Mel Thorsen
# Mel Thorsen

Mel Thorsen (1908-1971) was an American film editor active primarily in the 1930s and 1940s.

## Biography

Mel was born in Los Angeles, California, to Michael Thorsen and Agnes Frautzen, both of whom were from Norway. He married June Waddell in 1932, and the pair had a son.

## Selected filmography

* Sword of the Avenger (1948)
* Klondike Kate (1943)
* Doughboys in Ireland (1943)
* Passport to Suez (1943)
* Power of the Press (1943)
* Bullets for Bandits (1942)
* Pardon My Gun (1942)
* Junior Army (1942)
* Smith of Minnesota (1942)
* Overland to Deadwood (1942)
* Parachute Nurse (1942)
* Not a Ladies' Man (1942)
* Down Rio Grande Way (1942)
* North of the Rockies (1942)
* Bullets for Bandits (1942)
* West of Tombstone (1942)
* The Lone Star Vigilantes (1942)
* Roaring Frontiers (1941)
* The Son of Davy Crockett (1941)
* The Medico of Painted Springs (1941)
* Hands Across the Rockies (1941)
* The Return of Daniel Boone (1941)
* The Pinto Kid (1941)
* The Stranger from Texas (1939)
