Ray McCarey
| Ray McCarey | |
|---|---|
| Born | Raymond Benedict McCarey September 6, 1904 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Woodland Hills, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Years active | 1926–1948 |
Raymond Benedict "Ray" McCarey (September 6, 1904 – December 1, 1948) was an American film director. He began working at Hal Roach Studios, where he did work on short films with Our Gang and Laurel and Hardy. He also worked with Roscoe Arbuckle, the Three Stooges, Lucille Ball, Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong and Dorothy Dandridge among many others. Most of his feature film work consisted of "B" pictures and low-budget films. He directed 62 films between 1930 and 1948. He was the brother of director Leo McCarey and was occasionally billed as Raymond McCarey but usually as Ray McCarey.
Death
On December 2, 1948 Ray was found dead kneeling beside his bed.[1] According the the San Bernardino County Sun two empty prescription bottles were found by his bed. His brother, director Leo McCarey, said he had been in ill health for several months. The official cause of death was suicide.[1]
Selected filmography
- Two Plus Fours (1930)
- Free Eats (1932)
- Scram! (1932)
- Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
- In the Dough (1932)
- Close Relations (1933)
- Tomalio (1933)
- Men in Black (1934)
- Three Little Pigskins (1934)
- Three Cheers for Love (1936)
- Goodbye Broadway (1938)
- Outside These Walls (1939)
- It Happened in Flatbush (1942)
- That Other Woman (1942)
- Passport to Destiny (1944)
- Atlantic City (1944)
- Strange Triangle (1946)
- The Falcon's Alibi (1946)
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