Ray Enright

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Ray Enright (born May 25, 1896 in Anderson , Indiana , † April 3, 1965 in Hollywood , California ) was an American film director , screenwriter and film editor . As a director he made 73 films.

life and work

Ray Enright came to Los Angeles with his parents when he was five . After finishing high school, he began his career as an assistant editor at Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios , where he worked on the early Chaplin comedies. After serving in the United States Army Signal Corps in France during World War I , Enright worked for Thomas H. Ince and eventually for Warner Brothers . Enright made his directorial debut in "Rin-Tin-Tin and the Gold Miners" ( Jaws of Steel ) (1927). In the 1930s he worked for Warner Brothers and First National . In the 1940s he worked for Columbia Pictures , Universal Studios and RKO Pictures , switching to action films and westerns with then-star Randolph Scott .

Enright worked on "Tracked by the Police" (1927), "Song of the West" (1930), "A Heavy Boy" ( The St. Louis Kid ) (1934, with James Cagney ), "China Clipper" ( 1936), "Slim - A man wants high up" ( Slim ) (1937, with Henry Fonda ), "Gold Diggers in Paris" (1938), "Brother Rat and a Baby" (1940), "From city to city" ( The Wagons Roll at Night ) (1941, with Humphrey Bogart ), " Die Freibeuterin " ( The Spoilers ) (1942, with Marlene Dietrich ), "Der Schrecken von Texas" ( Return of the Badmen ) (1948), "Montana" (1950, with Errol Flynn ) and his last film, the Italian production, “ Conspiracy in Algiers ” ( Dramma nella Casbah / The Man from Cairo ) (1953, shot in Algiers ).

Ray Enright, also known as Raymond Enright in the credits , died of a heart attack in Hollywood at the age of 68 after a long illness . His final resting place is in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale .

Filmography

Director

Screenwriter

  • 1931: Gold Dust Gertie
  • 1931: Local Boy Makes Good
  • 1931: Side Show (as Raymond Enright)
  • 1932: Fireman, Save My Child

Film editor

  • 1925: The Man on the Box
  • 1926: The Better 'Ole

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personal data
SURNAME Enright, Ray
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film director, screenwriter and film editor
DATE OF BIRTH May 25, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Anderson , Indiana
DATE OF DEATH April 3, 1965
Place of death Hollywood , California