PASSAGES
George R. Hively, ACE
 George R. Hively, ACE Picture Editor 1933-2006 |
1933-2006
Longtime motion picture and television film editor, George Hively, ACE, died on February 7 due to complications from pneumonia in San Pedro, California. He was a second-generation film editor whose accomplished career began as an assistant on the Perry Mason television series (1957-1966).
As an editor, he cut such feature films as Blame It on Rio, The Longest Yard, Lucky Lady, Deadhead Miles and Movie, Movie. He had a longtime collaboration with director Stanley Donen, for whom he cut several films in the 1970s and ’80s. He also worked with many notable directors, including Woody Allen and Arthur Hiller. He served as a staff editor for Sony Pictures for the last 14 years until his death.
Hively was part of a well-respected show business family that included his father, George C. Hively, a writer and film editor whose credits began in the silent era and included 12 of John Ford’s early films at Universal, and his brother, Jack Hively, who directed such notable television series such as Lassie, Eight is Enough and Death Valley Days.
Hively was a dedicated servant to the film editing community, having served as a former officer of the Board of directors of American Cinema Editors.
He is survived by his wife of 44 years, Geraldine C. Hively; daughter Deborah Prince; son Ken Hively; daughter-in-law Cindy Hively; and two grandchildren, Roger Prince and Becki Hively. A private burial at sea was held February 25. The memorial service took place March 3 in the Rita Hayworth Dining Room on the Sony Studios lot in Culver City, California.
 Michael McCroskey Picture Editor 1936-2005 |
Michael McCroskey
Picture Editor
1936-2005
Michael McCroskey, who edited the groundbreaking television shows The Waltons and Trapper John, MD, has died of prostate cancer. He was 69. McCroskey died August 6, 2005 at his home in Bainbridge Island, Washington, where he had fought a long battle with that cancer. During his energetic retirement, he enjoyed kayaking, catamaran sailing, surf paddling, radio control plane flying, or just taking in nature in its habitat at the northern Washington enclave known for its beautiful setting. He physically and mentally accomplished his daily mantra, “Life is to enjoy.”
McCroskey, along with esteemed film editor Gene Fowler, edited the first episodes of The Waltons for Lorimar Productions during its heyday in the 1970s at The Burbank Studios. He is also credited with editing Wild Wild West Revisited, as well as serving as assistant editor on the original television series, starring Robert Conrad and Ross Martin, in the 1960s. Later, he worked on the successful television series, Trapper John, MD, which covered standard medical stories but also took chances with such subjects as AIDS, Epstein-Barr Virus and Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome.
A native of Los Angeles, McCroskey retired from film editing in 1987 to enjoy the good life and to enjoy time with his wife of 39 years, Shirley, on Bainbridge Island. His ashes were spread on Puget Sound, Washington.
In Memoriam
Hugh K. Cummings
Assistant Editor
(July 18, 1928 – February 2, 2006)
47 years as a member
Wilfred E. (Bill) Garst
Picture Editor
(July 21, 1921 – March 30, 2006)
50 years as a member
John R. Harris
Music Editor
(December 23, 1942 – February 26, 2006)
40 years as a member
Edward Hoffmeister
Assistant Editor
(July 11, 1944 – March 2, 2006)
36 years as a member
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