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Reginald Beck (5 February 1902 – 12 July 1992) was a British film editor with forty-nine credits from 1932 to 1985. He is noted primarily for films done with Laurence Olivier in the 1940s and with Joseph Losey in the 1960s and 1970s. His sister, Violet Hélène (called "Helen"), was wife of actor Peter Cushing.
Reginald Beck was born on 5 February 1902 in St Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was an editor and director, known for Don Giovanni (1979), Hamlet (1948) and Modesty Blaise (1966). He died on 12 July 1992 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.
- Editor, Editorial Department, Director
- February 5, 1902
- Reginald Beck
- July 12, 1992
The BEHP Interview with Reginald Beck: An archival audio recording, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project, featuring the editor, and regular Losey collaborator Reginald Beck in conversation with Alan Lawson.
Jul 28, 1992 · Reginald Beck, film editor, born St Petersburg Russia 1902, died 12 July 1992. VSEVOLOD PUDOVKIN, the Russian director and cinema theorist, described editing as 'the foundation of film art'.
Reginald Beck (5 February 1902 – 12 July 1992) was a British film editor with forty-nine credits from 1932 to 1985. He is noted primarily for films done with Lawrence Olivier in the 1940s and with Joseph Losey in the 1960s and 1970s.
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BFI Screenonline: Beck, Reginald (1902-1992) Biography. After emigrating with his family from Russia to England in 1915, Reginald Beck entered Gainsborough's Islington Studios in 1927, initially as a camera assistant, on films including The Vortex (d. Adrian Brunel, 1928) and several directed by T. Hayes Hunter.
