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Grant Whytock is a Producer and Editor American born on 18 june 1894 at Salt Lake City (USA)

Grant Whytock

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Nationality USA
Birth 18 june 1894 at Salt Lake City (USA)
Death 10 november 1981 (at 87 years)

Grant Whytock est un monteur, assistant de production et producteur américain, né le 18 juin 1894 à Salt Lake City (Utah), mort le 10 novembre 1981 à Los Angeles (Californie).

Biography

De 1917 à 1970, Grant Whytock est monteur sur environ soixante-dix films américains. Neuf d'entre eux (muets) sont réalisés par Rex Ingram, dont Les Quatre Cavaliers de l'Apocalypse (1921, avec Rudolph Valentino et Alice Terry), Le Prisonnier de Zenda (1922, avec Lewis Stone et Alice Terry) et Scaramouche (1923, avec Ramón Novarro et Alice Terry).

Mentionnons également Les Passe-partout du diable d'Erich von Stroheim (1920, avec Sam De Grasse et Mae Busch), Le Comte de Monte-Cristo de Rowland V. Lee (1934, avec Robert Donat et Elissa Landi), Tombouctou de Jacques Tourneur (1959, avec Victor Mature et Yvonne De Carlo) et Jack le tueur de géants de Nathan Juran (1962, avec Kerwin Mathews et Judi Meredith).

Outre cette activité principale de monteur, Grant Whytock est assistant de production sur huit films, sortis de 1940 à 1945, dont Le Fils de Monte-Cristo de Rowland V. Lee (1940, avec Louis Hayward et Joan Bennett). Puis il est producteur de onze films, entre 1946 et 1968, y inclus quatre westerns avec Audie Murphy (ex. : Feu sans sommation de Sidney Salkow en 1964, dont il assure également le montage).

Usually with

Edward Small
Edward Small
(27 films)
Rex Ingram
Rex Ingram
(7 films)
Richard Schayer
Richard Schayer
(10 films)
Audie Murphy
Audie Murphy
(6 films)
John F. Seitz
John F. Seitz
(6 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Grant Whytock (57 films)

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Producer

40 Guns to Apache Pass, 1h35
Directed by William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Audie Murphy, Kenneth Tobey, Michael Burns, Michael Blodgett, James Beck, Kenneth MacDonald
Roles Producer
Rating56% 2.848692.848692.848692.848692.84869
The Arizona Territory 1868: The Apaches, led by Cochise (Michael Keep), are on the warpath. Army Captain Bruce Coburn (Audie Murphy) is tasked with escorting homesteaders to Apache Wells where they can concentrate their defense against the Apache. But there is dissension in the ranks as some of the men under Coburn’s command feel they are being driven too hard. Coburn has to discipline corporal Bodine (Kenneth Tobey) for stealing rationed water. In an attack at Apache Wells, one of the homesteaders, Harry Malone (Kenneth MacDonald), is killed. His two sons, Mike (Michael Blodgett) and Doug (Michael Burns), then join the Army.
Arizona Raiders
Directed by William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Western
Themes Political films
Actors Audie Murphy, Buster Crabbe, Michael Dante, Ben Cooper, Gloria Talbott, Ray Stricklyn
Roles Producer
Rating59% 2.954162.954162.954162.954162.95416
Clint is a Confederate war hero who has gone out West to join a renegade band, Quantrill's Raiders, and ends up captured by the law.
Arizona Raiders, 1h37
Directed by William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Audie Murphy, Ben Cooper, Michael Dante, Buster Crabbe, Gloria Talbott, Ray Stricklyn
Roles Producer
Rating59% 2.954162.954162.954162.954162.95416
Clint et son frère se joignent au gang des Quantrell's Raiders et parcourent l'Ouest des États-Unis. Mais ils sont aussitôt arrêtés par la cavalerie américaine. Cependant le chef Tom Andrews leur propose, pour éviter les travaux forcés, de rejoindre les Rangers pour lutter contre divers gangs de renégats qui sévissent dans tout le Far West...
The Quick Gun, 1h27
Directed by Sidney Salkow
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Audie Murphy, Merry Anders, James Best, Ted de Corsia, Charles Meredith, Raymond Hatton
Roles Producer
Rating58% 2.904192.904192.904192.904192.90419
Clint Cooper returns to his home town, which he had left in disgrace, to claim his father's ranch. On the way he runs into his old gang, led by Spangler, who plan on robbing the town. Clint arrives back in town to find most of the men have left on a cattle drive. He tries to warn them of the impending robbery. He agrees to help the sheriff, an old friend of his called Scotty, defend the town against the gang. Clint also starts up a relationship with his old girlfriend, Helen.
Apache Rifles, 1h32
Directed by William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Audie Murphy, Michael Dante, L. Q. Jones, Linda Lawson, Ken Lynch, J. Pat O'Malley
Roles Associate Producer
Rating63% 3.198273.198273.198273.198273.19827
Captain Stanton is a renowned Indian Fighter with his animosity stirred by the fact that his career officer father was forced to resign after trusting a group of Indians who broke their word to him. Stanton is sent to the field to relieve the commander of a troop unsuccessfully hunting Apaches who have fled their reservation. Stanton quickly meets with success by having his new troop drop their excess equipment to move faster and longer. He defeats a war party of Apache by luring them with an unescorted wagon loaded with hidden soldiers who engage the enemy until Stanton's mounted troop surround and defeat them. Stanton captures Red Hawk, the son of Chief Victorio and uses him to negoitate a truce with the Apaches promising to stay on their reservation in return for white miners not trespassing on their land to mine gold.
Apache Rifles, 1h33
Directed by William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Audie Murphy, Guy Stockwell, Michael Dante, Linda Lawson, L. Q. Jones, BarBara Luna
Roles Associate Producer
Rating48% 2.427162.427162.427162.427162.42716
Lured by Apache gold, two cavalry troopers desert their post, killing some of their fellow troopers in order to steal a Gatling Gun. The devious two use a pacifist pastor to bring the weapon across the country. A pursuing cavalry patrol kills one of the deserters and captures the other, however the recovered weapon has been made inoperable.
The Steel Lady, 1h24
Directed by Ewald André Dupont
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Transport films, Aviation films, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Rod Cameron, Anthony Caruso, Tab Hunter, John Dehner, Charles Victor, Richard Erdman
Roles Producer
Rating63% 3.1936753.1936753.1936753.1936753.193675
Four employees on an oil company crash-land in the desert and face a slow death, until they discover a German Panzer from World War II buried in the sand.
Lorna Doone, 1h22
Directed by Phil Karlson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Actors Barbara Hale, Richard Greene, Carl Benton Reid, Ron Randell, Sean McClory, Onslow Stevens
Roles Associate Producer
Rating58% 2.901822.901822.901822.901822.90182
Lorna Doone falls for John Ridd, but is betrothed (against her will) to one Carver Doone. As the English Civil War looms, John is determined to defeat the vicious Doone family and win Lorna over.
Davy Crockett, Indian Scout
Directed by Lew Landers
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors George Montgomery, Ellen Drew, Noah Beery, Jr, Phillip Reed, Robert Barrat, Paul Guilfoyle (acteur, 1902-1961)
Roles Associate Producer
Rating54% 2.7089752.7089752.7089752.7089752.708975
C'est en 1848 et un wagon avec une escorte de l'armée se dirige vers l'ouest à travers le territoire indien. Son éclaireur est Davy Crockett, neveu de son homonyme plus célèbre. Il y a un espion parmi eux qui informe les Indiens. Ils survivent à la première attaque indienne et continuent ensuite. Ils ont le choix entre deux passages à travers les montagnes. Apprenant la passe à défendre par les Indiens, ils se dirigent vers l'autre. Mais à l'arrivée, les Indiens attaquent. D'une certaine manière, ils ont été informés.
Walk a Crooked Mile, 1h31
Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Louis Hayward, Dennis O'Keefe, Louise Allbritton, Carl Esmond, Onslow Stevens, Raymond Burr
Roles Producer
Rating62% 3.1454653.1454653.1454653.1454653.145465
A spy ring has infiltrated Lakeview Laboratory of Nuclear Physics, a Southern California atomic research center. Scotland Yard detective Philip Grayson (Louis Hayward) and FBI agent Dan O'Hara (Dennis O'Keefe) are on the case.
The Black Arrow, 1h16
Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Swashbuckler, Adventure, Historical
Actors Louis Hayward, George Macready, Janet Blair, Edgar Buchanan, Rhys Williams, Walter Kingsford
Roles Producer
Rating60% 3.0453453.0453453.0453453.0453453.045345
A knight returns home after the War of the Roses and discovers his evil uncle has murdered his father.
The Return of Monte Cristo, 1h32
Directed by Henry Levin
Origin USA
Genres Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Prison films, Transport films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Louis Hayward, George Macready, Una O'Connor, Barbara Britton, Henry Stephenson
Roles Producer
Rating66% 3.3181253.3181253.3181253.3181253.318125
The grandson of the Count of Monte Cristo is falsely accused of a crime and imprisoned on Devil's Island. He escapes and seeks revenge against those responsible for his imprisonment.
The Corsican Brothers, 1h51
Directed by Gregory Ratoff
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Swashbuckler, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Ruth Warrick, Akim Tamiroff, J. Carrol Naish, H. B. Warner, John Emery
Roles Producer's Assistant
Rating64% 3.2465553.2465553.2465553.2465553.246555
In Corsica, the entire Franchi clan gather in anticipation of the birth of the child of Count and Countess Franchi (Henry Wilcoxon, Gloria Holden). Dr. Enrico Paoli (H. B. Warner) informs the count that his wife has given birth to Siamese twins. Count Franchi insists he try to separate them surgically, even after Paoli tells him that it would be a miracle if the babies survived. Before he can begin, however, the Franchis' bitter rivals the Colonnas launch a surprise attack, led by Baron Colonna (Akim Tamiroff). All of the Franchis are killed except the babies, who are carried to safety by Paoli and faithful family retainer Lorenzo (J. Carrol Naish).
The Son of Monte Cristo, 1h42
Directed by Rowland V. Lee, Lambert Hillyer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Monde imaginaire
Actors Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett, George Sanders, Florence Bates, Montagu Love, Ian Wolfe
Roles Producer's Assistant
Rating61% 3.098883.098883.098883.098883.09888
In 1865, the proletarian General Gurko Lanen becomes the behind the scenes dictator of the Grand Duchy of Lichtenburg located in the Balkans. Gurko suppresses the clergy and the free press and imprisons the Prime Minister Baron Von Neuhoff. The rightful ruler of the Grand Duchy the Grand Duchess Zona, hopes to get aid from Napoleon III of France and makes her escape pursued by a troop of Hussars loyal to Gurko. She is rescued by the visiting Count of Monte Cristo in the area on a hunting trip. The Count escorts her to a neutral country, but Gurko's Hussars violate international neutrality to return the Grand Duchess and her lady-in-waiting back to Lichtenburg.

Editor

The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz, 1h53
Directed by George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Political films
Actors Elke Sommer, Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, Joey Forman, John Banner, Leon Askin
Rating44% 2.230832.230832.230832.230832.23083
Paula Schultz (Elke Sommer) has been preparing to compete in the Olympic Games, but instead pole-vaults over the Berlin Wall to freedom in West Germany.