James Watson Webb, Jr. (January 9, 1916 - June 10, 2000) was an American film editor and heir to both the Havemeyer and Vanderbilt families. He was born in Syosset, Long Island to Electra Havemeyer Webb, the founder of the Shelburne Museum, and James Watson Webb, the great-grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt.
He attended Groton School and Yale University from which he graduated in 1938.
In 1946 he began work in California as a film editor at 20th-Ce...
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James Watson Webb, Jr. (January 9, 1916 - June 10, 2000) was an American film editor and heir to both the Havemeyer and Vanderbilt families. He was born in Syosset, Long Island to Electra Havemeyer Webb, the founder of the Shelburne Museum, and James Watson Webb, the great-grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt.
He attended Groton School and Yale University from which he graduated in 1938.
In 1946 he began work in California as a film editor at 20th-Century Fox. Webb was the editor of numerous films including A Letter to Three Wives, The Razor's Edge, Wing and a Prayer, State Fair, With a Song in My Heart, Call Northside 777 and Cheaper by the Dozen. Webb retired from film editing in 1952; Barbara McLean, his boss, promoted Hugh S. Fowler to replace him.
Webb served as the President of the Shelburne Museum from 1960 until 1977 and then became Chairman of the Board of Directors until 1996.
He died in Los Angeles, California.
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