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Albert Ray

Albert Ray

Director and writer, also producer · Died February 5, 1944, aged 46 · New Rochelle, New York, USA

Albert Ray, born in New Rochelle, NY, attended Townsend Harris Hall and City College of New York. He spent summer vacations as a member of the Vitagraph stock company, on 14th St. in New York City. He appeared in summer stock in White Plains (NY), Florida and the Harlem Opera House in New York City. He directed short subjects for Pathe on the East Coast, went to Hollywood in 1915 and directed Ben Turpin pictures for the Vogue Film Co. and then Sunshine Comedies for Fox. He also acted opposite Ruth Clifford and Mildred Harris at Universal and co-starred with Elinor Fair at Fox. His first feature-length film as director was Scrap Iron (1921) starring Charles Ray (his cousin) for First National, and altogether he directed nine of his cousin's comedies for the studio. He returned to Fox and directed the "Helen and Warren" series and 19 features.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
August 28, 1897
Died
February 5, 1944 (aged 46)
From
New Rochelle, New York, USA
Works as
Director and writer, also producer
Titles
6 on MovieCove · 75 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 36% in 30 days

What are Albert Ray's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
34%
Bonds
19%
Self
13%
Society
13%
Power
12%
Ideas
9%
Justice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 6 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 5 · Serious 1 · Dark 0

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 5 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 3 · Charged 3 · Intense 0

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 6 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 4 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 6 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm
4
Tense
3
Joyful
3
Thrilling
2
Absurd
2
Other
2

How their films linger

Feel-good5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy5
  • Tragic1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Albert Ray's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Albert Ray's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

75 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Cheaters(1945)

    Original Story

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • The Girl from Avenue A (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Additional Writing

  • Desperate Trails (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Director

  • Winner Take All (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Screenplay

  • Everybody's Baby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Writer

  • The Arizona Wildcat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Story

  • Charlie Chan in Reno(1939)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • While New York Sleeps (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Screenplay

  • Keep Smiling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Writer

  • Island in the Sky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Screenplay

  • Change of Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Screenplay

  • 45 Fathers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Writer

  • Lawless Land(1936)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Dizzy Doctors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Screenplay

  • Undercover Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Director

  • Everyman's Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Director

  • Stage Frights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Director

  • The Marriage Bargain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Director

  • It's the Cats (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Director

  • St. Louis Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Director

  • Dancing Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Director · Writer

  • A Shriek in the Night(1933)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Director

  • The Intruder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Director

  • West of Singapore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Director

  • Guilty or Not Guilty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Director

  • The Thirteenth Guest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Director

  • Unholy Love(1932)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Summer Daze (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Director

  • Harem Scarem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Director

  • A Put Up Job (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Director

  • Moving In (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Director

  • We! We! Marie! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Director

  • Rolling Along (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Director

  • Kathleen Mavourneen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Director

  • Call of the West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Director

  • Her Unborn Child (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Director

  • My Lady's Past (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Director

  • Molly and Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Director

  • None But the Brave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Director

  • A Thief in the Dark (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Director · Story

  • Woman Wise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Director

  • Publicity Madness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Director

  • Whispering Wires (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    Director

  • Honesty – The Best Policy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    Director

  • More Pay - Less Work (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    Director

  • Look Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Director

  • Permit Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Director

  • Wake Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Director

  • Fun's Fun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Director

  • Rock Bottom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Director

  • Ship Shape (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Director

  • Welcome Danger! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Director

  • Weak Knees (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Director

  • The Courtship of Miles Standish (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    Writer

  • The Girl I Loved (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    Writer

  • A Tailor-Made Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Adaptation

  • Alias Julius Caesar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Assistant Director

  • Smudge(1922)

    Assistant Director · Writer

  • A Game Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    Actor

  • The Punch of the Irish (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    as 1st Suitor

  • Wet and Warmer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    as Billy Poste

  • The Kick in High Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Director · as Bud Weiser

  • The Ugly Duckling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    as Owen Wilshire

  • The Night Riders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    as John Tresler

  • The Honey Bee (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    as Will Harper

  • Tin Pan Alley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Tommy Breen

  • Vagabond Luck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Jimmie Driscoll

  • The Lost Princess (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Samuel Blevins, Jr.

  • Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Tom Wallace

  • Love Is Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Gerry Sands

  • Be a Little Sport (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Gerald Faulkner

  • Words and Music by - (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Brian McBride

  • The Game's Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Peter Neyland (as Al Ray)

  • When Do We Eat? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    as James Waterson Forbes

Career shape

A full career of 74 titles from 1918 to 1945.

Highest rated

Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)

Midcredits 82nd

Most popular right now

The Cheaters (1945)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting16 of 74: 15 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting43 of 74: 39 only directing, 4 with another roleWriting15 of 74: 13 only writing, 2 with another roleProducing1 of 74: 0 only producing, 1 with another roleOther crew3 of 74: 3 only other crew, 0 with another role

74 titles, 4 with more than one role — directing and acting overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

1910s9 · acting1920s29 · 7 acting · 23 crew1930s34 · crew1940s2 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

How do Albert Ray's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 21st percentile, the median of the 5 of 6 with a score; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 30th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

30thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

15thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

34thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 5 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th1
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

None of their 5 titles divides audiences: 2 are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser1
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed2

Most loved · writer

Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)

Midcredits 82nd · 79% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 57/100 and the pacing 45/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Albert Ray work with?

People who share at least 2 of Albert Ray's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Frances Hyland shares the most, 4.

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers