Samuel (Buster) Brown; Retired Film Editor

Samuel (Buster) Gilson Brown, a retired film editor who worked in the film industry for about 50 years, has died at a Woodland Hills hospital. He was 87.

A former Encino resident, Brown died Tuesday of complications of pneumonia, said his daughter, Moya Ashdown of West Covina.

Born in Canton, Ohio, Brown studied engineering at the Colorado School of Mines before moving to California in the early 1920s. He started his career during the silent film era, working initially as a prop man, then later as a writer and editor. Brown, who traveled to film locations around the world, worked on “Moana” (1925), “Sunrise” (1927), “Tabu” (1931) and “Dinky” (1935), among other movies. In the early 1940s, he began working as a film editor for Technicolor Inc. He later worked for Columbia Pictures and retired in the late 1960s from National Screen Service Inc.

Other survivors, in addition to his daughter, Moya, include daughters Jeanne Nason of Encino and Hanna Henshaw of Pomona; sister Jean Stogdill of El Monte; 18 grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren.

Visitation is planned from 2 to 9 p.m. today at Lorenzen Mortuary, 19300 Sherman Way in Reseda, which is handling the arrangements. A funeral Mass is scheduled to be said at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 314 W. Workman St. in Covina.

Burial will follow at the Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Roland Heights. Donations can be made in Brown’s name to the Motion Picture & Television Fund.