Arthur Tavares (1884–1954) was an American actor and film editor. He was born as Arturo Tavares in San Francisco in 1884. During the 1910s Tavares appeared as an actor in silent films in Hollywood, but during the 1920s he switched to become an editor. At the beginning of the sound era, Tavares worked on Spanish language versions of American films. He also made a number of films in Britain, including The Wrecker, The First Born and Song of Freedom.