Directing
Albert Ray
EN, FR cinema · 74 credits
Born
28 August 1897
Died
5 February 1944 (aged 46)
Birthplace
New Rochelle, New York, USA
Also known as Albert Wray · Al Ray · Albert Joseph Ray
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.
Known for
Filmography
The Cheaters
Original Story
The Girl from Avenue A
Additional Writing
Winner Take All
Screenplay
Desperate Trails
Director
Change of Heart
Screenplay
While New York Sleeps
Screenplay
Keep Smiling
Writer
Island in the Sky
Screenplay
Dizzy Doctors
Screenplay
Lawless Land
Director
45 Fathers
Writer
Undercover Man
Director
Everyman's Law
Director
St. Louis Woman
Director
Dancing Man
Director, Writer
The Intruder
Director
West of Singapore
Director
The Thirteenth Guest
Director
Unholy Love
Director, Producer
Guilty or Not Guilty
Director
Kathleen Mavourneen
Director
Call of the West
Director
Her Unborn Child
Director
My Lady's Past
Director
Molly and Me
Director
None But the Brave
Director
Woman Wise
Director
A Thief in the Dark
Director, Story
Publicity Madness
Director
More Pay - Less Work
Director
Whispering Wires
Director
Look Out
1925
Look Out
Director
Wake Up
1925
Wake Up
Director
A Tailor-Made Man
Adaptation
Alias Julius Caesar
Assistant Director
Smudge
Assistant Director
The Night Riders
as John Tresler
Wet and Warmer
as Billy Poste
The Punch of the Irish
as 1st Suitor
The Kick in High Life
as Bud Weiser, Director
The Ugly Duckling
1920
The Ugly Duckling
as Owen Wilshire
The Honey Bee
as Will Harper
Vagabond Luck
as Jimmie Driscoll
The Game's Up
as Peter Neyland (as Al Ray)
The Lost Princess
as Samuel Blevins, Jr.
Tin Pan Alley
as Tommy Breen
Home
as Tom Wallace
Love Is Love
as Gerry Sands
Be a Little Sport
as Gerald Faulkner
Words and Music by -
as Brian McBride
When Do We Eat?
as James Waterson Forbes