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Roy Del Ruth
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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.
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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As director
Why Must I Die
The Alligator People
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
Three Sailors and a Girl
About Face
Stop, You're Killing Me
Here We Go Again
On Moonlight Bay
Starlift
The West Point Story
Red Light
Always Leave Them Laughing
The Babe Ruth Story
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Ziegfeld Follies
Broadway Rhythm
Barbary Coast Gent
Du Barry Was a Lady
I Married an Angel
Maisie Gets Her Man
Topper Returns
The Chocolate Soldier
He Married His Wife
Tail Spin
The Star Maker
Here I Am a Stranger
Happy Landing
My Lucky Star
Broadway Melody of 1938
On the Avenue