Ray Ries

{{Short description|American cinematographer}} {{Infobox person | name = Ray Ries | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = May 7, 1894 | birth_place = Ohio, United States | death_date = August 23, 1977 | death_place = Los Angeles, California, United States | other_names = | occupation = Cinematographer | years_active = 1915–1929 (film) }} '''Ray Ries''' (1894–1977) was an American cinematographer active during the silent era.<ref>Munden p.135</ref> He was employed by independent studio Action Pictures on a number of westerns, frequently collaborating with director Richard Thorpe.

==Selected filmography== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * ''Thundering Romance'' (1924) * ''Fast Fightin''' (1925) * ''Reckless Courage'' (1925) * ''On the Go'' (1925) * ''Double Action Daniels'' (1925) * ''The Desert Demon'' (1925) * ''The Saddle Cyclone'' (1925) * ''Galloping On'' (1925) * ''The Bonanza Buckaroo'' (1926) * ''Ace of Action'' (1926) * ''The Ramblin' Galoot'' (1926) * ''Twisted Triggers'' (1926) * ''The Interferin' Gent'' (1927) * ''The Obligin' Buckaroo'' (1927) * ''White Pebbles'' (1927) * ''The Soda Water Cowboy'' (1927) * ''The Meddlin' Stranger'' (1927) * ''The Fightin' Comeback'' (1927) * ''The Cyclone Cowboy'' (1927) * ''The Desert of the Lost'' (1927) * ''Ride 'em High'' (1927) * ''Code of the Cow Country'' (1927) * ''Roarin' Broncs'' (1927) * ''Skedaddle Gold'' (1927) * ''The Galloping Gobs'' (1927) * ''Pals in Peril'' (1927) * ''Tearin' Into Trouble'' (1927) * ''The Ridin' Rowdy'' (1927) * ''Saddle Mates'' (1928) * ''Desperate Courage'' (1928) * ''The Flyin' Buckaroo'' (1928) * ''The Ballyhoo Buster'' (1928) * ''The Valley of Hunted Men'' (1928) * ''The Cowboy Cavalier'' (1928) * ''The King of the Kongo'' (1929) * ''Dark Skies'' (1929) {{div col end}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0726336}}

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