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- Category: Motion pictures
- Star rank: 1840
- Address:
6170 Hollywood Blvd - Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing east
- GPS location:
34.101528, -118.323840
Roy Del Ruth
Next stretch: Don Haggerty
Previous star: Jerry Lewis
Biography
Roy Del Ruth directs the 1931 film The Maltese Falcon
Source: Wikipedia
Roy Del Ruth (October 18, 1893 – April 27, 1961) was a Hollywood film director. Del Ruth, who started out as a screenwriter in 1915 writing gags for Mack Sennett, began directing feature films in the 1920s. He became known for directing urban and crime dramas including the 1931 version of The Maltese Falcon. He also directed the universally panned The Babe Ruth Story (1948) and the 20th Century Fox B-movie Alligator People (1959).
Fact file
- Born: October 18, 1893
- Died: April 27, 1961 (aged 67)
- Occupation: Film director
- Years active: 1929 – 1961
Read more about Roy Del Ruth at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database
Hollywood Blvd, south side, between Argyle and El Centro
From here you can:
- Go east and cross El Centro
- Go west and cross Argyle
- Cross to the north side of Hollwood near Argyle
- Cross to the north side of Hollwood near El Centro
Nearby you will also find Jerry Lewis, and many others.