{{Short description|American film director (1897–1951)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2015}} {{Infobox person | name = Ralph Ceder | image = Ralph Ceder - May 1926 EH.jpg | caption = From a 1926 magazine | birth_date = {{birth date|1897|02|02}} | birth_place = Marinette, Wisconsin, US | death_date = {{death date and age|1951|11|29|1898|02|02}} | death_place = Hollywood, California, US | years_active = 1922–1940 | occupation = Film director<br>Screenwriter }}

'''Ralph Carl Ceder''' (February 2, 1897 &ndash; November 29, 1951)<ref name="CDI">"California, Death Index, 1940-1997," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VPZK-W5H : accessed 24 Nov 2014), Ralph Carl Ceder, 29 Nov 1951; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.</ref> was an American film director and writer. He directed 88 films in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.

==Life== Ceder was born on February 2, 1897, in Marinette, Wisconsin, to Eugene Martin Ceder (1865–1924) and Petrea Christina (Jensen) Ceder (1869–1946), immigrants from Sweden and Denmark.<ref>"United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMVX-VWB : accessed 24 Nov 2014), Ralph C Ceder in household of Eugene M Ceder, Marinette city Ward 1, Marinette, Wisconsin, United States; citing sheet 12B, family 229, NARA microfilm publication T623, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 1241799.</ref> He married several times: to Molly Moore or Horowitz in 1918,<ref>"California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XLC3-K58 : accessed 24 Nov 2014), Ralph Carl Ceder and Molly Moore, 23 Feb 1918; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 1033272.</ref><ref>"California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K8ZP-7V8 : accessed 24 Nov 2014), Ralph Carl Ceder and Molly Horowitz, 09 Apr 1918; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2074200.</ref> to Elizabeth Mceacharn in 1926,<ref>"California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K8ZD-RKL : accessed 24 Nov 2014), Ralph Ceder and Elizabeth Mceacharn, 20 Dec 1926; citing Orange, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2051011.</ref> and to Jacquetta Calvin in 1931.<ref>"California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K8J9-KCC : accessed 24 Nov 2014), Ralph Carl Ceder and Jacquetta Calvin, 12 Jan 1931; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2074883.</ref> He died on November 29, 1951, at Rose Hospital in Los Angeles, California.<ref name="CDI"/><ref name="obit">{{cite news|title=Film Director Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1334887/ralph_ceder_18981951/|newspaper=The Corpus Christi Caller-Times|date=November 30, 1951|page=39|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = November 24, 2014 }} {{Open access}}</ref>

Ceder started making films in 1917, and he worked with Universal Studios and Paramount Pictures.<ref name="obit"/> He also directed for Mack Sennett.<ref name="obit"/> His film ''They All Fall'' was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|title=Preserved Projects|url=https://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/preserved-projects?title=they+all+fall&filmmaker=&category=All&collection=All|website=Academy Film Archive}}</ref>

==Selected filmography== {{Div col|colwidth=30em}} * ''Roughest Africa'' (1923) * ''The Whole Truth'' (1923) * ''The Soilers'' (1923) * ''Mother's Joy'' (1923) * ''Zeb vs. Paprika'' (1924) * ''Brothers Under the Chin'' (1924) * ''Near Dublin'' (1924) * ''The Joke's on You'' (1925) * ''They All Fall'' (1925) * ''Dumb Dicks'' (1931); short * ''A Fool's Advice'' (1932) * ''Guests Wanted'' (1932); short * ''Strictly Illegal'' (1935) * ''Captain Bill'' (1936) {{Div col end}}

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0147749|name=Ralph Ceder}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ceder, Ralph}} Category:1897 births Category:1951 deaths Category:American male screenwriters Category:Deaths from pneumonia in California Category:People from Marinette, Wisconsin Category:Film directors from Wisconsin Category:Screenwriters from Wisconsin Category:20th-century American male writers Category:20th-century American screenwriters