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
- Keep Smiling ... (Writer)
- While New York Sleeps ... (Screenplay)
- Change of Heart ... (Screenplay)
- Island in the Sky ... (Screenplay)
1937
- Lawless Land ... (Director)
- 45 Fathers ... (Writer)
- Dizzy Doctors ... (Screenplay)
1936
- Undercover Man ... (Director)
- Everyman's Law ... (Director)
1935
- Stage Frights ... (Director)
1934
- Dancing Man ... (Director)
- St. Louis Woman ... (Director)
- It's the Cats ... (Director)
1933
- The Intruder ... (Director)
- West of Singapore ... (Director)
- A Shriek in the Night ... (Director)
- Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles ... (Director)
1932
- Unholy Love ... (Director)
- Guilty or Not Guilty ... (Director)
- The Thirteenth Guest ... (Director)
- Harem Scarem ... (Director)
- Summer Daze ... (Director)
- A Put Up Job ... (Director)
1931
- Moving In ... (Director)
1930
- We! We! Marie! ... (Director)
- Call of the West ... (Director)
- Kathleen Mavourneen ... (Director)
- Her Unborn Child ... (Director)
- Rolling Along ... (Director)
1929
- My Lady's Past ... (Director)
- Molly and Me ... (Director)
1928
- A Thief in the Dark ... (Director)
- Woman Wise ... (Director)
- None But the Brave ... (Director)
1927
- Publicity Madness ... (Director)
1926
- Whispering Wires ... (Director)
- Honesty – The Best Policy ... (Director)
- More Pay - Less Work ... (Director)
1925
- Rock Bottom ... (Director)
- Fun's Fun ... (Director)
- Welcome Danger! ... (Director)
- Weak Knees ... (Director)
- Look Out ... (Director)
- Wake Up ... (Director)
- Permit Me ... (Director)
- Ship Shape ... (Director)
1923
- The Girl I Loved ... (Writer)
- The Courtship of Miles Standish ... (Writer)
1922
- A Tailor-Made Man ... (Adaptation)
- Alias Julius Caesar ... (Assistant Director)
1921
1920
- The Punch of the Irish as 1st Suitor
- The Kick in High Life as Bud Weiser
- Wet and Warmer as Billy Poste
- The Honey Bee as Will Harper
- The Night Riders as John Tresler
- The Ugly Duckling as Owen Wilshire
1919
- Be a Little Sport as Gerald Faulkner
- The Lost Princess as Samuel Blevins, Jr.
- Love Is Love as Gerry Sands
- Words and Music by - as Brian McBride
- Tin Pan Alley as Tommy Breen
- The Game's Up as Peter Neyland (as Al Ray)
- Home as Tom Wallace
- Vagabond Luck as Jimmie Driscoll
1918
- When Do We Eat? as James Waterson Forbes