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Ray Enright(1896-1965)

  • Director
  • Writer
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Ray Enright, born in Anderson, Indiana, came to Los Angeles with his family at the age of five. He attended Los Angeles High School and in 1913 started motion picture work as an assistant cutter at the Mack Sennett studio. He served in World War I as a member of the Signal Corps. After the war he returned to Hollywood and joined Thomas H. Ince as a cutter. In 1926 he started work for Warner Brothers as a cutter and two years later was made a director. The first film he directed was Tracked by the Police (1927), starring Rin Tin Tin.
BornMarch 25, 1896
DiedApril 3, 1965(69)
BornMarch 25, 1896
DiedApril 3, 1965(69)
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Joe E. Brown and Vivienne Segal in Song of the West (1930)
Song of the West
6.4
  • Director
  • 1930
Chester Morris and Vivienne Osborne in Tomorrow at Seven (1933)
Tomorrow at Seven
5.6
  • Director
  • 1933
Joan Blondell in I've Got Your Number (1934)
I've Got Your Number
6.3
  • Director
  • 1934
Myrna Loy, Conrad Nagel, and William Russell in The Girl from Chicago (1927)
The Girl from Chicago
6.2
  • Director
  • 1927

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  • Ethel Barrymore Theater
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1956
  • The Man from Cairo (1953)
    The Man from Cairo
    5.4
    • Director (as Ray H. Enright)
    • 1953
  • Sterling Hayden, Richard Arlen, Barbara Rush, Forrest Tucker, and Arleen Whelan in Flaming Feather (1952)
    Flaming Feather
    5.8
    • Director
    • 1952
  • Brian Donlevy and Marguerite Chapman in Kansas Raiders (1950)
    Kansas Raiders
    6.1
    • Director
    • 1950
  • Errol Flynn and Alexis Smith in Montana (1950)
    Montana
    6.1
    • Director
    • 1950
  • Dorothy Malone, Joel McCrea, Zachary Scott, and Alexis Smith in South of St. Louis (1949)
    South of St. Louis
    6.0
    • Director
    • 1949
  • Randolph Scott, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Anne Jeffreys, and Robert Ryan in Return of the Bad Men (1948)
    Return of the Bad Men
    6.3
    • Director
    • 1948
  • Coroner Creek (1948)
    Coroner Creek
    6.6
    • Director
    • 1948
  • Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, and George 'Gabby' Hayes in Albuquerque (1948)
    Albuquerque
    6.6
    • Director
    • 1948
  • Randolph Scott, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Anne Jeffreys, Madge Meredith, and Robert Ryan in Trail Street (1947)
    Trail Street
    6.3
    • Director
    • 1947
  • Janis Carter, Marguerite Chapman, Chester Morris, and Willard Parker in One Way to Love (1946)
    One Way to Love
    6.9
    • Director
    • 1946
  • Pat O'Brien, Ellen Drew, and Adolphe Menjou in Man Alive (1945)
    Man Alive
    5.4
    • Director
    • 1945
  • China Sky (1945)
    China Sky
    6.0
    • Director
    • 1945
  • Randolph Scott, Noah Beery Jr., Alan Curtis, Sam Levene, and J. Carrol Naish in 'Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders (1943)
    'Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders
    6.0
    • Director
    • 1943
  • Pat O'Brien and Ruth Warrick in The Iron Major (1943)
    The Iron Major
    5.6
    • Director
    • 1943

Writer



  • Joe E. Brown in Fireman, Save My Child! (1932)
    Fireman, Save My Child!
    5.8
    • adaptation
    • story
    • 1932
  • Joe E. Brown in Local Boy Makes Good (1931)
    Local Boy Makes Good
    6.1
    • adaptation
    • 1931
  • Donald Cook, Charles Butterworth, Evalyn Knapp, and Winnie Lightner in Side Show (1931)
    Side Show
    5.1
    • screen play (as Raymond Enright)
    • 1931
  • Winnie Lightner in Gold Dust Gertie (1931)
    Gold Dust Gertie
    5.7
    • screenplay
    • 1931

Editor



  • Syd Chaplin in The Better 'Ole (1926)
    The Better 'Ole
    6.2
    • Editor (edited by)
    • 1926
  • Alice Calhoun and Syd Chaplin in The Man on the Box (1925)
    The Man on the Box
    5.8
    • Editor
    • 1925

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  • Alternative names
    • Ray H. Enright
  • Height
    • 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
  • Born
    • March 25, 1896
    • Anderson, Indiana, USA
  • Died
    • April 3, 1965
    • Hollywood, California, USA(heart attack)
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