Roy Del Ruth
American film director (1893–1961)
2.29body-of-work score · ranked #465 of 2631 directors · 4 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- October 18, 1893 · Delaware
- Died
- April 27, 1961 · Sherman Oaks
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- film director, screenwriter, director
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.
- 11.501 citation
- 20.451 citation
- 30.231 citation
- 40.111 citation
Complete filmography
All 93 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1920His Noisy Still
- 1920The Heart Snatcher
- 1921Be Reasonable
- 1921By Heck
- 1921Love and Doughnuts
- 1922Gymnasium Jim
- 1922Ma and Pa
- 1922On Patrol
- 1922When Summer Comes
- 1923Asleep at the Switch
- 1924His New Mamma
- 1924Shanghaied Lovers
- 1924Smile Please
- 1924The Cat's Meow
- 1924The Hollywood Kid
- 1925Eve's Lover
- 1925Hogan's Alley
- 1925Three Weeks in Paris
- 1926Across the Pacific
- 1926Footloose Widows
- 1926The Little Irish Girl
- 1926The Man Upstairs
- 1927Ham and Eggs at the Front
- 1927If I Were Single
- 1927The First Auto
- 1927Wolf's Clothing
- 1928Beware Of Bachelors
- 1928Conquest
- 1928Five and Ten Cent Annie
- 1928Powder My Back
- 1928The Terror
- 1929Gold Diggers of Broadway
- 1929Hold Everything
- 1929The Aviator
- 1929The Desert Song
- 1929The Hottentot
- 1930Divorce Among Friends
- 1930The Life of the Party
- 1930The Second Floor Mystery
- 1930Three Faces East
- 1931Blonde Crazy
- 1931My Past
- 1931Side Show
- 1931The Maltese Falcon
- 1932Beauty and the Boss
- 1932Blessed Event
- 1932Taxi!
- 1932Winner Take All
- 1933Bureau of Missing Persons
- 1933Captured!
- 1933Employees' Entrance
- 1933Lady Killer
- 1933The Little Giant
- 1933The Mind Reader
- 1934Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
- 1934Kid Millions
- 1934Upper World
- 1935Broadway Melody of 1936
- 1935Folies Bergère de Paris
- 1935Thanks a Million
- 1936Born to Dance
- 1936It Had to Happen
- 1936Private Number
- 1937Broadway Melody of 1938
- 1937On the Avenue
- 1938Happy Landing
- 1938My Lucky Star
- 1939Here I Am a Stranger
- 1939Tail Spin
- 1939The Star Maker
- 1940He Married His Wife
- 1941The Chocolate Soldier
- 1941Topper Returns
- 1942I Married an Angel
- 1942Maisie Gets Her Man
- 1943DuBarry Was a Lady
- 1944Barbary Coast Gent
- 1944Broadway Rhythm
- 1945Ziegfeld Follies
- 1947It Happened on Fifth Avenue
- 1948The Babe Ruth Story
- 1949Always Leave Them Laughing
- 1950Red Light
- 1950The West Point Story
- 1951On Moonlight Bay
- 1951Starlift
- 1952About Face
- 1952Stop, You're Killing Me
- 1953Three Sailors and a Girl
- 1954Phantom of the Rue Morgue
- 1959The Alligator People
- 1960Why Must I Die?
- —A Deep Sea Panic