Director

Roy Del Ruth

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Very extensive directing filmography.

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Directed movies: 90Directed series: 3All crew credits: 95

TMDB ID: 94218

IMDb ID: nm0215877

Known for: Directing

Born: October 18, 1893

Died: April 27, 1961

Age: 67

Place of birth: New Castle, Delaware, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1916 - 1960

Years active: 45

Average TMDB rating: 6.34

Wikidata: Q918762

Also known as

Thomas LeRoy Ruth

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Director (93)Producer (1)Scenario Writer (1)

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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, 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.

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