Albert Ray
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.
The Night Riders
(John Tresler)
Wet and Warmer
(Billy Poste)
Vagabond Luck
(Jimmie Driscoll)
The Game's Up
(Peter Neyland (as Al Ray))
The Lost Princess
(Samuel Blevins, Jr.)
When Do We Eat?
(James Waterson Forbes)
The Punch of the Irish
(1st Suitor)
The Kick in High Life
(Bud Weiser)
A Game Lady
The Ugly Duckling
(Owen Wilshire)
The Honey Bee
(Will Harper)
Tin Pan Alley
(Tommy Breen)
Home
(Tom Wallace)
Love Is Love
(Gerry Sands)
Be a Little Sport
(Gerald Faulkner)
Words and Music by -
(Brian McBride)
The Courtship of Miles Standish
(Writer)
A Tailor-Made Man
(Adaptation)
A Shriek in the Night
(Director)
The Thirteenth Guest
(Director)
Dizzy Doctors
(Screenplay)
Change of Heart
(Screenplay)
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
(Director)
The Cheaters
(Original Story)
Fun's Fun
(Director)
Ship Shape
(Director)
Harem Scarem
(Director)
The Intruder
(Director)
Kathleen Mavourneen
(Director)
Unholy Love
(Director)
Rock Bottom
(Director)
Lawless Land
(Director)
St. Louis Woman
(Director)
Moving In
(Director)
45 Fathers
(Writer)
Guilty or Not Guilty
(Director)
West of Singapore
(Director)
None But the Brave
(Director)
Dancing Man
(Director)
Call of the West
(Director)
We! We! Marie!
(Director)
Unholy Love
(Producer)
Welcome Danger!
(Director)
Undercover Man
(Director)
While New York Sleeps
(Screenplay)
Dancing Man
(Writer)
Winner Take All
(Screenplay)
Keep Smiling
(Writer)
The Arizona Wildcat
(Story)
Everybody's Baby
(Writer)
Everyman's Law
(Director)
Desperate Trails
(Director)
More Pay - Less Work
(Director)
Rolling Along
(Director)
Weak Knees
(Director)
It's the Cats
(Director)
Stage Frights
(Director)
Honesty – The Best Policy
(Director)
Island in the Sky
(Screenplay)
Summer Daze
(Director)
Whispering Wires
(Director)
My Lady's Past
(Director)
Molly and Me
(Director)
A Put Up Job
(Director)
Woman Wise
(Director)
The Girl from Avenue A
(Additional Writing)
The Girl I Loved
(Writer)
Look Out
(Director)
Permit Me
(Director)
Wake Up
(Director)
The Kick in High Life
(Director)
Her Unborn Child
(Director)
Publicity Madness
(Director)
Alias Julius Caesar
(Assistant Director)
A Thief in the Dark
(Director)
A Thief in the Dark
(Story)