Doug Ibold, ‘Law & Order’ and ‘Magnum, P.I.’ Editor, Dies at 83
Doug Ibold, who edited episodes of “Law & Order,” “Magnum, P.I.” and “Miami Vice,” died on Nov. 8 after a battle with cancer, his family announced. He was 83.
Ibold edited the 1990 pilot for Dick Wolf’s seminal “Law & Order,” as well as the 1999 pilot for “Law & Order: SVU”; he cut dozens of “SVU” episodes through 2005. Prior to “Law & Order,” Ibold collaborated with Wolf on “Miami Vice” between 1985 and 1987.
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Ibold worked on the first six seasons of the original “Magnum, P.I.” series from 1980 to 1985, and handled other Donald P. Bellisario productions including “Quincy M.E.,” “Quantum Leap,” “Tequila and Bonetti” and the 1995 pilot for the drama series “Crowfoot.” Additional TV credits include “B.L. Stryker,” “Texas Ranger,” “Walker,” “Xena: Warrior Princess” and “Tour of Duty.”
Born Edward Douglas Ibold on Jan. 23, 1940, in Cincinnati, Ohio, he was raised in St. Petersburg, Fla., and graduated from Florida State University. Early in his career, Ibold landed a job at WTVT-TV in the Tampa Bay area. He later became the CBS pool camera operator on the aircraft carrier USS Wasp, capturing live shots of the Gemini 6 and 7 space capsule landings via the Telstar Satellite.
In the early ’70s, Ibold was an assistant editor and operator on John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s 1972 telefilm “Imagine.” He worked on such feature films as “Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones” (1973), “Off Limits” (1988) and “The Break” (1995).
Ibold served on the American Cinema Editors Board for about 20 years, and received the ACE Career Achievement Award in 2012. He scored an Emmy nomination for editing the 1992 miniseries “Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel,” executive produced by Michael Mann.
He is survived by his brother Robert Ibold, nieces and nephews and their families.
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