Raymond Benedict McCarey (September 6, 1904 – December 1, 1948) was an American

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

, brother of director

Leo McCarey Thomas Leo McCarey (October 3, 1898 – July 5, 1969) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was involved in nearly 200 films, including the critically acclaimed '' Duck Soup'', '' Make Way for Tomorrow'', '' The Awf ...

Biography

McCarey began working at

Hal Roach Studios Hal Roach Studios was an American motion picture and, through its TV production subsidiary, Hal Roach Television Corporation, television production studio. Known as ''The Laugh Factory to the World'', it was founded by producer Hal Roach and busin ...

, where he did work on short films with

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and

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. He also worked with

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, the

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and

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among many others. Most of his feature film work consisted of "B" pictures and low-budget films. He directed 62 films between 1930 and 1948. He was the younger brother of director

and was occasionally billed as Raymond McCarey but usually as Ray McCarey. On December 2, 1948, McCarey was found dead kneeling beside his bed. According to the San Bernardino County Sun, two empty prescription bottles were found by his bed. His brother Leo McCarey said he had been in ill health for several months. The official cause of death was

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Selected filmography

* '' Swing High'' (1930) * '' Two Plus Fours'' (1930) * '' Free Eats'' (1932) * ''

Scram! ''Scram!'' is a 1932 pre-Code Laurel and Hardy film produced by Hal Roach, directed by Ray McCarey, and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot Stan and Ollie find themselves entangled in a legal predicament, appearing before Judge Beaumon ...

'' (1932) * '' Pack Up Your Troubles'' (1932) * ''

In the Dough ''In the Dough'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code comedy film starring Fatty Arbuckle and featuring Shemp Howard of the Three Stooges. It was the last film made by Arbuckle, although the last to be released was '' Tomalio''. He died of a heart atta ...

'' (1932) * '' Close Relations'' (1933) * '' Tomalio'' (1933) * '' Girl o' My Dreams'' (1934) * ''

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'' (1934) * '' Three Little Pigskins'' (1934) * ''

Sunset Range ''Sunset Range'' is a 1935 American Western (genre), Western film set in modern times directed by Ray McCarey and starring Hoot Gibson. The film received a mostly positive reception, with praise for Gibson's acting and delivery of humor in what ...

'' (1935) * ''

Three Cheers for Love ''Three Cheers for Love'' is a 1936 American musical film directed by Ray McCarey, written by George Marion, Jr., and starring Eleanore Whitney, Robert Cummings, William Frawley, Elizabeth Patterson, Roscoe Karns and John Halliday. It was re ...

'' (1936) * ''

Oh, Doctor ''Oh, Doctor'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Ray McCarey and written by Harry Clork and Brown Holmes. It is based on the 1923 novel ''Oh, Doctor!'' by Harry Leon Wilson. The film stars Edward Everett Horton, Donrue Leighton, Willi ...

'' (1937) * '' Goodbye Broadway'' (1938) * '' Outside These Walls'' (1939) * '' You Can't Fool Your Wife'' (1940) * '' It Happened in Flatbush'' (1942) * '' That Other Woman'' (1942) * '' Passport to Destiny'' (1944) * ''

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'' (1944) * '' Strange Triangle'' (1946) * '' The Falcon's Alibi'' (1946)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McCarey, Ray American comedy film directors 1904 births 1948 deaths 1948 suicides Hal Roach Studios filmmakers Film directors from Los Angeles