[21] 1945 would also see Marker reach the pinnacle of his career, when he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for the classic drama, The Bells of St. Mary's, starring Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman.
[22] His next picture was another Oscar-winning film, the 1947 comedy-drama, The Farmer's Daughter, starring Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten, and Ethel Barrymore, and was directed by H. C.
[23] Other notable films he worked on during this period include: the classic 1948 comedy Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, again directed by H. C. Potter, and starring Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, and Melvyn Douglas;[24] Rachel and the Stranger, a 1948 Western starring Loretta Young, William Holden, and Robert Mitchum;[25] the romantic comedy, Every Girl Should Be Married (1948), starring Cary Grant and Betsy Drake;[26] and in 1949 he edited another romantic comedy, Holiday Affair, starring Robert Mitchum and Janet Leigh.
[36] After this film, Marker took a break from the big screen and spent the rest of the decade, and the first half of the next, concentrating on television.
[37][38] Over the next five years he would work on a number of television shows, including Behind Closed Doors (1959), Lassie (1959), Wanted: Dead or Alive (1961), and The Rifleman (1962).