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
- Desperate Trails ... (Director)
- The Arizona Wildcat ... (Story)
- Everybody's Baby ... (Writer)
- Winner Take All ... (Screenplay)
1938
- While New York Sleeps ... (Screenplay)
- Island in the Sky ... (Screenplay)
- Keep Smiling ... (Writer)
- Change of Heart ... (Screenplay)
1937
- Dizzy Doctors ... (Screenplay)
- Lawless Land ... (Director)
- 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)
- St. Louis Woman ... (Director)
- Dancing Man ... (Director)
1933
- A Shriek in the Night ... (Director)
- Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles ... (Director)
- West of Singapore ... (Director)
- The Intruder ... (Director)
1932
- The Thirteenth Guest ... (Director)
- Summer Daze ... (Director)
- Harem Scarem ... (Director)
- Guilty or Not Guilty ... (Director)
- A Put Up Job ... (Director)
- Unholy Love ... (Director)
1931
- Moving In ... (Director)
1930
- Call of the West ... (Director)
- We! We! Marie! ... (Director)
- Her Unborn Child ... (Director)
- Kathleen Mavourneen ... (Director)
- Rolling Along ... (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
- More Pay - Less Work ... (Director)
- Honesty – The Best Policy ... (Director)
- Whispering Wires ... (Director)
1925
- Welcome Danger! ... (Director)
- Wake Up ... (Director)
- Weak Knees ... (Director)
- Look Out ... (Director)
- Ship Shape ... (Director)
- Permit Me ... (Director)
- Fun's Fun ... (Director)
- Rock Bottom ... (Director)
1923
- The Courtship of Miles Standish ... (Writer)
- The Girl I Loved ... (Writer)
1922
- Smudge ... (Assistant Director)
- A Tailor-Made Man ... (Adaptation)
- Alias Julius Caesar ... (Assistant Director)
1921
1920
- The Punch of the Irish as 1st Suitor
- The Honey Bee as Will Harper
- The Kick in High Life as Bud Weiser
- The Night Riders as John Tresler
- The Ugly Duckling as Owen Wilshire
- Wet and Warmer as Billy Poste
1919
- Home as Tom Wallace
- The Game's Up as Peter Neyland (as Al Ray)
- Be a Little Sport as Gerald Faulkner
- Words and Music by - as Brian McBride
- Tin Pan Alley as Tommy Breen
- Love Is Love as Gerry Sands
- Vagabond Luck as Jimmie Driscoll
- The Lost Princess as Samuel Blevins, Jr.
1918
- When Do We Eat? as James Waterson Forbes