Roy Del Ruth
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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.
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Movies (102)
Why Must I Die
1960 · Director
The Alligator People
1959 · Director
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
1954 · Director
Three Sailors and a Girl
1953 · Director
Stop, You're Killing Me
1952 · Director
Here We Go Again
1952 · Director
About Face
1952 · Director
Starlift
1951 · Director
On Moonlight Bay
1951 · Director
The Screen Director
1951 · Self (uncredited)
The West Point Story
1950 · Director
Always Leave Them Laughing
1949 · Director
Red Light
1949 · Director, Producer
The Babe Ruth Story
1948 · Director, Producer
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947 · Director, Producer
Ziegfeld Follies
1945 · Director
Barbary Coast Gent
1944 · Director
Broadway Rhythm
1944 · Director
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943 · Director
I Married an Angel
1942 · Director
Maisie Gets Her Man
1942 · Director
The Chocolate Soldier
1941 · Director
Topper Returns
1941 · Director
He Married His Wife
1940 · Director
Here I Am a Stranger
1939 · Director
The Star Maker
1939 · Director
Tail Spin
1939 · Director
My Lucky Star
1938 · Director
Happy Landing
1938 · Director
Broadway Melody of 1938
1937 · Director
On the Avenue
1937 · Director
Born to Dance
1936 · Director
Private Number
1936 · Director
It Had to Happen
1936 · Director
Thanks a Million
1935 · Director
Broadway Melody of 1936
1935 · Director
Folies Bergère
1935 · Director
Folies Bergère de Paris
1935 · Director
Kid Millions
1934 · Director
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1934 · Director
Upperworld
1934 · Director
Lady Killer
1933 · Director
Bureau of Missing Persons
1933 · Director
Captured!
1933 · Director
The Little Giant
1933 · Director
The Mind Reader
1933 · Director
Employees' Entrance
1933 · Director
Blessed Event
1932 · Director
Winner Take All
1932 · Director, Producer
Beauty and the Boss
1932 · Director
Taxi!
1932 · Director
Side Show
1931 · Director
Blonde Crazy
1931 · Director
The Maltese Falcon
1931 · Director
My Past
1931 · Director
Divorce Among Friends
1930 · Director
The Life of the Party
1930 · Director
Three Faces East
1930 · Director
The Second Floor Mystery
1930 · Director
Hold Everything
1930 · Director
The Aviator
1929 · Director
Gold Diggers of Broadway
1929 · Director
The Hottentot
1929 · Director
The Desert Song
1929 · Director
Conquest
1928 · Director
Beware of Bachelors
1928 · Director
The Terror
1928 · Director
Five and Ten Cent Annie
1928 · Director
Powder My Back
1928 · Director
If I Were Single
1927 · Director
Ham and Eggs at the Front
1927 · Director
The First Auto
1927 · Director
Wolf's Clothing
1927 · Director
Across the Pacific
1926 · Director
Footloose Widows
1926 · Director
The Little Irish Girl
1926 · Director
The Man Upstairs
1926 · Director
Hogan's Alley
1925 · Director
Three Weeks in Paris
1925 · Director
Eve's Lover
1925 · Director
A Deep Sea Panic
1924 · Director
His New Mamma
1924 · Director
The Cat's Meow
1924 · Director
The Hollywood Kid
1924 · Director
Shanghaied Lovers
1924 · Director
Smile Please
1924 · Director
Flip Flops
1923 · Director
One Cylinder Love
1923 · Writer
Asleep at the Switch
1923 · Director
Skylarking
1923 · Director
Nip and Tuck
1923 · Director
When Summer Comes
1922 · Director
Gymnasium Jim
1922 · Director
On Patrol
1922 · Director
The Duck Hunter
1922 · Director
Bright Eyes
1921 · Director
Be Reasonable
1921 · Director
Love and Doughnuts
1921 · Director
Hard Knocks and Love Taps
1921 · Director
His Noisy Still
1920 · Director
The Heart Snatcher
1920 · Director
Wife and Auto Trouble
1916 · Scenario Writer
