Person Details
Birthday: 1893-10-18 10:26:54
Death: 1961-04-27 10:26:54
Aliases: Thomas LeRoy Ruth
Gender: Male
Place of birth: New Castle, Delaware, USA
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Movie Involvements: 100
TV Involvements: 3
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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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Adventures in Paradise
(1959) DirectorRichard Diamond, Private Detective
(1957) DirectorThe 20th Century Fox Hour
(1955) DirectorZiegfeld Follies
(1945) DirectorThe Alligator People
(1959) DirectorTopper Returns
(1941) DirectorIt Happened on Fifth Avenue
(1947) ProducerEmployees' Entrance
(1933) DirectorActing
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