Bruce Schoengarth

Real world article

(written from a production point of view)

Bruce Schoengarth
Date of birth:	27 April 1918
Place of birth:	Coleraine, Minnesota, USA
Date of death:	30 June 1995
Place of death:	Santa Clarita, California, USA
Roles:	Film editor

Bruce Schoengarth (27 April 1918–30 June 1995; age 77) was a film editor who worked on Star Trek: The Original Series, while employed at Desilu.

Apart from his work on Star Trek, he edited a number of feature film and television projects, including episodes of Mannix, Ben Casey (these two also produced on the Desilu lot), Lassie, and Hawaii Five-O (starring Jack Lord). In his later years, Schoengarth turned to sound editing, and mostly worked in this capacity on Mork & Mindy (starring Robin Williams).

Schoengarth was the father-in-law of John Jefferies's daughter (also the niece of Matt Jefferies), whom his son, John married.

Star Trek credits

• TOS:
  • "Mudd's Women"
  • "The Naked Time"
  • "Dagger of the Mind"
  • "Court Martial"
  • "The Squire of Gothos"
  • "Tomorrow is Yesterday"
  • "A Taste of Armageddon"
  • "Errand of Mercy"
  • "Catspaw"
  • "Who Mourns for Adonais?"
  • "Wolf in the Fold"
  • "Mirror, Mirror"
  • "The Trouble with Tribbles"
  • "Plato's Stepchildren"

External links

• Bruce Schoengarth at the Internet Movie Database
• 2007 / 2008 John Schoengarth (son) interview at Orionpressfanzines.com