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Donald Challis (born 26 June 1929) is a British sound and dubbing editor for many critically-acclaimed films including The Three Musketeers (1973 film), A Taste of Honey (film) and Help! (film). His most famous contribution was to Oh! What a Lovely War as the sound editor, winning him a BAFTA Film Award alongisde Simon Kaye for Best Film Soundtrack in 1970.

Biography
Don Challis was born in Tottenham, England. His career started at the age of 19 in 1948 at the Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, England, during the time the Red Shoes (1948 film) was being filmed there. Recording sounds on a reel-to-reel audio tape recording, Challis captured sounds from the rumble of a car engine to the orchestral accompaniment to a film. From the 7-inch reel of 1/4-inch-wide or 1/2-inch-wide recording tape, he would listen to it and find where the desired sound was on the reel and cut it out with scissors to then splice into the audio tape for a film.

He started out as the assistant-editor for many 1950's films including Hindle Wakes (1952 film) and The Rough and the Smooth in 1959, but his small role in the productions left him uncredited in both films, as well as many documentary films like The Atomic Bomb: Its Effects and How to Meet Them in 1959.



In 1969, he took the role of sound editor for the hit musical film Oh! What a Lovely War which went down as a huge success, winning five BAFTA Film Awards in 1970, one of which going to himself and his partner Simon Kaye (who was the sound mixer for the film) for the Best Soundtrack. This huge success led him to being in the sound department for a range of horror and drama films including Tam-Lin (film) in 1970, Blue Blood (1973 film) and I Don't Want to Be Born in 1975. More so, the success gave him the opportunity to be the sound editor for the award winning adaptations of The Three Musketeers (1973 film) and The Four Musketeers (film) in 1974.

In 1971, Challis became the sound editor for the award-winning film adaptation of Fiddler on the Roof. However, he fell ill during the production of the film so his role was taken over by Les Wiggins, a sound editor from Middlesex, England. This resulted in Wiggins being credited sound editor, leaving Don Challis uncredited despite his contribution.

Challis' last contribution to the sound department of the film industry was in 1976 with Emily (film). Then, at the end of the same year, he moved from his home inHertfordshire, England, to Essex with his wife and two daughters. Marking the move as the end of his career in the sound department, he settled for the ownership of a post office, going into retirement at the age of (AGE).

Filmography
Credited roles

Uncredited roles [**] role taken over by Les Wiggins (credited)