Albert Ray

Born: 1897-08-28, New Rochelle, New York, USA

Died: 1944-02-05

Biography

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.

Filmography

• Lawless Land (1937)
• Woman Wise (1928)
• Everyman's Law (1936)
• Tin Pan Alley (1919)
• Publicity Madness (1927)
• A Thief in the Dark (1928)
• Desperate Trails (1939)
• West of Singapore (1933)
• The Game's Up (1919)
• Wet and Warmer (1920)
• A Shriek in the Night (1933)
• Call of the West (1930)
• Whispering Wires (1926)
• Her Unborn Child (1930)
• The Honey Bee (1920)
• My Lady's Past (1929)
• The Night Riders (1920)
• More Pay - Less Work (1926)
• St. Louis Woman (1934)
• Unholy Love (1932)
• Vagabond Luck (1919)
• Guilty or Not Guilty (1932)
• The Kick in High Life (1920)
• The Kick in High Life (1920)
• Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles (1933)
• The Thirteenth Guest (1932)
• Words and Music by - (1919)
• The Punch of the Irish (1920)
• Be a Little Sport (1919)