Raymond B. West

Raymond B. West (February 11, 1886 – September 11, 1923) was an American motion picture director. He joined the New York Motion Picture Company in 1910 and directed more than 70 motion pictures between 1910 and 1919 before being involved in an equestrian accident on set that resulted in permanent physical and psychological damage, forcing his retirement. He died in 1923 at age 37 from complications arising from his prior accident.

Biography West was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1886 and attended De La Salle College there.

West reportedly loved film-making "so intensely that he hardly took time to eat or sleep." West was survived by his wife and a son, Vincent West. His funeral was held at St. Victor's Church, and he was interred at Calvary Cemetery.

Filmography

1913 The Flame in the Ashes (1913) (actor) The Great Sacrifice (1913) (director) The Iconoclast (1913) (director) The Banshee (1913) (director) Flotsam (1913) (director) The Quakeress (1913) (director) The Waif (1913) (director) A Highland Romance (1913) (director) The Black Sheep (1913) (director) The Heart of Kathleen (1913) (director) Widow Maloney's Faith (1913) (director) The Ghost (1913) (director) The Witch of Salem (1913) (director) The Filly (1913) (director) Eileen of Erin (1913) (director)

1914 Shorty Falls Into a Title (1914) Eric the Red's Wooing (1914) (director) The Golden Goose (1914) (director) The Right to Die (1914) (director) The Silver Bell (1914) (director) The Defaulter (1914) (director) A Romance of the Sawdust Ring (1914) (director) The City (1914) (director) The Heart of a Crook (1914) (director) The Latent Spark (1914) (director) In the Cow Country (1914) (director) The Substitute (1914) (director) The Rightful Heir (1914) (director) The Geisha (1914) (director) The Squire's Son (1914) (director) The Bells of Austi (1914) (director) A Barrier Royal (1914) (director) The Path of Genius (1914) (director) For the Wearing of the Green (1914) (director) Mario (1914) (director) Divorce (1914) (director) The Informer (1914) (director) The Circle of Fate (1914) (director) The Cure (1914) (director) The Wrath of the Gods (1914) (special effects director) Harp of Tara (1914) (director) The House of Bondage (1914) (director) True Irish Hearts (1914) (director)

1915 The Alien (1915) (assistant director) Mother Hulda (1915) (director) The Girl Who Might Have Been (1915) (director) The Riddle of the Wooden Leg (1915) (director) The Cup of Life (1915) (director) Rumpelstiltskin, (1915) (director) The Mating (1915) (director)

1916 The Moral Fabric (1916) (director) Civilization (1916) (director) The Payment (1916) (director) Home (1916) (director) The Lady from the Sea (1916) (director) The Wolf Woman (1916) (director) The Honorable Algy (1916) (director) The Female of the Species (1916), also known as The Vampire (director)

1917 The Weaker Sex (1917) (director) Chicken Casey (1917), also known as Waifs (director) The Snarl (1917) (director) Whither Thou Goest (1917) (director) Madcap Madge (1917) (director) Borrowed Plumage (1917) (director) Wooden Shoes (1917) (director) Ten of Diamonds (1917) (director) Those Who Pay (1917) (director)

1918 The Cast-Off (1918) (director) Within the Cup (1918) (director) Blindfolded (1918) (director) Patriotism (1918) (director) Maid o' the Storm (1918) (director)

1919 All Wrong (1919) (director)