Directing · b. 1893 · New Castle, Delaware, USA

Roy Del Ruth

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Roy Del Ruth (October 18, 1893 – April 27, 1961) was a Hollywood film director. Del Ruth, who started out as a screenwriter in 1915 writing gags for Mack Sennett, began directing feature films in the 1920s. He became known for directing urban and crime dramas including the 1931 version of The Maltese Falcon. He also directed the universally panned The Babe Ruth Story (1948) and the 20th Century Fox B-movie Alligator People (1959). Roy Del Ruth died in 1961 at age 67 and was interred in the San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Mission Hills, Los Angeles, Cal...

Directed
Why Must I Die 1960 The Alligator People 1959 Phantom of the Rue Morgue 1954 Three Sailors and a Girl 1953 About Face 1952 Stop, You're Killing Me 1952 Here We Go Again 1952 On Moonlight Bay 1951 Starlift 1951 The West Point Story 1950 Red Light 1949 Always Leave Them Laughing 1949 The Babe Ruth Story 1948 It Happened on Fifth Avenue 1947 Ziegfeld Follies 1945 Broadway Rhythm 1944 Barbary Coast Gent 1944 Du Barry Was a Lady 1943 I Married an Angel 1942 Maisie Gets Her Man 1942 Topper Returns 1941 The Chocolate Soldier 1941 He Married His Wife 1940 Tail Spin 1939 The Star Maker 1939 Here I Am a Stranger 1939 Happy Landing 1938 My Lucky Star 1938 Broadway Melody of 1938 1937 On the Avenue 1937 Born to Dance 1936 Private Number 1936 It Had to Happen 1936 Broadway Melody of 1936 1935 Thanks a Million 1935 Folies Bergère de Paris 1935 Folies Bergère 1935 Kid Millions 1934 Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back 1934 Upperworld 1934 The Little Giant 1933 Employees' Entrance 1933 Lady Killer 1933 Bureau of Missing Persons 1933 Captured! 1933 The Mind Reader 1933 Blessed Event 1932 Taxi! 1932 Winner Take All 1932 Beauty and the Boss 1932 The Maltese Falcon 1931 Blonde Crazy 1931 Side Show 1931 My Past 1931 Three Faces East 1930 The Second Floor Mystery 1930 The Life of the Party 1930 Divorce Among Friends 1930 Hold Everything 1930 Gold Diggers of Broadway 1929 The Desert Song 1929 The Aviator 1929 The Hottentot 1929 Powder My Back 1928 The Terror 1928 Beware of Bachelors 1928 Conquest 1928 Five and Ten Cent Annie 1928 The First Auto 1927 If I Were Single 1927 Ham and Eggs at the Front 1927 Wolf's Clothing 1927 The Little Irish Girl 1926 Footloose Widows 1926 Across the Pacific 1926 The Man Upstairs 1926 Hogan's Alley 1925 Eve's Lover 1925 Three Weeks in Paris 1925 Smile Please 1924 His New Mamma 1924 The Hollywood Kid 1924 A Deep Sea Panic 1924 The Cat's Meow 1924 Shanghaied Lovers 1924 Asleep at the Switch 1923 Skylarking 1923 Nip and Tuck 1923 Flip Flops 1923 Gymnasium Jim 1922 On Patrol 1922 When Summer Comes 1922 The Duck Hunter 1922 Be Reasonable 1921 Love and Doughnuts 1921 Bright Eyes 1921 Hard Knocks and Love Taps 1921 The Heart Snatcher 1920 His Noisy Still 1920
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