Albert Ray

Biography

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.

Known For

The Night Riders
The Night Riders
Wet and Warmer
Wet and Warmer
Vagabond Luck
Vagabond Luck
The Game's Up
The Game's Up
The Lost Princess
The Lost Princess
The Punch of the Irish
The Punch of the Irish
The Kick in High Life
The Kick in High Life

Filmography

1921 A Game Lady
as
1920 The Punch of the Irish
as 1st Suitor
1920 Wet and Warmer
as Billy Poste
1920 The Kick in High Life
as Bud Weiser
1920 The Ugly Duckling
as Owen Wilshire
1920 The Night Riders
as John Tresler
1920 The Honey Bee
as Will Harper
1919 Tin Pan Alley
as Tommy Breen
1919 Vagabond Luck
as Jimmie Driscoll
1919 The Lost Princess
as Samuel Blevins, Jr.
1919 Home
as Tom Wallace
1919 Love Is Love
as Gerry Sands
1919 Be a Little Sport
as Gerald Faulkner
1919 Words and Music by -
as Brian McBride
1919 The Game's Up
as Peter Neyland (as Al Ray)
1918 When Do We Eat?
as James Waterson Forbes