Richard Cahoon

{{Short description|American film editor (1905–1985)}} {{Infobox person | name = Richard Cahoon | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1905|10|1}} | birth_place = Italy | death_date = {{death date and age|1985|9|19|1905|10|1}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California, United States | birth_name = | occupation = Editor | spouse = | years_active = 1929-1970 }}

'''Richard Cahoon''' (October 1, 1905 — September 19, 1985) was an American editor of both film and television. During his career he edited over 40 feature films, and over a dozen television series. His work earned him an Emmy nomination and two Eddie Awards.

==Career== Cahoon's film career began at Universal Studios with his work on the 1929 William Wyler melodrama, ''The Shakedown''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=12010 | title=The Shakedown: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= November 28, 2015}}</ref> It was one of five films he would work on that year, including the comedy, ''The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City'',<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=1404 | title=The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= November 28, 2015}}</ref> In 1930, Cahoon became engaged to Margaret Pickstone.<ref>{{cite news | newspaper=The Film Daily | title=A Little from "Lots" | last=Wilk | first=Ralph | date=October 23, 1930 | page=9 | url=https://archive.org/stream/filmdailyvolume55354newy#page/1116/mode/2up/search/%22Richard+Cahoon%22 | accessdate=November 28, 2015}}{{Open access}}</ref> In the 1930s, some of the notable films on which he worked include: the Technicolor film ''Mamba'' (1930), starring Jean Hersholt;<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=10534 | title=Mamba: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= November 28, 2015}}</ref> the World War I drama, ''The Mad Parade'' (1931), with a cast consisting entirely of women;<ref>{{cite news | newspaper=The Film Daily | title=The Mad Parade | date=September 20, 1931 | page=10 | url=https://archive.org/stream/filmdailyvolume55657newy#page/642/mode/2up/search/%22Richard+Cahoon%22 | accessdate=November 28, 2015}}{{Open access}}</ref> the 1931 B film drama, ''Men in Her Life'';<ref>{{cite news | newspaper=The Film Daily | title=Hollywood Flashes | last=Wilk | first=Ralph | date=October 5, 1931 | page=8 | url=https://archive.org/stream/filmdailyvolume55657newy#page/746/mode/2up/search/%22Richard+Cahoon%22 | accessdate=November 28, 2015}}{{Open access}}</ref> ''Air Hostess'', a 1933 melodrama directed by Albert Rogell;<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=7480 | title=Air Hostess: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= November 28, 2015}}</ref> the 1934 drama ''Whirlpool'', starring Jack Holt and Jean Arthur;<ref>{{cite news | newspaper=The Film Daily | title=Reviews of the New Features: "The Whirlpool" | date=May 5, 1934 | page=4 | url=https://archive.org/stream/filmdail65wids#page/n315/mode/2up/search/%22Richard+Cahoon%22 | accessdate=November 28, 2015}}{{Open access}}</ref> two 1934 features starring Fay Wray, ''Black Moon'' and ''Once to Every Woman'';<ref>{{cite news | newspaper=The Film Daily | title=Feature and Short Reviews: "Black Moon" | date=June 28, 1934 | page=4 | url=https://archive.org/stream/filmdail65wids#page/n765/mode/2up/search/%22Richard+Cahoon%22 | accessdate=November 28, 2015}}{{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=8535 | title=Once to Every Woman: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= November 28, 2015}}</ref> the 1935 aviation drama, ''Air Hawks'', which featured Wiley Post in his only screen performance;<ref>{{cite news | newspaper=The Film Daily | title=Reviews of the New Pictures: "Air Hawks" | date=June 1, 1935 | page=4 | url=https://archive.org/stream/filmdail67wids#page/n545/mode/2up/search/%22Richard+Cahoon%22 | accessdate=November 28, 2015}}{{Open access}}</ref> the 1935 adaptation of the Russian classic of the same name, ''Crime and Punishment'', directed by Josef von Sternberg;<ref>{{cite news | newspaper=The Film Daily | title=Reviews of the New Films: "Crime and Punishment" | date=November 22, 1935 | page=8 | url=https://archive.org/stream/filmdailyvolume668newy#page/1272/mode/2up/search/%22Richard+Cahoon%22 | accessdate=November 28, 2015}}{{Open access}}</ref> and ''The Mysterious Avenger'' (1936), a B-film directed by David Selman and starring Charles Starrett.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=8574 | title=The Mysterious Avenger: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= November 30, 2015}}</ref> After 1936, Cahoon's career cooled off a bit, and he would only edit 3 films between 1936 and the end of the 1940s, including the final two films in the Scattergood Baines film series: ''Scattergood Survives a Murder'' and ''Cinderella Swings It''.<ref name=AFIF>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/SearchResult.aspx?s=&retailCheck=&Type=PN&CatID=DATABIN_WRITER&ID=129683&AN_ID=&searchedFor=Richard_Cahoon_ | title=Richard Cahoon filmography | accessdate=November 30, 2015}}</ref>

In the mid-1950s, Cahoon reinvigorated his career. After editing the Maureen O'Hara and Anthony Quinn film, ''The Magnificent Matador'' in 1955, he began working in the medium for which he achieved his greatest success: television. That same year he would edit the premiere episode of the short-lived television series, ''Luke and the Tenderfoot'', titled "The Boston Kid".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3415414/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm | publisher=Internet Movie Database | title=Luke and the Tenderfoot: The Boston Kid | accessdate=November 30, 2015}}</ref> After editing ''The Indian Fighter'', starring Kirk Douglas and Walter Matthau,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=53573| title=The Indian Fighter: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= November 30, 2015}}</ref> and ''Navy Wife'', starring Joan Bennett, Gary Merrill, and Shirley Yamaguchi,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=51935 | title=Navy Wife: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= November 30, 2015}}</ref> Cahoon would spend the remainder of his career focusing on the small screen.

After working on several television shows in the mid and late 1950s, including ''You Are There'', ''Broken Arrow'', ''How to Marry a Millionaire'', and ''Tombstone Territory'', Cahoon spent 9 years editing ''Perry Mason'', for which he worked during the entire run of the series.<ref name=imdb>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0128735/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 | publisher=Internet Movie Database | title=Richard Cahoon | accessdate=November 30, 2015}}</ref> In 1961, Cahoon would be nominated for an Emmy for his editing on the series, although he would lose to the editors of the ''Naked City''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1961?page=1 | publisher=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences | title=13th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners | accessdate=November 30, 2015}}</ref> During the rest of the 1960s he would work on several other television series, including ''Twelve O'Clock High'', ''The Fugitive'', and ''I Spy''.<ref name=imdb /> His final editing position was on the television series, ''Medical Center'', for which he would win two Eddie Awards, in 1971 and 1972.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0128735/awards?ref_=nm_awd | publisher=Internet Movie Database | title=Richard Cahoon: Awards | accessdate=November 30, 2015}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===Feature films===  (Per AFI database)<ref name=AFIF />

{{div col|colwidth=22em}} *''The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City'' (1929) *''College Love'' (1929) *''Painted Faces'' (1929) *''The Shakedown'' (1929) *''Border Romance'' (1930) *''Mamba'' (1930) *''The Swellhead'' (1930) *''Aloha'' (1931) *''The Mad Parade'' (1931) *''Men in Her Life'' (1931) * ''A Private Scandal'' (1931) *''Igloo'' (1932) *''Washington Merry-Go-Round'' (1932) *''Air Hostess'' (1933) *''The Circus Queen Murder'' (1933) * ''East of Fifth Avenue'' (1933) *''Fog'' (1933) *''The Wrecker'' (1933) *''The Prescott Kid'' (1934) *''The Most Precious Thing in Life'' (1934) *''Whirlpool'' (1934) *''Black Moon'' (1934) *''I'll Fix It'' (1934) *''Once to Every Woman'' (1934) *''Crime and Punishment'' (1935) *''The Black Room'' (1935) *''Air Hawks'' (1935) *''Carnival'' (1935) *''I'll Love You Always'' (1935) * ''Behind the Evidence'' (1935) *''She Married Her Boss'' (1935) *''Pride of the Marines'' (1936) *''Counterfeit'' (1936) *''The Mysterious Avenger'' (1936) *''Scattergood Survives a Murder'' (1942) *''Cinderella Swings It'' (1943) *''Massacre River'' (1949) *''The Magnificent Matador'' (1955) *''The Indian Fighter'' (1955) *''Navy Wife'' (1956) *''Three for Jamie Dawn'' (1956) *''Hidden Fear'' (1957)

===Television programs=== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} *''Luke and the Tenderfoot'' (1955) *''You Are There'' (1956–57) *''The 20th Century-Fox Hour'' (1957) *''Broken Arrow'' (1957–58) *''How to Marry a Millionaire'' (1958) *''The Third Man'' (1959) *''Tombstone Territory'' (1959) *''Perry Mason'' (1957–1966) *''12 O'Clock High'' (1966) *''The Invaders'' (1967) *''The Fugitive'' (1966–67) *''I Spy'' (1967–68) *''The High Chaparral'' (1969–70) *''Medical Center'' (1970)

==Death== Cahoon died on September 10, 1985, aged 79, in Los Angeles, California.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Cahoon&GSfn=Richard&GSby=1905&GSbyrel=in&GSdy=1985&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=73735477&df=all& | publisher=Find a Grave| title=Richard H. Cahoon | accessdate=November 30, 2015}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==

* {{IMDb name|0128735|Richard Cahoon}}

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