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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
5.0
  • Director
  • 1932
Alberta Vaughn in All's Swell That Ends Swell (1926)
All's Swell That Ends Swell
Short
  • Director(as Ralph Cedar)
  • 1926
Wallace Beery and Sally Blane in Wife Savers (1928)
Wife Savers
  • Director(as Ralph Cedar)
  • 1928
Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, and Martha Raye in Deux nigauds aviateurs (1941)
Deux nigauds aviateurs
6.5
  • Director(chase and flying sequences)
  • 1941

Credits

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Director



  • Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, and Martha Raye in Deux nigauds aviateurs (1941)
    Deux nigauds aviateurs
    6.5
    • Director (chase and flying sequences)
    • 1941
  • Bruce Bennett and Charles Starrett in West of Abilene (1940)
    West of Abilene
    7.6
    • Director
    • 1940
  • Strictly Illegal
    • Director
    • 1935
  • Captain Bill
    5.0
    • Director
    • 1935
  • Sally Blane, Buster Crabbe, and Isabel Jewell in She Had to Choose (1934)
    She Had to Choose
    5.9
    • Director
    • 1934
  • Sign Here
    Short
    • Director
    • 1932
  • A Perfect 36
    Short
    • Director
    • 1932
  • The Promoter
    5.2
    Short
    • Director
    • 1932
  • Frank Fay in A Fool's Advice (1932)
    A Fool's Advice
    5.0
    • Director
    • 1932
  • Only Men Wanted
    Short
    • Director
    • 1932
  • Dumb Dicks (1932)
    Dumb Dicks
    4.4
    Short
    • Director
    • 1932
  • Guests Wanted
    4.3
    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
    5.7
    • additional dialogue
    • 1935
  • La Parade du rire (1934)
    La Parade du rire
    7.3
    • contributor to special sequences (uncredited)
    • 1934
  • Walter Catlett and Eugene Pallette in Sailors Beware! (1933)
    Sailors Beware!
    6.8
    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
    6.2
    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
    7.0
    Short
    • screenplay
    • 1932
  • Doomed to Win
    Short
    • adaptation
    • 1931
  • The Great Junction Hotel (1931)
    The Great Junction Hotel
    5.7
    Short
    • adaptation
    • 1931
  • Slow Poison
    Short
    • adaptation
    • 1931
  • The Hot Spot (1931)
    The Hot Spot
    6.5
    Short
    • story
    • 1931
  • Where Canaries Sing Bass
    Short
    • adaptation
    • 1931
  • Frozen Face
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1931

Second Unit or Assistant Director



  • Ginger Rogers, Jack Carson, and Joan Davis in The Groom Wore Spurs (1951)
    The Groom Wore Spurs
    5.3
    • director: airplane sequence
    • 1951
  • Jack Carson, Lola Albright, and Jean Wallace in Le marchand de bonne humeur (1950)
    Le marchand de bonne humeur
    6.3
    • second unit director
    • 1950
  • Deux nigauds toréadors (1948)
    Deux nigauds toréadors
    6.2
    • second unit director (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Janet Blair and Red Skelton in Bien faire... et la séduire (1948)
    Bien faire... et la séduire
    6.8
    • second unit director (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Spencer Tracy and Irene Dunne in Un nommé Joe (1943)
    Un nommé Joe
    6.9
    • second unit director: Luke Field (uncredited)
    • 1943
  • Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, and Martha Raye in Deux nigauds aviateurs (1941)
    Deux nigauds aviateurs
    6.5
    • second unit director: torpedo chase and flying sequences
    • 1941
  • W.C. Fields and Gloria Jean in Passez muscade (1941)
    Passez muscade
    7.0
    • associate director
    • 1941
  • W.C. Fields, Una Merkel, and Cora Witherspoon in Mines de rien (1940)
    Mines de rien
    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
    6.4
    • second unit director
    • 1939
  • Gary Cooper and Sigrid Gurie in Les aventures de Marco Polo (1938)
    Les aventures de Marco Polo
    5.6
    • second unit director (uncredited)
    • 1938
  • Eddie Cantor in Le gosse aux millions (1934)
    Le gosse aux millions
    6.6
    • second unit director (uncredited)
    • 1934
  • Patricia Ellis and Jack Haley in Here Comes the Groom (1934)
    Here Comes the Groom
    5.5
    • director: chase sequence (uncredited)
    • 1934

Personal details

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