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Roy Del Ruth
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Film & TV
New Castle, Delaware, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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…
Known for
- The Screen Director — Self (uncredited)1951
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Roy
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Delaware
- Place of death
- Sherman Oaks
- Spouse
- Winnie Lightner
- Child
- Thomas Del Ruth
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Roy Del Ruth - Jan 1925 MPW.jpg
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- date of death
- 1961-04-27
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1893-10-18
- place of burial
- San Fernando Mission Cemetery
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Roy Del Ruth
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Roy Del Ruth
- Commons Creator page
- Roy Del Ruth
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