died on February 7, 1961 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Wept when he began editing "The Quiet Man". He said that Ford was such a master of his craft that the film required nothing from him as an editor other than sticking the bits of film together. He said Ford had cut the film in the camera - not a frame was wasted or needed to be removed.
- Hollywood editor who plied his trade at Fox (1929-38) and then worked primarily for John Ford/Argosy between 1947 and 1961. All up, Murray cut fifteen of the director's films.
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