Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
October 18, 1893
Died
April 27, 1961 (67 years old)
New Castle, Delaware, USA
Also Known As
- Thomas LeRoy Ruth
Roy Del Ruth
Biography
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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.
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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
Directing
The Alligator People
Director
1959
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
Director
1954
On Moonlight Bay
Director
1951
Red Light
Director, Producer
1949
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Director, Producer
1947
Ziegfeld Follies
Director
1945
Du Barry Was a Lady
Director
1943
Topper Returns
Director
1941
Broadway Melody of 1938
Director
1937
Born to Dance
Director
1936
Broadway Melody of 1936
Director
1935
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Director
1934