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Aliases: Albert Wray , Al Ray , Albert Joseph Ray

Gender: Male

Place of birth: New Rochelle, New York, USA

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Movie Involvements: 51

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

A Shriek in the Night
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5

A Shriek in the Night

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The Thirteenth Guest
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5

The Thirteenth Guest

(1932) Director
The Cheaters
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7

The Cheaters

(1945) Original Story
Ship Shape
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0

Ship Shape

(1925) Director
We! We! Marie!
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0

We! We! Marie!

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Rolling Along
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Rolling Along

(1930) Director
The Arizona Wildcat
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6

The Arizona Wildcat

(1939) Story
Lawless Land
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5

Lawless Land

(1937) Director

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1943 Cadet
1920 John Tresler
1919 Peter Neyland (as Al Ray)
Billy Poste
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Writing

Crew

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1940 Additional Writing
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Directing

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1939 Director
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Production

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1932 Producer
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