Roy Del Ruth

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1893-10-18

Deathday 1961-04-27 (67 years old)

Place of Birth New Castle, Delaware, USA

Also Known As Thomas LeRoy Ruth

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 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.

Known For

Director

1960
Why Must I Die

as Director

1959
1959
1953
1952
About Face

as Director

1952
1952
Here We Go Again

as Director

1951
On Moonlight Bay

as Director

1951
Starlift

as Director

1950
1949
Red Light

as Director

1948
1945
Ziegfeld Follies

as Director

1944
Broadway Rhythm

as Director

1944
Barbary Coast Gent

as Director

1943
1942
I Married an Angel

as Director

1942
1941
Topper Returns

as Director

1941
1940
1939
Tail Spin

as Director

1939
The Star Maker

as Director

1939
1938
Happy Landing

as Director

1938
My Lucky Star

as Director

1937
1937
On the Avenue

as Director

1936
Born to Dance

as Director

1936
Private Number

as Director

1936
It Had to Happen

as Director

1935
1935
Thanks a Million

as Director

1935
Folies Bergère

as Director

1935
Folies Bergère

as Director

1934
Kid Millions

as Director

1934
Upperworld

as Director

1933
The Little Giant

as Director

1933
1933
Lady Killer

as Director

1933
Captured!

as Director

1933
The Mind Reader

as Director

1932
Blessed Event

as Director

1932
Winner Take All

as Director

1932
1931
The Maltese Falcon

as Director

1931
Blonde Crazy

as Director

1931
Taxi!

as Director

1931
Side Show

as Director

1931
My Past

as Director

1930
Three Faces East

as Director

1930
1930
1930
1930
Hold Everything

as Director

1929
1929
The Desert Song

as Director

1929
The Aviator

as Director

1929
The Hottentot

as Director

1928
Powder My Back

as Director

1928
The Terror

as Director

1928
1928
Conquest

as Director

1928
1927
The First Auto

as Director

1927
If I Were Single

as Director

1926
1926
Footloose Widows

as Director

1926
Across the Pacific

as Director

1926
The Man Upstairs

as Director

1925
Hogan's Alley

as Director

1925
Eve's Lover

as Director

1924
Smile Please

as Director

1924
His New Mamma

as Director

1924
The Hollywood Kid

as Director

1924
A Deep Sea Panic

as Director

1924
The Cat's Meow

as Director

1924
Shanghaied Lovers

as Director

1923
1923
Skylarking

as Director

1923
Nip and Tuck

as Director

1923
Flip Flops

as Director

1922
Gymnasium Jim

as Director

1922
On Patrol

as Director

1922
When Summer Comes

as Director

1922
The Duck Hunter

as Director

1921
Be Reasonable

as Director

1921
Love and Doughnuts

as Director

1921
Bright Eyes

as Director

1920
The Heart Snatcher

as Director

1920
His Noisy Still

as Director

Producer

1949
Red Light

as Producer

1948
1932
Winner Take All

as Producer

Writer

1923
1916
Wife and Auto Trouble

as Scenario Writer

Actor

1951
The Screen Director

as Self (uncredited)