Jack Hively | |
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![]() Hively with actress Gloria Swanson on the set of the 1941 film, Father Takes a Wife | |
Born | |
Died | December 19, 1995 Hollywood, California, United States | (aged 85)
Occupation(s) | Film director, editor |
Years active | 1934–1991 |
Father | George Hively |
Jack Hively (September 5, 1910 – December 19, 1995) was an American film editor and film and television director whose career lasted from the 1930s through the 1980s. His father and his brother were also film editors. He began as a film editor, before moving on to direct features. His career was interrupted by his enlistment in the U.S. Army following the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941. After the war he returned to directing films, before moving on to directing on television.