Editing Ray Grey

{{short description|American film director and actor (1890–1925)}}
'''Raymond "Ray" Standish Grey''' (February 19, 1890, [[San Diego, California]] - April 18, 1925, [[Glendale, California]]) was an American [[film director]], [[film actor]], [[screenwriter]] and the father of [[actress]] [[Virginia Grey]].

Grey got his start as an actor in [[Mack Sennett]]'s [[Keystone Studios]] films. His acting debut was in ''[[A Movie Star]]'' (1916).<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=x_icAwAAQBAJ&dq=%22ray+grey%22+screenplay+writer&pg=PA104 Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel, by Brent E. Walker, McFarland Publishing, 2013, p. 326]</ref> In the early 1920s, he switched off between being the main director of features and being a second unit or [[assistant director]];<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=x_icAwAAQBAJ&dq=%22ray+grey%22+screenplay+writer&pg=PA104 Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel, by Brent E. Walker, McFarland Publishing, 2013, p. 104]</ref> such as with the film ''[[Molly O (1921 film)|Molly O']]'' (1921), Flickering Youth (1924),<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5ZoznpiOZoC&dq=Ray+Grey%2C+director&pg=PA28 The Silent Films of Harry Langdon (1923-1928), By James L. Neibaur, Scarecrow Press, 2012, p. 28]</ref> and Salome and Shenandoah.<ref>Catalog of [https://books.google.com/books?id=FF8cAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22ray+grey%22+screenplay+writer&pg=PA1063 Copyright Entries. Part 1. [B<nowiki>]</nowiki> Group 2. Pamphlets, Etc. New Series, by Library of Congress. Copyright Office, 2012, p. 1063]</ref>

Primary directed such films as ''[[Among Those Present (1919 film)|Among Those Present]]''<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=BihxojE-3DYC&dq=ray+grey%2C+Among+Those+Present&pg=PA160 Wendy Warwick White, ''Ford Sterling: The Life and Films'' Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company, 2007, p. 160]</ref> (1919), ''[[Andy Takes a Flyer]]'' (1925), and ''[[Between Meals]]'' (1926). The last film was released after Grey's early death at age 35 from [[pneumonia]]. Grey is buried at Forest Lawn in Glendale, California.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=7-DgDAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Ray+Grey%22%2C+director&pg=PA299 Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, by Scott Wilson 3d edition, McFarland Publishing, 2016, p. 299]</ref>

==Filmography==
'''Director (16 credits)'''
*1926 ''Hired and Fired'' (Short) (as Raymond Grey) 
*1926 ''The Only Son'' (Short) (as Raymond Grey) 
*1926 ''Pay the Cashier'' (Short) (as Raymond Grey) 
*1926 ''Soft Pedal'' (Short) (as Raymond Grey) 
*1926 ''Don't Butt In'' (Short) (as Raymond Grey) 
*1926 ''Between Meals'' (Short) (as Raymond Grey) 
*1925 ''Andy Takes a Flyer'' (Short) 
*1922 ''The Sleuth'' (Short) (as Raymond Grey) 
*1922 ''Homemade Movies'' (Short) (as Ray Gray) 
*1922 ''Stand Pat'' (Short) (as Raymond Grey) 
*1922 ''Loose Change'' (Short) (as Raymond Grey) 
*1922 T''ry, Try Again'' (Short) (as Raymond Grey) 
*1920 ''Down on the Farm'' (as Ray Gray) 
*1919 ''A Lady's Tailor'' (Short) 
*1919 ''[[Salome vs. Shenandoah]]'' (Short) 
*1919 ''Among Those Present'' (Short)

'''Actor (6 credits)'''
*1924 ''Flickering Youth'' (Short), Attorney August Gale
*1924 ''The Hollywood Kid'' (Short), Sheik Star
*1923 ''[[The Shriek of Araby]]'', Arab Prince
*1921 ''[[The Ghost in the Garret]]'', Oscar White
*1917 ''His Rise and Tumble'' (Short) 
*1916 ''A Movie Star'' (Short), Jack's Screen Rival

'''Second Unit Director or Assistant Director (8 credits)'''
*1924 ''Flickering Youth'' (Short) (assistant director) 
*1923 ''[[Suzanna (film)|Suzanna]]'' (assistant director) 
*1922 ''The Crossroads of New York'' (assistant director) 
*1921 ''Molly O''' (assistant director) 
*1920 ''By Golly!'' (Short) (assistant director - as Ray Gray) 
*1917 ''His Parlor Zoo'' (Short) (assistant director) 
*1917 ''A Tuner of Note'' (Short) (assistant director) 
*1917 ''His Rise and Tumble'' (Short) (assistant director)

'''Writer (1 credit)'''
*''1920 Down on the Farm'' (as Ray Gray)

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0336894|Ray Grey}}
*[http://www.lordheath.com/menu1_1740.html Hal Roach presents "Between Meals"]

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