It Happened on 5th Avenue
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Mini Bio. Roy Del Ruth was born on Oct. 18, 1895, in Philadelphia, PA. He began his Hollywood career as a writer for Mack Sennett in 1915. He began directing in 1919 for Sennett with the two-reeler Hungry Lions and Tender Hearts (1920). In the early 1920s he moved over to features with such efforts as Asleep at the Switch (1923), The Hollywood ...
October 18, 1895. Died. April 27, 1961. Cause of Death. Heart Attack. Biography. Read More. A capable director who made a number of competent musicals and crime dramas, Roy Del Ruth worked consistently throughout the 1930s and 1940s without ever distinguishing himself from his more famed contemporaries.
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.
Birthday: Oct 18, 1893. Birthplace: Delaware, USA. A capable director who made a number of competent musicals and crime dramas, Roy Del Ruth worked consistently throughout the 1930s and 1940s...
Died April 27, 1961 of heart attack in Sherman Oaks, CA. R oy Del Ruth was one of Hollywood's top directors and starmakers. Del Ruth was a newspaper cartoonist and columnist before...
Biography by AllMovie. Beginning with his apprenticeship as a writer and gag man for Mack Sennett, this American director had a career that spanned Hollywood's golden age and would be the envy of any film buff.
Overview. Roy Del Ruth. (1895—1961) Quick Reference. (1895–1961). Film director. A polished professional in silents and talkies, he is most remembered for his lavish MGM musicals. Del Ruth was born in Philadelphia and began his career as ... From: Del Ruth, Roy in The Oxford Companion to the American Musical » Subjects: Music.
