Robert Florey

French-born American director (1900-1979)

0.45body-of-work score · ranked #1444 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
September 14, 1900 · 9th arrondissement of Paris
Died
May 16, 1979 · Santa Monica
Nationality
France, United States
Work
actor, film director, screenwriter, writer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Robert Florey
Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domain

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. 1

    1928 · United States · drama, silent

    National Film Registry (inducted 1997)

    0.231 citation
  2. 2

    1937 · United States · drama, crime

    National Film Registry (inducted 2006)

    0.231 citation

Complete filmography

All 69 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1921Parisette
  • 1925The Masked Bride
  • 1926The Exquisite Sinner
  • 1927Face Value
  • 1927One Hour of Love
  • 1927The Romantic Age
  • 1928The Life and Death of 9413: a Hollywood Extra
  • 1929Pusher-in-the-Face
  • 1929The Battle of Paris
  • 1929The Cocoanuts
  • 1929The Hole in the Wall
  • 1930Love Songs
  • 1930My Wife's Teacher
  • 1930The Road Is Fine
  • 1931Black and White
  • 1932Murders in the Rue Morgue
  • 1932The House on 56th Street
  • 1932The Man Called Back
  • 1932Those We Love
  • 1933Ex-Lady
  • 1933Girl Missing
  • 1934Bedside
  • 1934I Am a Thief
  • 1934I Sell Anything
  • 1934Registered Nurse
  • 1934Smarty
  • 1935Don't Bet on Blondes
  • 1935Going Highbrow
  • 1935Ship Cafe
  • 1935The Florentine Dagger
  • 1935The Payoff
  • 1935The Woman in Red
  • 1936Hollywood Boulevard
  • 1936The Preview Murder Mystery
  • 1936Till We Meet Again
  • 1937Daughter of Shanghai
  • 1937King of Gamblers
  • 1937Mountain Music
  • 1937Outcast
  • 1937This Way Please
  • 1938Dangerous to Know
  • 1938King of Alcatraz
  • 1939Death of a Champion
  • 1939Disbarred
  • 1939Hotel Imperial
  • 1939The Magnificent Fraud
  • 1940Parole Fixer
  • 1940Women Without Names
  • 1941Dangerously They Live
  • 1941Meet Boston Blackie
  • 1941The Face Behind the Mask
  • 1941Two in a Taxi
  • 1942Lady Gangster
  • 1943Bomber's Moon
  • 1943The Desert Song
  • 1944Man from Frisco
  • 1944Roger Touhy, Gangster
  • 1945Danger Signal
  • 1945God Is My Co-Pilot
  • 1945San Antonio
  • 1946The Beast with Five Fingers
  • 1948Rogues' Regiment
  • 1948Tarzan and the Mermaids
  • 1949Outpost in Morocco
  • 1949The Crooked Way
  • 1950Johnny One-Eye
  • 1950The Vicious Years
  • 1951Adventures of Captain Fabian
  • Skyscraper Symphony