Frank Dewar Explained

Frank DeWar
Birth Name:	Francis Duncan DeWar Jr.
Birth Date:	December 3, 1907
Birth Place:	Seattle, Washington, USA
Death Date:	May 27, 1969 (aged 61)
Death Place:	Inyo County, California, USA
Occupation:	Film editor

Frank DeWar (1907-1969) was an American film editor who worked in Hollywood during the 1930s and 1940s.

Biography

Frank was born in Seattle, Washington, to Francis DeWar Sr. (a native of Antwerp) and Mercedes Earle. The family soon relocated to Los Angeles, where Francis Sr. eventually became a prominent member of law enforcement there before dying in a 1932 plane crash.^{[1] [2]}

Frank married Zelma Kennedy (niece of former Texas Gov. Ma Ferguson) in 1928;^[3] they had three children together. The pair split in 1939, and Frank was linked to actress Ann Sheridan in newspaper reports.^[4] His last known credit as a film editor was on 1942's The Right Timing.

Selected filmography

• The Right Timing (1942)
• Water Sports (1941)
• Big Bill Tilden (1941)
• Diary of a Racing Pigeon (1940)
• Famous Movie Dogs (1940)
• Pony Express Days (1940)
• Dogs You Seldom See (1940)
• American Saddle Horses (1939)
• Pride of the Blue Grass (1939)
• Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939)
• King of the Underworld (1939)
• Penrod's Double Trouble (1938)
• He Couldn't Say No (1938)
• West of Shanghai (1937)
• Alcatraz Island (1937)
• White Bondage (1937)
• Public Wedding (1937)
• Under Southern Stars (1937)
• Guns of the Pecos (1937)
• Fugitive in the Sky (1936)
• The Sunday Round-Up (1936)
• Echo Mountain (1936)
• The Song of a Nation (1936)
• Changing of the Guard (1936)
• Hollywood Newsreel (1934)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Victims of Crash. 5 Feb 1932. The San Bernardino County Sun. en. 2019-12-11.
2. Web site: Mrs. DeWar Seeks Decree. 2 Nov 1934. The Los Angeles Times. en. 2019-12-11.
3. Web site: Leave on Honeymoon. 13 Jan 1928. Los Angeles Evening Express. en. 2019-12-11.
4. Web site: Marriage Rumors Denied by Gwynn. 26 Jul 1939. The Knoxville Journal. en. 2019-12-11.