Rex Ingram (director)

Rex Ingram
Ingram, c. 1920
Born
Reginald Ingram Montgomery Hitchcock

(1893-01-15)15 January 1893
Dublin, Ireland
Died21 July 1950(1950-07-21) (aged 57)
Other namesRex Hitchcock
EducationYale University
Occupation(s)Film director, producer, writer and actor
Years active1913–1933
Employer(s)Edison Studios
Fox Film Corporation
Vitagraph Studios
MGM
Metro Pictures
Gaumont British
Known forBroken Fetters (1916)
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
Scaramouche (1923)
The Magician (1926)
The Three Passions (1929)
Spouses
(m. 1917; div. 1920)
(m. 1921)
RelativesFrancis Clere Hitchcock (brother)
HonorsStar on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1651 Vine Street

Rex Ingram (born Reginald Ingram Montgomery Hitchcock; 15 January 1893 – 21 July 1950) was an Irish film director, producer, writer, and actor.[1] Director Erich von Stroheim once called him "the world's greatest director".[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference obit was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Soares, André. Beyond Paradise: The Life of Ramon Novarro, New York: Macmillan, 2002, p. 27; ISBN 0-312-28231-1