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
- Everybody's Baby ... (Writer)
- The Arizona Wildcat ... (Story)
- Winner Take All ... (Screenplay)
- Desperate Trails ... (Director)
1938
- Island in the Sky ... (Screenplay)
- Keep Smiling ... (Writer)
- While New York Sleeps ... (Screenplay)
- Change of Heart ... (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
- St. Louis Woman ... (Director)
- It's the Cats ... (Director)
- Dancing Man ... (Director)
1933
- West of Singapore ... (Director)
- A Shriek in the Night ... (Director)
- Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles ... (Director)
- The Intruder ... (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)
- We! We! Marie! ... (Director)
- Rolling Along ... (Director)
- Her Unborn Child ... (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)
- Whispering Wires ... (Director)
- More Pay - Less Work ... (Director)
1925
- Wake Up ... (Director)
- Weak Knees ... (Director)
- Welcome Danger! ... (Director)
- Look Out ... (Director)
- Permit Me ... (Director)
- Ship Shape ... (Director)
- Fun's Fun ... (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 Night Riders as John Tresler
- The Ugly Duckling as Owen Wilshire
- Wet and Warmer as Billy Poste
- The Honey Bee as Will Harper
- The Punch of the Irish as 1st Suitor
- The Kick in High Life as Bud Weiser
1919
- Home as Tom Wallace
- Tin Pan Alley as Tommy Breen
- The Game's Up as Peter Neyland (as Al Ray)
- Vagabond Luck as Jimmie Driscoll
- Love Is Love as Gerry Sands
- The Lost Princess as Samuel Blevins, Jr.
- Be a Little Sport as Gerald Faulkner
- Words and Music by - as Brian McBride
1918
- When Do We Eat? as James Waterson Forbes