Directing

Albert Ray

Born 1897-08-28

New Rochelle, New York, USA

Department: 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.

1932

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Filmography & Credits

Complete career catalog (77 titles)

Title	Character / Role	Type	Year
The Cheaters	Original Story	Movie	1945
The Girl from Avenue A	Additional Writing	Movie	1940
Desperate Trails	Director	Movie	1939
Winner Take All	Screenplay	Movie	1939
Everybody's Baby	Writer	Movie	1939
The Arizona Wildcat	Story	Movie	1939
While New York Sleeps	Screenplay	Movie	1938
Keep Smiling	Writer	Movie	1938
Island in the Sky	Screenplay	Movie	1938
Change of Heart	Screenplay	Movie	1938
45 Fathers	Writer	Movie	1937
Lawless Land	Director	Movie	1937
Dizzy Doctors	Screenplay	Movie	1937
Undercover Man	Director	Movie	1936
Everyman's Law	Director	Movie	1936
Stage Frights	Director	Movie	1935
The Marriage Bargain	Director	Movie	1935
It's the Cats	Director	Movie	1934
St. Louis Woman	Director	Movie	1934
Dancing Man	Director	Movie	1934
Dancing Man	Writer	Movie	1934
A Shriek in the Night	Director	Movie	1933
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles	Director	Movie	1933
The Intruder	Director	Movie	1933
West of Singapore	Director	Movie	1933
Guilty or Not Guilty	Director	Movie	1932
The Thirteenth Guest	Director	Movie	1932
Unholy Love	Director	Movie	1932
Unholy Love	Producer	Movie	1932
Summer Daze	Director	Movie	1932
Harem Scarem	Director	Movie	1932
A Put Up Job	Director	Movie	1932
Moving In	Director	Movie	1931
We! We! Marie!	Director	Movie	1930
Rolling Along	Director	Movie	1930
Kathleen Mavourneen	Director	Movie	1930
Call of the West	Director	Movie	1930
Her Unborn Child	Director	Movie	1930
My Lady's Past	Director	Movie	1929
Molly and Me	Director	Movie	1929
None But the Brave	Director	Movie	1928
A Thief in the Dark	Director	Movie	1928
A Thief in the Dark	Story	Movie	1928
Woman Wise	Director	Movie	1928
Publicity Madness	Director	Movie	1927
Whispering Wires	Director	Movie	1926
Honesty – The Best Policy	Director	Movie	1926
More Pay - Less Work	Director	Movie	1926
Look Out	Director	Movie	1925
Permit Me	Director	Movie	1925
Wake Up	Director	Movie	1925
Fun's Fun	Director	Movie	1925
Rock Bottom	Director	Movie	1925
Ship Shape	Director	Movie	1925
Welcome Danger!	Director	Movie	1925
Weak Knees	Director	Movie	1925
The Courtship of Miles Standish	Writer	Movie	1923
The Girl I Loved	Writer	Movie	1923
A Tailor-Made Man	Adaptation	Movie	1922
Alias Julius Caesar	Assistant Director	Movie	1922
A Game Lady	Self / Appearance	Movie	1921
The Punch of the Irish	1st Suitor	Movie	1920
Wet and Warmer	Billy Poste	Movie	1920
The Kick in High Life	Bud Weiser	Movie	1920
The Kick in High Life	Director	Movie	1920
The Ugly Duckling	Owen Wilshire	Movie	1920
The Night Riders	John Tresler	Movie	1920
The Honey Bee	Will Harper	Movie	1920
Tin Pan Alley	Tommy Breen	Movie	1919
Vagabond Luck	Jimmie Driscoll	Movie	1919
The Lost Princess	Samuel Blevins, Jr.	Movie	1919
Home	Tom Wallace	Movie	1919
Love Is Love	Gerry Sands	Movie	1919
Be a Little Sport	Gerald Faulkner	Movie	1919
Words and Music by -	Brian McBride	Movie	1919
The Game's Up	Peter Neyland (as Al Ray)	Movie	1919
When Do We Eat?	James Waterson Forbes	Movie	1918