Robert Parrish

Biography

Robert R. Parrish was an American actor, film editor, director, and writer born in Columbus, Georgia on January 4, 1916. He made his film debut as a child actor in the Our Gang short Olympic Games (1927) and went on to appear in classic films such as All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) and City Lights (1931). Parrish won an Academy Award for Film Editing for Body and Soul (1947), sharing it with Francis Lyon.