Bernard B. Ray
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1895-11-18 (69 years old)
Deathday
1964-12-10
Place of Birth
Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Also known As
B.B. Ray
Benjamin Shamrayevsky
Franklin Shamray
Bernard B. Ray
Biography
Bernard B. Ray was born Benjamin Shamrayevsky on November 18, 1895 in Moscow, Russia. He and his family immigrated to the U. S. in the early 1900s, settled in New York City, and during this period, the family surname got shortened to "Shamroy". Despite his lack of formal education he found constant work in the movie business starting with Biograph and then D. W. Griffith and Mutual Film Corporation. He worked primarily as a camera operator, but also did film editing and lab work. Eventually he formed Reliable Pictures with Harry S. Webb in 1933. Known for it's cheap westerns starring cowboys such as Tom Tyler, Reliable lasted a until 1938 wh...
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1952
as Director
1952
as Producer
1936
as Producer
1933
as Director of Photography
1940
as Director
1940
as Story
1940
as Production Manager
1942
as Director
1947
as Original Story
1947
as Director
1936
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1936
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1939
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1935
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as Writer
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as Story
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as Associate Producer
1936
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1941
as Producer
1931
as Assistant Camera
1935
as Director
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