John Grover obit

John Grover Dies: Film Editor On Several James Bond Pics Whose Credits Include ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ & ‘Doctor Zhivago’ Was 87

 

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John Grover, an English film editor who worked on a half-dozen James Bond pics, Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, David Lean’s Doctor Zhivago, Jim Henson’s Labyrinth and many others, died September 28. He was 87.

British Film Editors, of which Grover was a longtime board member, confirmed the news on social media but didn’t not provide a cause of death. See the group’s Instagram post below.

Grover served as film editor on three 007 films — For Your Eyes Only (1981), The Living Daylights (1987) and Licence to Kill (1989) — and helped cut The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Moonraker (1979) and Octopussy (1983). He also worked on two war movies starring longtime James Bond actor Roger Moore: The Wild Geese (1978) and The Sea Wolves (1980).

Grover’s many other credits include The Final Option (1982), Lifeforce (1985), Buddy’s Song (1991) and Funky Monkey (2004). He was spliced together episodes of such UK television shows as CI5: The New Professionals, Monsignor Renard and Fat Friends along with American telefilms including Nobody’s Children and 1992’s Frankenstein.

Born on October 24, 1938, in Barnet, Middlesex, Grover began his career as an uncredited assistant editor on film from such top directors as Robert Wise (The Haunting, 1963), John Frankenheimer (Grand Prix, 1966), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (Herbert Ross, 1969) and Kubrick (2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968), along with Best Picture Oscar nominee Doctor Zhivago (1965).

His other feature credits as assistant editor include The Blue Bird (1976) and The Executioner (1975). His final film was the 2005 Lithuanian drama Dievu miskas (Forest of the Gods), which he edited.

Survivors include Grover’s wife of 62 years, Jenny; a son, Tim; a daughter, Camilla; along with grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

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Willy Bogner in Inside 'A View to a Kill' (2000)

Inside 'A View to a Kill'

7.3

Video

outtake footage compiled by

2000

 

The Sea Wolves (1980)

The Sea Wolves

6.3

assembly editor

1980

 

Roger Moore and Lois Chiles in Moonraker (1979)

Moonraker

6.3

assembly editor

1979

 

Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris, and Hardy Krüger in The Wild Geese (1978)

The Wild Geese

6.8

assembly editor

1978

 

Roger Moore and Barbara Bach in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

The Spy Who Loved Me

7.0

assistant editor

1977

 

Beauty and the Beast (1977)

Beauty and the Beast

6.0

Short

first assistant editor (uncredited)

1977

 

The Blue Bird (1976)

The Blue Bird

5.4

assistant editor

1976

 

Ava Gardner and Dirk Bogarde in The Executioner (1975)

The Executioner

5.6

assistant editor

1975

 

Michael Caine and Sidney Poitier in The Wilby Conspiracy (1975)

The Wilby Conspiracy

6.4

first assistant editor (uncredited)

1975

 

Julie Andrews and Omar Sharif in The Tamarind Seed (1974)

The Tamarind Seed

6.4

first assistant editor (uncredited)

1974

 

The Going Up of David Lev (1973)

The Going Up of David Lev

6.8

TV Movie

assistant editor (uncredited)

1973

 

The Great Waltz (1972)

The Great Waltz

5.1

first assistant editor (uncredited)

1972

 

Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)

Nicholas and Alexandra

7.2

first assistant editor (uncredited)

1971

 

Candice Bergen and Peter Strauss in Soldier Blue (1970)

Soldier Blue

6.9

first assistant editor (uncredited)

1970

 

Peter O'Toole and Petula Clark in Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

6.8

assistant editorfirst assistant editor (uncredited, uncredited)

1969

 

Hot Millions (1968)

Hot Millions

6.8

assistant editor (uncredited)

1968

 

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

2001: A Space Odyssey

8.3

first assistant editor (uncredited)

1968

 

Hayley Mills and Trevor Howard in A Matter of Innocence (1967)

A Matter of Innocence

6.1

assistant editor (uncredited)

1967

 

James Garner, Toshirō Mifune, Eva Marie Saint, Antonio Sabato, Françoise Hardy, and Yves Montand in Grand Prix (1966)

Grand Prix

7.2

first assistant editor (uncredited)

1966

 

Anita Ekberg, Robert Morley, and Tony Randall in The Alphabet Murders (1965)

The Alphabet Murders

5.2

assistant editor (uncredited)

1965

 

Geraldine Chaplin, Julie Christie, and Omar Sharif in Doctor Zhivago (1965)

Doctor Zhivago

7.9

assistant editor (uncredited)

1965

 

Nigel Patrick in Zero One (1962)

Zero One

8.3

TV Series

second assistant editor (uncredited)

1965

4 episodes

 

Ingrid Bergman, Shirley MacLaine, Alain Delon, Rex Harrison, George C. Scott, Omar Sharif, and Jeanne Moreau in The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

6.4

assistant editor (uncredited)

1964

 

Charles Hawtrey, Juliet Mills, Bernard Cribbins, and Kenneth Williams in Carry on Jack (1964)

Carry on Jack

5.9

assistant editor (uncredited)

1964

 

Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, and Louis Jourdan in The V.I.P.s (1963)

The V.I.P.s

6.3

assistant editor (uncredited)

1963

 

Julie Harris in The Haunting (1963)

The Haunting

7.4

first assistant editor (uncredited)

1963

 

Karl Malden, Karlheinz Böhm, Dolores Hart, Lois Nettleton, Hugh O'Brian, and Pamela Tiffin in Come Fly with Me (1963)

Come Fly with Me

6.3

assistant editor (uncredited)

1963

 

Olivia de Havilland, George Hamilton, Rossano Brazzi, and Yvette Mimieux in Light in the Piazza (1962)

Light in the Piazza

6.9

assistant editor (uncredited)

1962

 

A Matter of WHO (1961)

A Matter of WHO

6.2

assistant editor (uncredited)

1961

 

Stewart Granger and Haya Harareet in The Secret Partner (1961)

The Secret Partner

6.6

assistant editor (uncredited)

1961

 

Editor

Dievu miskas (2005)

Dievu miskas

7.7

Editor

2005

 

Funky Monkey (2004)

Funky Monkey

3.7

Editor

2004

 

Brothers (2000)

Brothers

2.3

Editor

2000

 

Fat Friends (2000)

Fat Friends

7.4

TV Series

Editor

2000

4 episodes

 

Monsignor Renard (2000)

Monsignor Renard

7.2

TV Mini Series

Editor

2000

2 episodes

 

CI5: The New Professionals (1998)

CI5: The New Professionals

5.4

TV Series

Editor

1999

6 episodes

 

The Violin Fantasy

7.8

Short

Editor

1998

 

Gospa (1995)

Gospa

4.0

Editor

1995

 

Ann-Margret and Dominique Sanda in Nobody's Children (1994)

Nobody's Children

6.8

TV Movie

Editor

1994

 

Frankenstein (1992)

Frankenstein

5.7

TV Movie

Editor

1992

 

The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish (1991)

The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish

6.1

Editor

1991

 

Chesney Hawkes in Buddy's Song (1991)

Buddy's Song

5.2

Editor

1991

 

Circles in a Forest (1989)

Circles in a Forest

6.5

Editor

1989

 

Carey Lowell, Talisa Soto, Timothy Dalton, and Robert Davi in Licence to Kill (1989)

Licence to Kill

6.7

Editor

1989

 

Vanessa Redgrave in Consuming Passions (1988)

Consuming Passions

5.5

Editor

1988

 

Timothy Dalton and Maryam d'Abo in The Living Daylights (1987)

The Living Daylights

6.7

Editor

1987

 

Jennifer Connelly, David Bowie, Frank Oz, Brian Henson, Marc Antona, Michael Attwell, David Alan Barclay, Sean Barrett, Timothy Bateson, Denise Bryer, Kevin Clash, Dave Goelz, Michael Hordern, Peter Marinker, Rob Mills, Ron Mueck, Toby Philpott, Karen Prell, David Shaughnessy, and Shari Weiser in Labyrinth (1986)

Labyrinth

7.3

Editor

1986

 

Lifeforce (1985)

Lifeforce

6.2

Editor

1985

 

The First Olympics: Athens 1896 (1984)

The First Olympics: Athens 1896

7.6

TV Mini Series

Editor

1984

2 episodes

 

Roger Moore, Maud Adams, and Kabir Bedi in Octopussy (1983)

Octopussy

6.5

supervising editor

1983

 

The Final Option (1982)

The Final Option

6.4

Editor

1982

 

Roger Moore, Carole Bouquet, and John Wyman in For Your Eyes Only (1981)

For Your Eyes Only

6.7

Editor

1981

 

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Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

7.4

our deepest appreciation

2014

 

Self

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

7.4

Self - Editor

2014

 

Cannon Fodder: The Making of Lifeforce

7.0

Video

Self

2013

 

Inside 'Octopussy' (2000)

Inside 'Octopussy'

7.4

Video

Self

2000

 

Inside 'the Living Daylights' (2000)

Inside 'the Living Daylights'

7.1

Video

Self

2000

 

Silhouettes: The James Bond Titles (2000)

Silhouettes: The James Bond Titles

7.3

Video

Self

2000

 

João Magueijo in Equinox (1986)

Equinox

7.2

TV Series

Self - Editor

1989

1 episode

 

Stars' War - The Flight of the Wild Geese

Short

Self

1978