Harry Ruby
An image from Duck Soup, one of the productions that also features Harry Ruby.

Harry Ruby

January 27, 1895 — New York City, New York, USA

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Harry Ruby (January 27, 1895 – February 23, 1974) was a Jewish American composer and screenwriter, who was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. He was married to actress Eileen Percy.

Ruby was born in New York City. After failing at his early ambition to become a professional baseball player, he toured the vaudeville circuit as a pianist with the Bootblack Trio and the Messenger Boys Trio until meeting the man who would become his longtime partner, lyricist Bert Kalmar. Kalmar and Ruby were a successful songwriting team for nearly three decades until Kalmar's death in 1947, a partnership portrayed in the 1950 MGM musical Three Little Words, starring Fred Astaire as Kalmar and Red Skelton as Ruby.

Duck Soup

Duck Soup

1933

Animal Crackers

Animal Crackers

1930

Horse Feathers

Horse Feathers

1932

Let's Make Love

Let's Make Love

1960

A Night in Casablanca

A Night in Casablanca

1946

Three Little Words

Three Little Words

1950

The Kid from Spain

The Kid from Spain

1932

Kentucky Kernels

Kentucky Kernels

1934