William Jay Bonafield (March 29, 1910 – June 5, 1961) was a producer who edited Frank Buck's film Jungle Cavalcade.
In 1941 he edited Frank Buck's Jungle Cavalcade.
In 1946 Bonafield was named vice president of RKO-Pathé in charge of non-newsreel productions.
[3] He was executive vice president of RKO until he resigned in 1957 to open an independent production company.
[4] Bonafield was a producer of the first film Stanley Kubrick directed, Day of the Fight.