Ralph E. Winters, an Oscar-winning film editor whose career spanned almost the entire era of sound movies, died here on Feb. 26. He was 94.
He died of natural causes, his family said.
Mr. Winters, who broke into the movie business in 1928, was nominated for the Academy Award for best film editing six times and won twice, for ''King Solomon's Mines'' (1950) and for ''Ben-Hur'' (1959), which is famed for its chariot race. His other Oscar nominations were for ''Kotch'' (1971), ''The Great Race'' (1965), ''Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'' (1954) and ''Quo Vadis?'' (1951).
He worked on more than 70 films, including ''On the Town,'' ''Butterfield 8,'' ''Gaslight,'' ''The Hawaiians,'' ''The Thomas Crown Affair,'' ''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,'' the 1974 version of ''The Front Page'' and the 1976 version of ''King Kong.'' His last film was ''Cutthroat Island'' in 1995.
He worked with the writer and director Blake Edwards nearly a dozen times, editing films like ''The Pink Panther,'' ''10,'' ''Victor/Victoria'' and ''S.O.B.''
Mr. Winters, the son of a tailor, was born in Toronto. His family arrived in California in 1918, and 10 years later he went to work as an assistant editor at MGM, where his father was working in the wardrobe department.
He was a founding member of the American Cinema Editors and president of the Motion Picture Editors Guild in the mid-1960's. He received the cinema editors' career achievement award in 1991.
His autobiography, ''Some Cutting Remarks: 70 Years a Film Editor,'' was published in 2001.
Survivors include his wife Lulu and five daughters. His first wife, Teddy, died in 1985 after more than 40 years of marriage.