# Lester Orlebeck

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{{short description|American film editor}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| image        =
| name         = Lester Orlebeck
| birth_name   = Lester John Orlebeke
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1907|6|26}}
| birth_place  = [Sheboygan, Wisconsin](/source/Sheboygan%2C_Wisconsin), USA
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|1970|8|2|1907|6|26}}
| death_place  = [Los Angeles, California](/source/Los_Angeles%2C_California), USA
| occupation   = Film editor, film director
| years_active = 1935–1970
| spouse       = Geraldine Wisecup 
}}

'''Lester Orlebeck''' (June 26, 1907 &ndash; August 2, 1970) was an American [film editor](/source/film_editor) and [director](/source/film_director) who worked on more than 100 films and television shows between 1935 and 1970.<ref name="BFI">{{Cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba911b0a6 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720222344/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba911b0a6 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 20, 2012 |title=Lester Orlebeck |accessdate=February 23, 2014 |work=BFI}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O79eJXn1GT8C&q=%22lester+orlebeck%22+editor&pg=PA100|title=Roy Rogers: A Biography, Radio History, Television Career Chronicle, Discography, Filmography, Comicography, Merchandising and Advertising History, Collectibles Description, Bibliography, and Index|last=Phillips|first=Robert W.|date=May 1, 1995|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-89950-937-2|language=en}}</ref>

==Biography==
Lester was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, to John Orlebeke and Mary Ellen Boyd. According to census records, his father's family was from Holland, and his mother's family hailed from Ireland.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}} Lester moved to Los Angeles as a young man and found employment as a film editor and occasional director at [Republic Studios](/source/Republic_Studios). He helped make training films for the U.S. Air Force during World War II, during which time he was stationed in Dayton, Ohio.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/242461604/?terms=%22lester+orlebeck%22|title=Hollywood Film Expert of Sheboygan Writes of Service|last=|first=|date=December 9, 1942|website=The Sheboygan Press|language=en|access-date=December 1, 2019}}</ref> He died of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California, in 1970, at the age of 63.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/240741236/?terms=%22lester+orlebeck%22|title=Lester J. Orleback|last=|first=|date=August 4, 1970|website=The Sheboygan Press|language=en|access-date=December 1, 2019}}</ref>

==Selected filmography==
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* ''[Ghost-Town Gold](/source/Ghost-Town_Gold)'' (1936)
* ''[Range Defenders](/source/Range_Defenders)'' (1937)
* ''[Come on, Cowboys](/source/Come_on%2C_Cowboys)'' (1937)
* ''[The Old Barn Dance](/source/The_Old_Barn_Dance)'' (1938)
* ''[Billy the Kid Returns](/source/Billy_the_Kid_Returns)'' (1938)
* ''[The Arizona Kid](/source/The_Arizona_Kid_(1939_film))'' (1939)
* ''[Rough Riders' Round-up](/source/Rough_Riders'_Round-up)'' (1939)
* ''[Southward Ho](/source/Southward_Ho)'' (1939)
* ''[Heroes of the Saddle](/source/Heroes_of_the_Saddle)'' (1940)
* ''[The Ranger and the Lady](/source/The_Ranger_and_the_Lady)'' (1940)
* ''[Young Bill Hickok](/source/Young_Bill_Hickok)'' (1940)
* ''[Pioneers of the West](/source/Pioneers_of_the_West)'' (1940)
* ''[Prairie Pioneers](/source/Prairie_Pioneers)'' (1941)
* ''[Pals of the Pecos](/source/Pals_of_the_Pecos)'' (1941)
* ''[Saddlemates](/source/Saddlemates)'' (1941)
* ''[Outlaws of Cherokee Trail](/source/Outlaws_of_Cherokee_Trail)'' (1941)
* ''[Gauchos of El Dorado](/source/Gauchos_of_El_Dorado)'' (1941)
* ''[West of Cimarron](/source/West_of_Cimarron)'' (1941)
* ''[Nevada City](/source/Nevada_City_(1941_film))'' (1941)
* ''[Sunset on the Desert](/source/Sunset_on_the_Desert)'' (1942)
* ''[Shadows on the Sage](/source/Shadows_on_the_Sage)'' (1942)
* ''[Stagecoach to Denver](/source/Stagecoach_to_Denver)'' (1946)
* ''[Apache Rose](/source/Apache_Rose)'' (1947)
* ''[Bells of San Angelo](/source/Bells_of_San_Angelo)'' (1947)
* ''[Teaserama](/source/Teaserama)'' (1955)
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==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0650046|Lester Orlebeck}}

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Category:1907 births
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Category:People from Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Category:Film directors from Wisconsin
Category:American film editors
Category:20th-century American people

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