Albert Ray
Born: 1897-08-28 in New Rochelle, New York, USA
Died: 1944-02-05
Known For: Directing
Biography
Albert Ray, born in New Rochelle, NY, attended Townsend Harris Hall and City College of New York. He spent summer vacations as a member of the Vitagraph stock company, on 14th St. in New York City. He appeared in summer stock in White Plains (NY), Florida and the Harlem Opera House in New York City. He directed short subjects for Pathe on the East Coast, went to Hollywood in 1915 and directed Ben Turpin pictures for the Vogue Film Co. and then Sunshine Comedies for Fox. He also acted opposite Ruth Clifford and Mildred Harris at Universal and co-starred with Elinor Fair at Fox. His first feature-length film as director was Scrap Iron (1921) starring Charles Ray (his cousin) for First National, and altogether he directed nine of his cousin's comedies for the studio. He returned to Fox and directed the "Helen and Warren" series and 19 features.
Filmography
1945
- The Cheaters ... (Original Story)
1940
- The Girl from Avenue A ... (Additional Writing)
1939
- The Arizona Wildcat ... (Story)
- Winner Take All ... (Screenplay)
- Everybody's Baby ... (Writer)
- Desperate Trails ... (Director)
1938
- Keep Smiling ... (Writer)
- Change of Heart ... (Screenplay)
- Island in the Sky ... (Screenplay)
- While New York Sleeps ... (Screenplay)
1937
- Lawless Land ... (Director)
- Dizzy Doctors ... (Screenplay)
- 45 Fathers ... (Writer)
1936
- Everyman's Law ... (Director)
- Undercover Man ... (Director)
1935
- The Marriage Bargain ... (Director)
- Stage Frights ... (Director)
1934
- It's the Cats ... (Director)
- Dancing Man ... (Director)
- St. Louis Woman ... (Director)
1933
- The Intruder ... (Director)
- West of Singapore ... (Director)
- A Shriek in the Night ... (Director)
- Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles ... (Director)
1932
- Summer Daze ... (Director)
- Harem Scarem ... (Director)
- The Thirteenth Guest ... (Director)
- Guilty or Not Guilty ... (Director)
- Unholy Love ... (Director)
- A Put Up Job ... (Director)
1931
- Moving In ... (Director)
1930
- Call of the West ... (Director)
- Her Unborn Child ... (Director)
- We! We! Marie! ... (Director)
- Rolling Along ... (Director)
- Kathleen Mavourneen ... (Director)
1929
- Molly and Me ... (Director)
- My Lady's Past ... (Director)
1928
- Woman Wise ... (Director)
- A Thief in the Dark ... (Director)
- None But the Brave ... (Director)
1927
- Publicity Madness ... (Director)
1926
- Honesty – The Best Policy ... (Director)
- More Pay - Less Work ... (Director)
- Whispering Wires ... (Director)
1925
- Welcome Danger! ... (Director)
- Weak Knees ... (Director)
- Look Out ... (Director)
- Ship Shape ... (Director)
- Wake Up ... (Director)
- Fun's Fun ... (Director)
- Permit Me ... (Director)
- Rock Bottom ... (Director)
1923
- The Girl I Loved ... (Writer)
- The Courtship of Miles Standish ... (Writer)
1922
- Alias Julius Caesar ... (Assistant Director)
- A Tailor-Made Man ... (Adaptation)
1921
1920
- The Ugly Duckling as Owen Wilshire
- The Night Riders as John Tresler
- Wet and Warmer as Billy Poste
- The Punch of the Irish as 1st Suitor
- The Kick in High Life as Bud Weiser
- The Honey Bee as Will Harper
1919
- Home as Tom Wallace
- Tin Pan Alley as Tommy Breen
- The Lost Princess as Samuel Blevins, Jr.
- The Game's Up as Peter Neyland (as Al Ray)
- Vagabond Luck as Jimmie Driscoll
- Be a Little Sport as Gerald Faulkner
- Words and Music by - as Brian McBride
- Love Is Love as Gerry Sands
1918
- When Do We Eat? as James Waterson Forbes