Ralph Spence (screenwriter)

Ralph Spence
(1921)
Born	November 4, 1890 Key West, Florida, US
Died	December 21, 1949 (aged 59) Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, US\
Years active	1912-1946

Ralph Spence (November 4, 1890 – November 21, 1949) was an American screenwriter and playwright. Born in Key West, Florida in 1890, he wrote for 121 films between 1912 and 1946. His play, The Gorilla, was produced on Broadway in 1925, and was the basis for several films. He also wrote material for a number of presentations of the Zeigfeld Follies and Earl Carroll's Vanities.^[1] Spence died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles from a heart attack.

Broadway credits

• Ziegfeld Follies of 1921 - dialogue
• Ziegfeld Follies of 1922 - book and lyrics
• Ziegfeld Follies of 1923 (summer edition) - sketches
• Earl Carroll's Vanities (1924) - book
• The Gorilla (1925) - playwright
• Earl Carroll's Vanities (1931) - book

Source:^[1]

Partial filmography

• For Big Stakes (1922)
• Sure Fire Flint (1922)
• Six Cylinder Love (1923)
• Mademoiselle Modiste (1926)
• 3 Bad Men (1926)
• Johnny Get Your Hair Cut (1927)
• The Gorilla (1927)
• Bringing Up Father (1928)
• The Patsy (1928)
• Excess Baggage (1928)
• Cracked Nuts (1931)
• Laugh and Get Rich (1931)
• Her Bodyguard (1933)
• Everybody Dance (1936)
• The Great Barrier (1937)
• King Solomon's Mines (1937)
• The Gorilla (1939)
• The Flying Deuces (1939)
• Higher and Higher (1943)

References

1. Ralph Spence at the Internet Broadway Database

External links

• Ralph Spence at the Internet Movie Database
• Ralph Spence at the Internet Broadway Database
• Ralph Spence at Find a Grave