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

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Biography

McCarey began working at Hal Roach Studios, where he did work on short films with Our Gang and Laurel and Hardy. He also worked with Roscoe Arbuckle, the

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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 suicide.

Selected filmography

* '' Swing High'' (1930) * '' Two Plus Fours'' (1930) * '' Free Eats'' (1932) * '' Scram!'' (1932) * '' Pack Up Your Troubles'' (1932) * '' In the Dough'' (1932) * '' Close Relations'' (1933) * '' Tomalio'' (1933) * ''

Girl o' My Dreams ''Girl o' My Dreams'' (a.k.a. ''Love Race'') is a 1934 American college comedy film directed by Ray McCarey and featuring Sterling Holloway and Lon Chaney Jr. Plot summary Larry Haines ( Edward J. Nugent) is the school's track champion. The � ...

'' (1934) * ''

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'' (1934) * ''

Three Little Pigskins ''Three Little Pigskins'' is a 1934 short subject directed by Raymond McCarey and starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Jerry Howard). It is the fourth entry in the series released by Columbia Pict ...

'' (1934) * ''

Sunset Range ''Sunset Range'' is a 1935 American Western film 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 was his first western film in two ...

'' (1935) * '' Three Cheers for Love'' (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, Willia ...

'' (1937) * '' Goodbye Broadway'' (1938) * ''

Outside These Walls ''Outside These Walls'' is a 1939 American crime film directed by Ray McCarey and starring Michael Whalen, Dolores Costello and Virginia Weidler. Plot Walen plays Dan Sparling, a convicted embezzler who becomes editor of his prison newspaper ...

'' (1939) * '' You Can't Fool Your Wife'' (1940) * ''

It Happened in Flatbush ''It Happened in Flatbush'' is a 1942 American sports film directed by Ray McCarey and starring Lloyd Nolan, Carole Landis and Sara Allgood. The film is a baseball comedy inspired by the 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers' pennant win. This film's sets we ...

'' (1942) * ''

That Other Woman ''That Other Woman'' is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Ray McCarey, written by Jack Jungmeyer, and starring Virginia Gilmore, James Ellison, Dan Duryea, Janis Carter, Alma Kruger and Lon McCallister. It was released on November 13, 19 ...

'' (1942) * '' Passport to Destiny'' (1944) * '' Atlantic City'' (1944) * '' Strange Triangle'' (1946) * '' The Falcon's Alibi'' (1946)

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