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Ralph Ceder(1898-1951)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Ralph Ceder was a director of silent comedy shorts, mostly for Hal Roach in the 1920s and RKO in the 1930s. He is best known for his work with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. He also worked from the 1930s through the 1950s as a second-unit director.
BornFebruary 2, 1898
DiedNovember 29, 1951(53)
BornFebruary 2, 1898
DiedNovember 29, 1951(53)
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Known for

Frank Fay in A Fool's Advice (1932)
A Fool's Advice
4.9
  • Director
  • 1932
Alberta Vaughn in All's Swell That Ends Swell (1926)
All's Swell That Ends Swell
Short
  • Director(as Ralph Cedar)
  • 1926
Bud Abbott, Carol Bruce, Lou Costello, Dick Foran, and Martha Raye in Keep 'Em Flying (1941)
Keep 'Em Flying
6.5
  • Director
  • 1941
Wallace Beery and Sally Blane in Wife Savers (1928)
Wife Savers
  • Director(as Ralph Cedar)
  • 1928

Credits

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Director



  • Bud Abbott, Carol Bruce, Lou Costello, Dick Foran, and Martha Raye in Keep 'Em Flying (1941)
    Keep 'Em Flying
    6.5
    • chase and flying sequences
    • 1941
  • Bruce Bennett and Charles Starrett in West of Abilene (1940)
    West of Abilene
    7.4
    • Director
    • 1940
  • Strictly Illegal
    • Director
    • 1935
  • Captain Bill (1935)
    Captain Bill
    4.8
    • Director
    • 1935
  • Sally Blane, Buster Crabbe, and Isabel Jewell in She Had to Choose (1934)
    She Had to Choose
    6.1
    • Director
    • 1934
  • Sign Here
    Short
    • Director
    • 1932
  • A Perfect 36
    Short
    • Director
    • 1932
  • The Promoter
    4.4
    Short
    • Director
    • 1932
  • Frank Fay in A Fool's Advice (1932)
    A Fool's Advice
    4.9
    • Director
    • 1932
  • Dumb Dicks (1932)
    Dumb Dicks
    4.4
    Short
    • Director
    • 1932
  • Only Men Wanted
    Short
    • Director
    • 1932
  • Guests Wanted
    4.4
    Short
    • Director
    • 1932
  • Full Coverage
    Short
    • Director
    • 1931
  • Frozen Face
    Short
    • Director
    • 1931
  • Seein' Injuns
    1.0
    Short
    • Director
    • 1931

Writer



  • Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher, Dorothy Libaire, and David Manners in The Perfect Clue (1935)
    The Perfect Clue
    5.8
    • additional dialogue
    • 1935
  • The Old Fashioned Way (1934)
    The Old Fashioned Way
    7.3
    • contributor to special sequences (uncredited)
    • 1934
  • Walter Catlett and Eugene Pallette in Sailors Beware! (1933)
    Sailors Beware!
    6.7
    Short
    • story and adaptation
    • 1933
  • Ducky Dear
    Short
    • story and adaptation
    • 1933
  • Meet the Champ
    Short
    • story and adaptation
    • 1933
  • High Hats and Low Brows (1932)
    High Hats and Low Brows
    6.1
    Short
    • screen play
    • 1932
  • Stealin' Home
    Short
    • screenplay
    • 1932
  • Extra! Extra!
    5.5
    Short
    • adaptation
    • 1932
  • James Gleason and Harry Gribbon in Battle Royal (1932)
    Battle Royal
    Short
    • screenplay
    • 1932
  • Doomed to Win
    Short
    • adaptation
    • 1931
  • The Great Junction Hotel (1931)
    The Great Junction Hotel
    5.8
    Short
    • adaptation
    • 1931
  • Slow Poison
    Short
    • adaptation
    • 1931
  • The Hot Spot (1931)
    The Hot Spot
    7.1
    Short
    • story
    • 1931
  • Where Canaries Sing Bass
    Short
    • adaptation
    • 1931
  • Frozen Face
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1931

Second Unit or Assistant Director



  • The Groom Wore Spurs (1951)
    The Groom Wore Spurs
    5.4
    • director: airplane sequence
    • 1951
  • Jack Carson, Lola Albright, and Jean Wallace in The Good Humor Man (1950)
    The Good Humor Man
    6.3
    • second unit director
    • 1950
  • Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Virginia Grey, John Hubbard, and Luba Malina in Mexican Hayride (1948)
    Mexican Hayride
    6.2
    • second unit director (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Janet Blair and Red Skelton in The Fuller Brush Man (1948)
    The Fuller Brush Man
    6.8
    • second unit director (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Spencer Tracy and Irene Dunne in A Guy Named Joe (1943)
    A Guy Named Joe
    6.9
    • second unit director: Luke Field (uncredited)
    • 1943
  • Bud Abbott, Carol Bruce, Lou Costello, Dick Foran, and Martha Raye in Keep 'Em Flying (1941)
    Keep 'Em Flying
    6.5
    • second unit director: torpedo chase and flying sequences
    • 1941
  • W.C. Fields and Gloria Jean in Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)
    Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
    7.0
    • associate director
    • 1941
  • W.C. Fields, Una Merkel, and Cora Witherspoon in The Bank Dick (1940)
    The Bank Dick
    7.1
    • second unit director (uncredited)
    • 1940
  • Edgar Bergen, Robert Cummings, Constance Moore, Charlie McCarthy, and Mortimer Snerd in Charlie McCarthy, Detective (1939)
    Charlie McCarthy, Detective
    6.3
    • second unit director
    • 1939
  • Gary Cooper and Sigrid Gurie in The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
    The Adventures of Marco Polo
    5.6
    • second unit director (uncredited)
    • 1938
  • Jesse Block, Eddie Cantor, Ethel Merman, Ann Sothern, Eva Sully, and The 1934 Goldwyn Girls in Kid Millions (1934)
    Kid Millions
    6.6
    • second unit director (uncredited)
    • 1934
  • Patricia Ellis and Jack Haley in Here Comes the Groom (1934)
    Here Comes the Groom
    5.2
    • director: chase sequence (uncredited)
    • 1934

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Ralph Cedar
  • Born
    • February 2, 1898
    • Marinette, Wisconsin, USA
  • Died
    • November 29, 1951
    • Hollywood, California, USA(pneumonia)
  • Spouse
    • Jacquette Colvin
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Article

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