Roy Del Ruth

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1893-10-18 (68 years old)

Deathday

1961-04-27

Place of Birth

New Castle, Delaware, USA

Roy Del Ruth

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 pict...

Acting

1951

The Screen Director

as Self (uncredited)

Production

1949

Red Light

as Director

1949

Red Light

as Producer

1923

1931

1933

The Little Giant

as Director

1951

On Moonlight Bay

as Director

1959

1931

Blonde Crazy

as Director

1932

Blessed Event

as Director

1948

1943

1942

1941

Topper Returns

as Director

1933

Lady Killer

as Director

1933

1939

Tail Spin

as Director

1938

Happy Landing

as Director

1936

Born to Dance

as Director

1950

1932

Winner Take All

as Director

1931

Taxi!

as Director

1952

About Face

as Director

1944

Broadway Rhythm

as Director

1941

1960

Why Must I Die

as Director

1930

Three Faces East

as Director

1942

1934

Kid Millions

as Director

1937

On the Avenue

as Director

1935

Thanks a Million

as Director

1922

Gymnasium Jim

as Director

1932

1926

1935

Folies Bergère

as Director

1933

Captured!

as Director

1951

Starlift

as Director

1921

Be Reasonable

as Director

1923

Skylarking

as Director

1934

Upperworld

as Director

1924

Smile Please

as Director

1924

His New Mamma

as Director

1930

1926

Footloose Widows

as Director

1940

1931

Side Show

as Director

1939

The Star Maker

as Director

1931

My Past

as Director

1924

1939

1928

Powder My Back

as Director

1936

Private Number

as Director

1933

The Mind Reader

as Director

1929

The Desert Song

as Director

1927

The First Auto

as Director

1938

My Lucky Star

as Director

1944

1936

It Had to Happen

as Director

1924

A Deep Sea Panic

as Director

1925

Hogan's Alley

as Director

1921

1921

Bright Eyes

as Director

1924

The Cat's Meow

as Director

1920

1935

Folies Bergère

as Director

1922

On Patrol

as Director

1922

1924

1922

The Duck Hunter

as Director

1928

The Terror

as Director

1945

Ziegfeld Follies

as Director

1923

Nip and Tuck

as Director

1930

1923

1929

The Aviator

as Director

1928

1928

Conquest

as Director

1930

Hold Everything

as Director

1932

Winner Take All

as Producer

1916

Wife and Auto Trouble

as Scenario Writer

1948

1929

The Hottentot

as Director

1952

Here We Go Again

as Director

1923

Flip Flops

as Director

1926

1927

If I Were Single

as Director

1925

Eve's Lover

as Director

1920

His Noisy Still

as Director

1926

The Man Upstairs

as Director

1927

Wolf's Clothing

as Director

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