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Roy Del Ruth

Director, Producer, Actor, Additional Credits
Born October 18, 1893Died April 27, 1961 (67 years)
​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.

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Known For
  • It Happened on Fifth Avenue
  • Topper Returns
  • The Maltese Falcon
  • On Moonlight Bay
  • The Alligator People
  • Blonde Crazy
  • Broadway Melody of 1936
  • Born to Dance
  • Lady Killer
  • Du Barry Was a Lady
  • Employees' Entrance
  • Dance, Girl, Dance
  • Taxi
  • Red Light
  • The West Point Story
  • The Little Giant
  • Broadway Melody of 1938
  • Bureau of Missing Persons
  • The Babe Ruth Story
  • Phantom of the Rue Morgue
  • Ziegfeld Follies
  • Blessed Event
  • The Mind Reader
  • Kid Millions

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