James Cruze
American actor (1884-1942)
1.11body-of-work score · ranked #794 of 2631 directors · 1 film in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- March 27, 1884 · Ogden
- Died
- August 3, 1942 · Hollywood
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- actor, film director, film actor, screenwriter
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
1923 · United States · romance, western, silent
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1924 #1 · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
1.112 citations
Complete filmography
All 73 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1914From Wash to Washington
- 1918Too Many Millions
- 1919Alias Mike Moran
- 1919An Adventure in Hearts
- 1919Hawthorne of the U.S.A.
- 1919The Dub
- 1919The Lottery Man
- 1919The Love Burglar
- 1919The Roaring Road
- 1919The Valley of the Giants
- 1919You're Fired
- 1920A Full House
- 1920Always Audacious
- 1920Food for Scandal
- 1920Mrs. Temple's Telegram
- 1920Terror Island
- 1920The Sins of St. Anthony
- 1920What Happened to Jones
- 1921Crazy to Marry
- 1921Gasoline Gus
- 1921The Charm School
- 1921The Dollar-a-Year Man
- 1921The Fast Freight
- 1922Is Matrimony a Failure?
- 1922One Glorious Day
- 1922The Dictator
- 1922The Old Homestead
- 1922Thirty Days
- 1923Hollywood
- 1923Ruggles of Red Gap
- 1923The Covered Wagon
- 1923To the Ladies
- 1924Leap Year
- 1924Merton of the Movies
- 1924The City That Never Sleeps
- 1924The Enemy Sex
- 1924The Fighting Coward
- 1924The Garden of Weeds
- 1925Beggar on Horseback
- 1925Marry Me
- 1925The Goose Hangs High
- 1925The Pony Express
- 1925Waking Up the Town
- 1925Welcome Home
- 1926Mannequin
- 1926Old Ironsides
- 1927The City Gone Wild
- 1927We're All Gamblers
- 1928Excess Baggage
- 1928On to Reno
- 1928The Mating Call
- 1928The Red Mark
- 1929A Man's Man
- 1929The Duke Steps Out
- 1929The Great Gabbo
- 1930Once a Gentleman
- 1930She Got What She Wanted
- 1931Salvation Nell
- 1932If I Had a Million
- 1932Washington Merry-Go-Round
- 1933I Cover the Waterfront
- 1933Mr. Skitch
- 1933Racetrack
- 1933Sailor Be Good
- 1934David Harum
- 1934Helldorado
- 1934Their Big Moment
- 1935Two-Fisted
- 1936Sutter's Gold
- 1937The Wrong Road
- 1938Come On, Leathernecks!
- 1938Gangs of New York
- 1938Prison Nurse