Ray McCarey

1904-09-06 Los Angeles, California, USA 63 Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Raymond Benedict "Ray" McCarey (September 6, 1904 – December 1, 1948) was an American film director, brother of director Leo McCarey. 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 Three Stooges, Lucille Ball, Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong and Dorothy Dandridge among many others. Most of his feature film work consisted of "B" pictures and low-budget fi...

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The Gay Intruders

The Gay Intruders

1948

Story, Director

5.5
Writing Directing

Psychiatrists move in with bickering stage spouses and start bickering too.

Strange Triangle

Strange Triangle

1946

Director

3.6
Directing

In this drama, a seductive woman uses her wiles upon both a traveling bank examiner and a manager to whom she is married. This woman has expensive tas...

The Falcon's Alibi

The Falcon's Alibi

1946

Director

5.2
Directing

A society sleuth sets out on the trail of a society matron's lost jewels.

Atlantic City

Atlantic City

1944

Director

5.0
Directing

In 1915, Atlantic City is a sleepy seaside resort, but Brad Taylor, son of a small hotel and vaudeville house proprietor, has big plans: he thinks it ...

Passport to Destiny

Passport to Destiny

1944

Director

5.2
Directing

An English charwoman, believing herself protected by a magic eye amulet, travels to Nazi Germany to personally assassinate Adolf Hitler.

So This Is Washington

So This Is Washington

1943

Director

5.0
Directing

Lum and Abner go to Washington to aid in the war effort by giving the government what they think is a good substitute for rubber--Abner's homemade lic...

That Other Woman

That Other Woman

1942

Director

5.5
Directing

A secretary by the name of Emily Borden comes up with a convoluted plan to get her boss to marry her which backfires after some bad advice.

It Happened in Flatbush

It Happened in Flatbush

1942

Director

4.8
Directing

A washed up baseball player returns to Brooklyn to manage his old team but an old sports reporter is eager to prove that he is a loser.

A Gentleman at Heart

A Gentleman at Heart

1942

Director

6.0
Directing

After inheriting a New York City art gallery, bookie Milton Berle and his partner Cesar Romero decide to go into the art forgery business. Director Ra...

The Perfect Snob

The Perfect Snob

1941

Director

6.3
Directing

When a small town veterinarian discovers that his just-graduated daughter is a gold-digging elitist, he devises a plan to help her rediscover old-fash...

Cadet Girl

Cadet Girl

1941

Director

Directing

A West Point cadet and his bandleader brother fall for a singer in the band.

Accent on Love

Accent on Love

1941

Director

6.0
Directing

A young man of privilege abandons his thankless job as a company vice-president, walks out on his spoiled wife, and joins the working classes, leading...

The Cowboy and the Blonde

The Cowboy and the Blonde

1941

Director

Directing

A western rodeo rider is cast in a starring role in a new Hollywood film, but his temperamental and spoiled leading lady proves difficult to tame.

Murder Among Friends

Murder Among Friends

1941

Director

Directing

A society doctor helps an insurance-company file clerk check deaths related to a big policy.

Millionaires in Prison

Millionaires in Prison

1940

Director

6.0
Directing

A crop of millionaire inmates struggle to get accustomed to prison life, while inmate Nick Burton watches out for everyone's interests on the inside.

You Can't Fool Your Wife

You Can't Fool Your Wife

1940

Director, Story

4.5
Directing Writing

Longtime school sweethearts discover married life, thanks to a disagreeable live-in mother-in-law and pressing business obligations, is more rocky tha...

Little Orvie

Little Orvie

1940

Director

7.0
Directing

Family film, based on a Booth Tarkington tale, about a young boy who takes extreme measures to keep the stray dog he befriends.

Torchy Runs for Mayor

Torchy Runs for Mayor

1939

Director

5.8
Directing

Torchy conducts a one woman campaign against a corrupt mayor and crime boss, and when the reform candidate is murdered, she takes up the banner.

Outside These Walls

Outside These Walls

1939

Director

7.5
Directing

Walen plays Dan Sparling, a convicted embezzler who becomes editor of his prison newspaper. After serving out his sentence, he sets up an independent ...

The Devil's Party

The Devil's Party

1938

Director

4.9
Directing

Adults who grew up as slum kids meet later in life, but murder disrupts their reunion.

Goodbye Broadway

Goodbye Broadway

1938

Director

Directing

Pat and Molly Malloy, once famed vaudeville and Broadway performers, arrive to play the small town of Hamilton, Conn. with a troupe of dancers, singer...

Life Begins with Love

Life Begins with Love

1937

Director

5.0
Directing

A spoiled playboy is forced to leave town to avoid the press, which latches on to his statement, while tipsy, that he will give away his fortune. He d...

Love in a Bungalow

1937

Director

Directing

A radio contest brings together a woman renting a bungalow, and her squatter. Version of Hi, Beautiful! (1944), both from the story "Be It Ever So Hum...

Oh, Doctor

Oh, Doctor

1937

Director

Directing

A hypochondriac is afraid he will die before he gets an inheritance that will "cure" him.

Let's Make a Million

Let's Make a Million

1936

Director

Directing

A wealthy mama's boy finds himself the victim of con artists involved in an oil stocks racket.

Three Cheers for Love

1936

Director

Directing

A film producer's daughter attends a finishing school.

Millions in the Air

1935

Director

Directing

The daughter of a radio-program sponsor wants to get on the air too, but her father doesn't allow it, so she enters an amateur contest on his radio pr...

Water Sports

Water Sports

1935

Director

Directing

This short film showcases water sports activities such as sailboat racing and surfboard riding, including Christian Peterson doing a human surfboard a...

Hot Tip

Hot Tip

1935

Director

5.0
Directing

An amateur handicapper must help his future son-in-law recoup the money he lost while playing the ponies.

Sunset Range

Sunset Range

1935

Director

5.0
Directing

Grant hides stolen money in the luggage of Bonnie Shea who is moving west. Later when he and his men arrive to retrieve the money, they also kidnap Bo...

The Mystery Man

The Mystery Man

1935

Director

5.4
Directing

Hard-boiled newspaper reporter Larry Doyle (Robert Armstrong) goes a bit too far in celebrating a work bonus and wakes up on a train bound for St. Lou...

Three Little Pigskins

Three Little Pigskins

1934

Director

6.9
Directing

The stooges are mistaken by a gangster for the "Three Horsemen of Boulder Dam", famous football players. Hired to play for his team, they blow the big...

Girl o' My Dreams

Girl o' My Dreams

1934

Director

3.3
Directing

A conceited college track star, used to being "big man on campus", gets a jolt when he loses an election to see who is the most popular man in the sch...

Men in Black

Men in Black

1934

Director

7.2
Directing

The stooges are three doctors who graduated medical school by being in it for too many years. They come across such problems as an overly chirpy nurse...

Pro Football

Pro Football

1934

Director

Directing

This MGM Oddity features the 1933 National Football League champion Chicago Bears. The team demonstrates various plays, which are shown first in real ...

Get Along Little Hubby

1934

Director

Directing

When a man's wife inherits $50,000, he quits his job and assumes that he can now take life easy. However, his newly rich wife has her own ideas of how...

I Scream

I Scream

1934

Director

Directing

Gus Shy, an ice cream man, gets embroiled in a vicious gangland feud.

Pugs and Kisses

Pugs and Kisses

1934

Director

Directing

A glass-jawed champ is the victim of an elaborate prank hatched by his manager in order to get him off of women and to focus on boxing.

Henry the Ache

Henry the Ache

1934

Director

1.5
Directing

Shemp Howard stars in this old parody of the then-current film "King Henry The Eighth". Also starring Bert Lahr in the title role.

Howd' Ya Like That?

Howd' Ya Like That?

1934

Director

Directing

Two sailors come ashore in New York with enough liquor--which was illegal at the time, due to Prohibition--to have a good time. They wind up getting i...

Here Comes Flossie!

Here Comes Flossie!

1933

Director

7.0
Directing

A clumsy handyman mixes up a mail-order bride and a prize cow, both named "Flossie," with humorous results.

Strange Case of Hennessy

1933

Director

Directing

An escaped lunatic poses as famed detective Silo Dance in this musical comedy mystery set in an old dark house in this spoof of S.S. Van Dine's famed ...

Tomalio

Tomalio

1933

Director

2.0
Directing

Roscoe runs afoul of a demented Mexican general.

Harry Warren: America's Foremost Composer

Harry Warren: America's Foremost Composer

1933

Director

4.0
Directing

Songwriter Harry Warren performs several of his own compositions, including "I Found a Million Dollar Baby" and "Shadow Waltz."

Hizzoner

Hizzoner

1933

Director

Directing

In this comedy short not-so-smart copper Bert Lahr gets in over his head when he becomes a mock candidate for mayor.

In the Dough

In the Dough

1933

Director

5.3
Directing

A cafeteria owner has problems with gangsters and gets more trouble by hiring 'Fatty' Arbuckle and chef.

Gobs of Fun

Gobs of Fun

1933

Director

5.3
Directing

Two sailors have shore leave. They both plan on spending it with the same girl, Lulu. Lulu is the kind of girl who has a boyfriend on every ship and a...

Close Relations

Close Relations

1933

Director

Directing

Roscoe believes he is in line to receive a large inheritance, but the reality is considerably more psychopathic-- no, nuts.

Sea Sore

1933

Director

Directing

Short comedy starring Rose Marie

Salt Water Daffy

Salt Water Daffy

1933

Director

5.2
Directing

In this comedic short, two screw-ups join the Navy and make life miserable for their supervisor.

Hip Zip Hooray

1933

Director

5.0
Directing

Sheriff Bell inadvertently ends up as owner of a lingerie salon.

Pack Up Your Troubles

Pack Up Your Troubles

1932

Director, Writer

6.7
Directing Writing

The story begins in 1917 with Stan and Ollie being drafted into the U.S. Army to fight in World War I. While in the Army, the pair befriend a man name...

Scram!

Scram!

1932

Director

7.1
Directing

Ordered out of town by angry Judge Beaumont, vagrants Stanley and Oliver meet a congenial drunk who invites them to stay at his luxurious mansion. The...

Tennis Technique

Tennis Technique

1932

Director

Directing

Tennis champion Bill Tilden gives two tennis players tips on the proper grip, footwork, body position, and other ways to improve their tennis game.

Wild People

Wild People

1932

Director

6.5
Directing

The Globe Broadcasting Company does a radio broadcast from Dutch New Guinea, with the aborigines as performers.

Olympic Events

1932

Director

Directing

This short film presents several athletes preparing for the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

Free Eats

Free Eats

1932

Director

6.8
Directing

The kids help capture a family of thieves.

Two Plus Fours

Two Plus Fours

1930

Director, Story

4.5
Directing Writing

This short subject was done by Paul Whiteman's Rhythm boys shortly after they finished The King of Jazz where lead singer Bing Crosby made his motion ...

Swing High

Swing High

1930

Assistant Director

6.5
Directing

To avoid hostilities, Maryan, the ward of Doc May, a medicine show owner, induces Pop Garner, a circus owner, to join forces with her guardian. Doc Ma...

The Campus Carmen

The Campus Carmen

1928

Assistant Director

4.0
Directing

A campus set-up of Carmen featuring Daphne Pollard & Carole Lombard.

The Pride of Pikeville

The Pride of Pikeville

1927

Assistant Director

Directing

Unlikely Lothario, the less-than-dashing crossed-eyed Ben Turpin, finds himself pursued by many beautiful ladies.

Salvation Jane

1927

Assistant Director

Directing

An ambitious tenement girl forced into a life of crime has a change of heart when her victim tries to kill himself.

Hubby’s Quiet Little Game

Hubby’s Quiet Little Game

1926

Assistant Director

Directing

A dancing instructor goes to a married woman's home, to giver her lessons, while her husband is absent. He leaves and goes to a poker game. The husban...