Arthur Schneider grew up in New York, and attended Brighton High School in Brighton, Monroe County, New York[1] and Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington, Missouri.
His television career began in 1951 at the NBC studios in Hollywood where he spent more than 17 years as a motion picture film and videotape editor.
[citation needed] Schneider received seven Emmy nominations, winning four times.
[citation needed] He was a life member of the honorary American Cinema Editors Society (A.C.E.)
[citation needed] His list of more than 1,100 film and tape screen credits include the Bob Hope Comedy Specials, the Danny Thomas specials, the Laugh-In series, the Sonny and Cher series, the Dean Martin specials, and The New Mickey Mouse Club series for Walt Disney.