Rick Tuber, an editor known for his work on popular series like ER and Chicago Fire, has died at the age of 69.
Tuber died Jan. 7 at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles after suffering a heart attack, according to a spokesperson for his family.
He was best known for his work editing television shows, but Tuber also appeared as an assistant editor on multiple feature films in the 1980s.
One of Tuber’s biggest honors in the industry was an Emmy he received for editing an episode of the first season of ER in 1995, which he shared with fellow editor Randy Jon Morgan.
Final cut: Prolific film and television editor Rick Tuber died January 7 at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles of a heart attack, a spokesman for his family announced.
His most recent credited work was editing four episodes of Bones in 2017, according to IMDb.
Other major editing periods include 13 episodes of Salem from 2014 to 2017, two episodes of Chicago Fire in 2012, and a 23-episode stretch of The Unit from 2006 to 2009.
In the late 1980s, Tuber worked as an editor on producer Michael Mann’s Crime Story follow-up, Miami Vice.
He often worked on thrillers and police procedurals, such as Cagney & Lacey, Don Johnson starring Nash Bridges, Martial Law, and Wiseguy.
Honored: One of Tuber’s biggest honors in the industry was an Emmy he received for editing an episode of the first season of ER (pictured) in 1995, which he shared with editor Randy Jon Morgan.
Impressive: Other significant editing periods include 13 episodes of Salem from 2014 to 2017, two episodes of Chicago Fire (pictured) in 2012, and a 23-episode stretch of The Unit from 2006 to 2009
Tuber was born on May 10, 1953, and went to college at California State University, Northridge, according to the hollywood reporter.
He got his first credited job as an assistant editor with a 1985 episode of Cagney & Lacey.
His film editing included work on the cult horror film Maniac Cop 3: Badge Of Silence, Sister Act 2: Back In The Habit, The Karate Kid Part III, and Arthur 2: On The Rocks, along with several TV movies.
Just as his job as an editor seemed to be slipping away, Tuber launched a second writing career by penning three comic novels about the similarly named film editor Rick Potter, including I Should’ve Seen It Coming (2017), Just My F***ing Luck (2018) and Well, I’ll Be Damned (2020).
Big Screen: His film editing included work on the cult horror film Maniac Cop 3: Badge Of Silence, Sister Act 2: Back In The Habit, The Karate Kid Part III, and Arthur 2: On The Rocks, though he primarily worked on TV.
Tuber has also worked in nonfiction, publishing Shanghai Cuts: A Hollywood Film Editor’s Misadventures In China, about his time working on the Dennis Hopper-starring series Flatland, which was filmed in China.
Tuber came from a strong entertainment pedigree, as his late father was Richard Tuber, an Emmy-winning television writer, while his twin brother was arts journalist Keith Tuber, who died in 2006.
He is survived by his wife Shirley and their sons Neil, Peter, Sean and Sam. Tuber also had three grandchildren, Tyler, Jackson and Mia, and is survived by his other brother Doug, who works as a television writer, according to Deadline.
Wordsmith: After his editing job petered out, Tuber wrote three black comedy novels about a similarly named publisher, along with a nonfiction book about his work editing a Dennis Hopper series in China.