Director
Albert Ray
129 years · New Rochelle, New York, USA · 48 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 48
Desperate Trails
1939 · Director
Winner Take All
1939 · Screenplay
Everybody's Baby
1939 · Writer
While New York Sleeps
1938 · Screenplay
Keep Smiling
1938 · Writer
Island in the Sky
1938 · Screenplay
Change of Heart
1938 · Screenplay
45 Fathers
1937 · Writer
Lawless Land
1937 · Director
Dizzy Doctors
1937 · Screenplay
On Cineverse
Undercover Man
1936 · Director
Everyman's Law
1936 · Director
On Tubi TV
St. Louis Woman
1934 · Director
Dancing Man
1934 · Director, Writer
A Shriek in the Night
1933 · Director
On Plex
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
1933 · Director
The Intruder
1933 · Director
On Plex
West of Singapore
1933 · Director
Guilty or Not Guilty
1932 · Director
The Thirteenth Guest
1932 · Director
On Mometu
Unholy Love
1932 · Director, Producer
On Philo
Kathleen Mavourneen
1930 · Director
Call of the West
1930 · Director
Her Unborn Child
1930 · Director