John Randolph Bray

Production

John Randolph Bray

Born 1879-08-25 · Addison, Michigan

John Randolph Bray was a pioneer Animator in the early life of American cinema, primarily through his Bray Studios.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Perpetual Motion poster
6.0

Part of Max Fleischer's "Out of the Inkwell" series.

Perpetual Motion

1920

Just Spooks poster
7.3

Animated-live action short. An artist is quietly painting landscapes of the countryside when he wanders into an abandoned house which Dinky tries to fool him into thinking it's haunted.

Just Spooks

1925

Animal Catchers poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Animal Catchers

1927

The Chinaman poster
7.8

Max Fleischer considers hiring a new cartoonist. While the new guy draws Max's portrait, Koko gets into a fight with a cartoon Chinese man.

The Chinaman

1920

No artwork available
NR

The McDougall Kids put on a mock trial.

Fowl Play

1928

No artwork available
8.0

Silent romantic drama follows a couple as they make their way through the sheer scale of the Grand Canyon and the treacherous river rapids.

The Bride of the Colorado

1928

No artwork available
8.5

After being told by Max to stay put in the studio, KoKo springs the coop (or inkwell, if you will) to follow his cartoonist to a restaurant for lunch, with chaos ensuing.

The Restaurant

1920

Out of the Inkwell poster
7.5

Max Fleischer draws the upper and lower halves of the Clown's body, which dance around separately before coming together. Max interacts with his creation before ultimately washing the Clown off the page with water.

Out of the Inkwell

1919

No artwork available
NR

The McDougall Kids go to the park to play.

Fat and the Canary

1927

The Tantalizing Fly poster
6.8

A film in the “Out of the Inkwell” series, an early animated short from Max Fleischer.

The Tantalizing Fly

1919

No artwork available
5.3

The Inkwell Clown battles a boxing kangaroo.

The Boxing Kangaroo

1920

No artwork available
6.1

Max Fleischer draws a clown, who comes alive on the page. The clown doesn't like the way he is drawn and demonstrates his own artistic abilities.

The Clown's Pup

1919

The Pied Piper poster
7.0

When an artist's creativity is constantly interrupted by mice, he orders two cartoon characters to get ride of them or else they'll be the ones evicted. When all else fails, they use music to lead the mouse horde away.

The Pied Piper

1924

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Look Out Below

1926

The Ouija Board poster
6.6

Max Fleischer draws Koko and a haunted house, while his colleague and the janitor mess around with a Ouija board. When Max goes over to take a look, Koko is haunted by ghosts and inanimate objects, and escapes into the real-world studio.

The Ouija Board

1920

No artwork available
NR

The McDougall Kids play American Football.

Big Pie Raid

1927

No artwork available
8.0

A plagiarised version of Winsor McCay's short from 1914

Gertie the Dinosaur

1915

No artwork available
8.0

A plagiarised version of Winsor McCay's short from 1914

Gertie the Dinosaur

1915

No artwork available
7.0

Dud imagines himself as a daring circus performer (which would certainly impress Mamie.)

Dud, the Circus Performer

1919

The Ruby of Razmataz poster
10.0

Animated short originally presented as part of the Paramount Bray-Pictograph program.

The Ruby of Razmataz

1917

The Artist's Dreams poster
6.2

An animated dachshund fools his live-action creator by eating the sausages he has drawn.

The Artist's Dreams

1913

The Artist's Dreams poster
6.2

An animated dachshund fools his live-action creator by eating the sausages he has drawn.

The Artist's Dreams

1913

The Pig's Curly Tail poster
10.0

Two pigs steal the snobby Mrs. Hippo's new Ford and, while being pursued by the police, they hit a stone wall, fly into the air and land in a laundry. They get involved with a clothes-wringer, their tails are caught in the rollers, and they come out with corkscrew tails. In the live action, animator Walter Lantz, as he finishes the story, is being led away by the keeper of the local insane asylum.

The Pig's Curly Tail

1926

No artwork available
8.0

Dud is a disappointment to his parents.

Chip Off the Old Block

1919