Ralph Murphy (director)

For the record producer, see Ralph Murphy (musician).

Ralph Murphy (May 1, 1895 – February 10, 1967) was an American film and television director. Born in Rockville, Connecticut, Murphy was active in films from 1931 through 1962,^[1] with some work in television. From 1941 to 1944 he was married to Gloria Dickson, whom he directed in I Want a Divorce.^[2]

Television programs that Murphy directed included Mr. and Mrs. North.^[3]

Murphy was born in Rockville, Connecticut, and died in Los Angeles, California.^[4]

Selected filmography

• The Big Shot (1931)
• Girl Without a Room (1933)
• Golden Harvest (1933)
• Song of the Eagle (1933)
• She Made Her Bed (1934)
• Menace (1934)
• The Notorious Sophie Lang (1934)
• Men Without Names (1935)
• The Man I Marry (1936)
• Top of the Town (1937)
• Our Neighbors - The Carters (1939)
• I Want a Divorce (1940)
• Pacific Blackout (1941)
• Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1942)
• Night Plane from Chungking (1943)
• The Town Went Wild (1944)
• The Man in Half Moon Street (1945)
• How Doooo You Do!!! (1945)
• Sunbonnet Sue (1945)
• Mickey (1948)
• Red Stallion in the Rockies (1949)
• Dick Turpin's Ride (1951)
• Lady in the Iron Mask (1952)
• Captain Pirate (1952)