Ray Ramsey(1899-1952)
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
Ray Ramsey was a Cameraman for MGM and Warner Brothers in the Golden
Age of Hollywood. Starting at age 16, he worked as a photographer for
Fox Studios. Drafted into WW1 in 1918, he went into the U.S. Army
Signal Corps. Again in 1940, he enlisted for WW2 and trained in
Rochester New York. Ray rose to the rank of Lt. Colonel before
returning to Hollywood in 1942. Married once to Shirley Hughes
(stand-in for Myrna Loy 1934-40) and Son-in-Law to John J. Hughes (Art
Director for Warner Brothers 1921-1952) and had two sons John (1940)
and William Ramsey (1943).
