Chester Schaeffer

Chester Schaeffer (September 9, 1902 - January 5, 1992) was an American film editor, mainly of B movies. He was nominated for an Academy Award for the small scale drama The Well (1951) that was directed by Russell Rouse, with whom Schaeffer had a notable collaboration on seven films. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for the Disney television program Davy Crockett: Indian Fighter (1954). Schaeffer subsequently wove the footage from the first thr... more

Chester Schaeffer (September 9, 1902 - January 5, 1992) was an American film editor, mainly of B movies. He was nominated for an Academy Award for the small scale drama The Well (1951) that was directed by Russell Rouse, with whom Schaeffer had a notable collaboration on seven films. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for the Disney television program Davy Crockett: Indian Fighter (1954). Schaeffer subsequently wove the footage from the first three "Davy Crockett" programs that were broadcast into the feature film Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier released in 1955. He also worked on the classic chiller The Tingler in 1959. less