Frank Mazzola (March 7, 1935 – January 13, 2015) was an American actor and film editor.
Career Mazzola was born in Los Angeles, California. His father was in movies in the silent era. As a child and young adult, Mazzola worked as an actor. In 1955, he acted in Rebel Without a Cause (among other films) with James Dean, Sal Mineo, Natalie Wood, and Dennis Hopper. He played "Crunch," a minor character, and was one of the last surviving cast members from that film.
In 1966, Mazzola started editing films; he edited Performance (1970 - uncredited), The Hired Hand (1971), Demon Seed (1977), The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud (1984), and Wild Side (1995), among others. He worked with director Donald Cammell on three of his four feature films. Mazzola pioneered the non-linear editing style in Performance and other Cammell films, as well as the lyrical style that is found in The Hired Hand; he also edited the well-received "director's cut" of Wild Side that was released four years after Cammell's 1996 death.
Mazzola died on January 13, 2015, at the age of 79.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1939 The Hunchback of Notre Dame Child Extra Uncredited 1942 Always in My Heart Boy Uncredited 1942 Casablanca Moroccan Boy Uncredited 1948 The Boy with Green Hair Boy Uncredited 1953 Torch Song Merle Uncredited 1955 East of Eden Student Uncredited 1955 Rebel Without a Cause Crunch (Also consultant on delinquent behavior) 1956 Hot Blood Gypsy Uncredited 1957 The Way to the Gold Teenager (final film role)
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