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Roy Del Ruth

Roy Del Ruth

Director · 1893–1961 · New Castle, Delaware, USA

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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, California. For his contributions to the motion picture industry, he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6150 Hollywood Blvd. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roy Del Ruth, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Directed 95

1960s

  1. 1960

    Why Must I Die

    Director

1950s

  1. 1959
  2. 1957
  3. 1955
  4. 1954

    Phantom of the Rue Morgue

    Director

  5. 1953
  6. 1952

    Stop, You're Killing Me

    Director

  7. Here We Go Again

    Director

  8. About Face

    Director

  9. 1951

    Starlift

    Director

  10. 1950

1940s

  1. 1949

    Always Leave Them Laughing

    Director

  2. 1948
  3. 1947
  4. 1945

    Ziegfeld Follies

    Director

  5. 1944

    Barbary Coast Gent

    Director

  6. Broadway Rhythm

    Director

  7. 1943
  8. 1942

    I Married an Angel

    Director

  9. Maisie Gets Her Man

    Director

  10. 1941

    The Chocolate Soldier

    Director

  11. 1940

    He Married His Wife

    Director

1930s

  1. 1939

    Here I Am a Stranger

    Director

  2. The Star Maker

    Director

  3. Tail Spin

    Director

  4. 1938

    My Lucky Star

    Director

  5. Happy Landing

    Director

  6. 1937

    Broadway Melody of 1938

    Director

  7. On the Avenue

    Director

  8. 1936
  9. Private Number

    Director

  10. It Had to Happen

    Director

  11. 1935

    Thanks a Million

    Director

  12. Folies Bergère

    Director

  13. Folies Bergère de Paris

    Director

  14. 1934
  15. Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

    Director

  16. Upperworld

    Director

  17. 1933
  18. Bureau of Missing Persons

    Director

  19. Captured!

    Director

  20. The Little Giant

    Director

  21. The Mind Reader

    Director

  22. Employees' Entrance

    Director

  23. 1932

    Blessed Event

    Director

  24. Winner Take All

    Director

  25. Beauty and the Boss

    Director

  26. 1931

    Side Show

    Director

  27. My Past

    Director

  28. 1930

    Divorce Among Friends

    Director

  29. The Life of the Party

    Director

  30. Three Faces East

    Director

  31. The Second Floor Mystery

    Director

  32. Hold Everything

    Director

1920s

  1. 1929

    The Aviator

    Director

  2. Gold Diggers of Broadway

    Director

  3. The Hottentot

    Director

  4. The Desert Song

    Director

  5. 1928

    Conquest

    Director

  6. Beware of Bachelors

    Director

  7. The Terror

    Director

  8. Five and Ten Cent Annie

    Director

  9. Powder My Back

    Director

  10. 1927

    If I Were Single

    Director

  11. Ham and Eggs at the Front

    Director

  12. The First Auto

    Director

  13. Wolf's Clothing

    Director

  14. 1926

    Across the Pacific

    Director

  15. Footloose Widows

    Director

  16. The Little Irish Girl

    Director

  17. The Man Upstairs

    Director

  18. 1925

    Three Weeks in Paris

    Director

  19. Eve's Lover

    Director

  20. 1924

    His New Mamma

    Director

  21. The Cat's Meow

    Director

  22. The Hollywood Kid

    Director

  23. Shanghaied Lovers

    Director

  24. Smile Please

    Director

  25. 1923

    Asleep at the Switch

    Director

  26. Nip and Tuck

    Director

  27. 1922

    When Summer Comes

    Director

  28. Gymnasium Jim

    Director

  29. On Patrol

    Director

  30. The Duck Hunter

    Director

  31. 1921

    Bright Eyes

    Director

  32. Be Reasonable

    Director

  33. Hard Knocks and Love Taps

    Director

Produced 4

1930s

  1. 1932

    Winner Take All

    Producer

Wrote 1

1910s

  1. 1916

    Wife and Auto Trouble

    Scenario Writer

Appearances1

1950s

  1. 1951

    The Screen Director

    Self (uncredited)