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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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It Happened on Fifth Avenue
(1947)
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My Lucky Star
(1938)
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Topper Returns
(1941)
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Upperworld
(1934)
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The Heart Snatcher
(1920)
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His Noisy Still
(1920)
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Be Reasonable
(1921)
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Bright Eyes
(1921)
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Love and Doughnuts
(1921)
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Hard Knocks and Love Taps
(1921)
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Gymnasium Jim
(1922)
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On Patrol
(1922)
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When Summer Comes
(1922)
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The Duck Hunter
(1922)
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Skylarking
(1923)
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Nip and Tuck
(1923)
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Flip Flops
(1923)
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Asleep at the Switch
(1923)
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His New Mamma
(1924)
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Smile Please
(1924)
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The Hollywood Kid
(1924)
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A Deep Sea Panic
(1924)
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The Cat's Meow
(1924)
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Shanghaied Lovers
(1924)
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Hogan's Alley
(1925)
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Eve's Lover
(1925)
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Footloose Widows
(1926)
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Across the Pacific
(1926)
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The Man Upstairs
(1926)
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The Little Irish Girl
(1926)
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The First Auto
(1927)
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If I Were Single
(1927)
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Ham and Eggs at the Front
(1927)
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The Terror
(1928)
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Beware of Bachelors
(1928)
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Conquest
(1928)
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Powder My Back
(1928)
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Gold Diggers of Broadway
(1929)
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The Desert Song
(1929)
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The Aviator
(1929)
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Three Faces East
(1930)
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The Second Floor Mystery
(1930)
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The Life of the Party
(1930)
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Divorce Among Friends
(1930)
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Hold Everything
(1930)
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The Maltese Falcon
(1931)
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Blonde Crazy
(1931)
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Taxi!
(1931)
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Side Show
(1931)
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My Past
(1931)
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Blessed Event
(1932)
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Winner Take All
(1932)
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Beauty and the Boss
(1932)
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The Little Giant
(1933)
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Lady Killer
(1933)
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Employees' Entrance
(1933)
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Bureau of Missing Persons
(1933)
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Captured!
(1933)
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The Mind Reader
(1933)
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Kid Millions
(1934)
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Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
(1934)
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Upperworld
(1934)
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Broadway Melody of 1936
(1935)
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Thanks a Million
(1935)
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Folies Bergère
(1935)
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Folies Bergère
(1935)
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Born to Dance
(1936)
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Private Number
(1936)
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It Had to Happen
(1936)
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Broadway Melody of 1938
(1937)
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On the Avenue
(1937)
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My Lucky Star
(1938)
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Happy Landing
(1938)
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Tail Spin
(1939)
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The Star Maker
(1939)
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Here I Am a Stranger
(1939)
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He Married His Wife
(1940)
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Topper Returns
(1941)
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The Chocolate Soldier
(1941)
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I Married an Angel
(1942)
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Maisie Gets Her Man
(1942)
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Du Barry was a Lady
(1943)
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Broadway Rhythm
(1944)
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Barbary Coast Gent
(1944)
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Ziegfeld Follies
(1945)
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It Happened on Fifth Avenue
(1947)
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The Babe Ruth Story
(1948)
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Red Light
(1949)
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Always Leave Them Laughing
(1949)
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The West Point Story
(1950)
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On Moonlight Bay
(1951)
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Starlift
(1951)
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About Face
(1952)
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Stop, You're Killing Me
(1952)
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Here We Go Again
(1952)
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Three Sailors and a Girl
(1953)
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Phantom of the Rue Morgue
(1954)
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The Alligator People
(1959)
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Why Must I Die
(1960)
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