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...
Complete Filmography

The Gay Intruders
1948
Story, Director
Psychiatrists move in with bickering stage spouses and start bickering too.

Strange Triangle
1946
Director
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
1946
Director
A society sleuth sets out on the trail of a society matron's lost jewels.

Atlantic City
1944
Director
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
1944
Director
An English charwoman, believing herself protected by a magic eye amulet, travels to Nazi Germany to personally assassinate Adolf Hitler.

So This Is Washington
1943
Director
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
1942
Director
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
1942
Director
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
1942
Director
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
1941
Director
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
1941
Director
A West Point cadet and his bandleader brother fall for a singer in the band.

Accent on Love
1941
Director
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
1941
Director
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
1941
Director
A society doctor helps an insurance-company file clerk check deaths related to a big policy.

Millionaires in Prison
1940
Director
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
1940
Director, Story
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
1940
Director
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
1939
Director
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
1939
Director
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
1938
Director
Adults who grew up as slum kids meet later in life, but murder disrupts their reunion.

Goodbye Broadway
1938
Director
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
1937
Director
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
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
1937
Director
A hypochondriac is afraid he will die before he gets an inheritance that will "cure" him.

Let's Make a Million
1936
Director
A wealthy mama's boy finds himself the victim of con artists involved in an oil stocks racket.
Three Cheers for Love
1936
Director
A film producer's daughter attends a finishing school.
Millions in the Air
1935
Director
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
1935
Director
This short film showcases water sports activities such as sailboat racing and surfboard riding, including Christian Peterson doing a human surfboard a...

Hot Tip
1935
Director
An amateur handicapper must help his future son-in-law recoup the money he lost while playing the ponies.

Sunset Range
1935
Director
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
1935
Director
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
1934
Director
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
1934
Director
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
1934
Director
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
1934
Director
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
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
1934
Director
Gus Shy, an ice cream man, gets embroiled in a vicious gangland feud.

Pugs and Kisses
1934
Director
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
1934
Director
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?
1934
Director
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!
1933
Director
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
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
1933
Director
Roscoe runs afoul of a demented Mexican general.

Harry Warren: America's Foremost Composer
1933
Director
Songwriter Harry Warren performs several of his own compositions, including "I Found a Million Dollar Baby" and "Shadow Waltz."

Hizzoner
1933
Director
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
1933
Director
A cafeteria owner has problems with gangsters and gets more trouble by hiring 'Fatty' Arbuckle and chef.

Gobs of Fun
1933
Director
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
1933
Director
Roscoe believes he is in line to receive a large inheritance, but the reality is considerably more psychopathic-- no, nuts.
Sea Sore
1933
Director
Short comedy starring Rose Marie

Salt Water Daffy
1933
Director
In this comedic short, two screw-ups join the Navy and make life miserable for their supervisor.
Hip Zip Hooray
1933
Director
Sheriff Bell inadvertently ends up as owner of a lingerie salon.

Pack Up Your Troubles
1932
Director, Writer
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!
1932
Director
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
1932
Director
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
1932
Director
The Globe Broadcasting Company does a radio broadcast from Dutch New Guinea, with the aborigines as performers.
Olympic Events
1932
Director
This short film presents several athletes preparing for the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

Free Eats
1932
Director
The kids help capture a family of thieves.

Two Plus Fours
1930
Director, Story
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
1930
Assistant Director
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
1928
Assistant Director
A campus set-up of Carmen featuring Daphne Pollard & Carole Lombard.

The Pride of Pikeville
1927
Assistant Director
Unlikely Lothario, the less-than-dashing crossed-eyed Ben Turpin, finds himself pursued by many beautiful ladies.
Salvation Jane
1927
Assistant Director
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
1926
Assistant Director
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...