
Roy Del Ruth
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday18 October 1893
Died27 April 1961 (age 67)
Place of birthNew Castle, Delaware, USA
Known credits105
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, Cal…

Why Must I Die
1960 · Director

Adventures in Paradise
1959 · Director

The Alligator People
1959 · Director

Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957 · Director

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955 · 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 · Producer

Red Light
1949 · Director

The Babe Ruth Story
1948 · Director

The Babe Ruth Story
1948 · Producer

It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947 · Director

It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947 · 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
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