Warner Elvon Leighton (July 31, 1930 – March 20, 2005) was an American film, sound, music, effects and supervising editor.
During the 1960s, Leighton edited many William Hanna and Joseph Barbera cartoons such as The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Atom Ant, Scooby-Doo, The Secret Squirrel Show, Jonny Quest, Hey There, It's Yogi Bear, and Space Ghost.
In the DVD audio commentary, he described the script for the construction site portion of the main pursuit as a piece of cardboard with a circle on it.
Leighton edited the films The Junkman and Deadline Auto Theft for director H. B. Halicki.
He edited the film C.H.O.M.P.S., The American Dreamer for actor, director, producer, and stuntman Dennis Hopper, and Wolf Lake.