Roy Del Ruth
b. 1893 — d. 1961 (aged 68)
New Castle, Delaware, USA
Director
Writer
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
Filmography
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★ 5.6
Why Must I Die?
1960 Director
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★ 6.5
The Islanders
1960 Director
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★ 5.6
The Alligator People
1959 Director
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★ 8.1
Adventures in Paradise
1959 Director
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★ 7.2
Colt .45
1957 Director
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★ 6.7
The Californians
1957 Director
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★ 7.5
Zane Grey Theatre
1956 Director
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★ 7.6
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1956 Director
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★ 7.7
Conflict
1956 Director
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★ 7.1
The 20th Century-Fox Hour
1955 Director
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★ 5.9
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
1954 Director
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★ 7.3
Studio 57
1954 Director
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★ 7.2
Meet Corliss Archer
1954 Director
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★ 6.0
Three Sailors and a Girl
1953 Director
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★ 6.1
Stop, You're Killing Me
1952 Director
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★ 5.4
About Face
1952 Director
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★ 6.9
On Moonlight Bay
1951 Director
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★ 5.8
Starlift
1951 Director
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★ 6.4
The Screen Director
1951 Self
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★ 6.2
The West Point Story
1950 Director
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★ 6.4
Red Light
1949 Director
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★ 5.6
Always Leave Them Laughing
1949 Director
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★ 5.3
The Babe Ruth Story
1948 Director
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★ 7.6
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947 Director
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★ 6.4
Ziegfeld Follies
1945 Director
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★ 5.9
Broadway Rhythm
1944 Director
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★ 6.2
Barbary Coast Gent
1944 Director
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★ 6.1
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943 Director
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★ 5.9
Panama Hattie
1942 Director
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★ 5.7
I Married an Angel
1942 Director
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★ 6.3
Maisie Gets Her Man
1942 Director
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★ 6.8
Topper Returns
1941 Director
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★ 6.0
The Chocolate Soldier
1941 Director
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★ 6.8
Dance, Girl, Dance
1940 Director
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★ 6.1
He Married His Wife
1940 Director
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Love's Intrigue
1940 Director
Writer
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★ 6.0
Tail Spin
1939 Director
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★ 6.3
The Star Maker
1939 Director
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★ 7.1
Here I Am a Stranger
1939 Director
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★ 6.0
My Lucky Star
1938 Director
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★ 6.2
Happy Landing
1938 Director
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★ 6.7
Broadway Melody of 1938
1937 Director
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★ 6.7
On the Avenue
1937 Director
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★ 6.7
Born to Dance
1936 Director
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★ 6.7
Private Number
1936 Director
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★ 6.2
It Had to Happen
1936 Director
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★ 6.7
Broadway Melody of 1936
1935 Director
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★ 6.5
Folies Bergère de Paris
1935 Director
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★ 6.3
Thanks a Million
1935 Director
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★ 6.4
L'homme des Folies Bergère
1935 Director
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★ 6.5
Upperworld
1934 Director
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★ 6.6
Kid Millions
1934 Director
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★ 6.8
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1934 Director
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★ 7.0
Lady Killer
1933 Director
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★ 7.2
Employees' Entrance
1933 Director
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★ 7.0
The Little Giant
1933 Director
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★ 6.5
Bureau of Missing Persons
1933 Director
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★ 6.5
The Mind Reader
1933 Director
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★ 6.5
Captured!
1933 Director
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★ 6.9
Blessed Event
1932 Director
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★ 6.9
Beauty and the Boss
1932 Director
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★ 6.0
Winner Take All
1932 Director
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★ 6.8
The Maltese Falcon
1931 Director
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★ 7.1
Blonde Crazy
1931 Director
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★ 6.6
Taxi
1931 Director
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★ 5.7
My Past
1931 Director
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★ 5.2
Side Show
1931 Director
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★ 5.9
Three Faces East
1930 Director
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★ 5.4
The Life of the Party
1930 Director
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★ 6.4
The Second Floor Mystery
1930 Director
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★ 5.3
Divorce Among Friends
1930 Director
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★ 7.1
Hold Everything
1930 Director
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★ 7.0
Gold Diggers of Broadway
1929 Director
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★ 5.8
The Desert Song
1929 Director
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★ 6.1
The Aviator
1929 Director
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The Hottentot
1929 Director
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The Constabule
1929 Writer
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★ 7.0
The Terror
1928 Director
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★ 4.0
Powder My Back
1928 Director
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Beware of Bachelors
1928 Director
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Conquest
1928 Director
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Five and Ten Cent Annie
1928 Director
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★ 6.3
The First Auto
1927 Director
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★ 5.2
Ham and Eggs at the Front
1927 Director
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★ 5.8
If I Were Single
1927 Director
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Wolf's Clothing
1927 Director
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★ 6.4
Across the Pacific
1926 Director
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★ 2.2
The Little Irish Girl
1926 Director
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★ 6.4
Footloose Widows
1926 Director
Writer
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The Man Upstairs
1926 Director
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The Mysterious Stranger
1925 Director
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Hogan's Alley
1925 Director
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Head Over Heels
1925 Director
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Eve's Lover
1925 Director
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Three Weeks in Paris
1925 Director
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★ 5.8
His New Mamma
1924 Director
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★ 5.6
Smile Please
1924 Director
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★ 6.7
The Hollywood Kid
1924 Director
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★ 5.1
Shanghaied Lovers
1924 Director
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★ 6.0
The Cat's Meow
1924 Director