Hollywood Film Editor Daniel Mandell

Daniel M. Mandell, a film editor during the glory days of the Goldwyn Studios who won three Academy Awards and was nominated for two more, has died.

He was 92 and died at home in Huntington Beach on Monday.

Mandell came to film from vaudeville and the circus where he and his brother were acrobats. When he was injured and forced to seek other work, a friend got him a job as an assistant editor at Universal and it was there he began a lifelong professional and personal relationship with director William Wyler.

When Wyler moved to the Samuel Goldwyn lot he insisted that Goldwyn hire Mandell. His first picture there was “These Three” in 1935. He won Oscars for “The Pride of the Yankees” in 1942, “The Best Years of Our Lives” in 1946 and “The Apartment” in 1960. He was nominated for “The Little Foxes” in 1941 and “Witness for the Prosecution” in 1957.

He also edited “Dodsworth,” “Dead End,” “The Westerner,” “Wuthering Heights,” “Arsenic and Old Lace,” “Guys and Dolls,” “Hans Christian Andersen,” “The Fortune Cookie” and many more.

His survivors include his wife, Leone, a son, daughter, sister and four grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, contributions are suggested to the American Film Institute.