J. Walter Ruben

{{short description|American screenwriter}}

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|name = J. Walter Ruben

|birth_name = Jacob Walter Ruben

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1899|8|14}}

|birth_place = New York City, NY

|death_date = {{death date and age|1942|9|4|1899|8|14}}

|death_place = Hollywood, California

|othername = Walter Ruben

|spouse = {{marriage|Virginia Bruce|1937}}

|occupation = {{hlist|Screenwriter|Film director|Producer}}

|yearsactive = 1926–1942

| relatives = Hutch Dano (great-grandson)

}}

Jacob Walter Ruben{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/414992571.html?dids=414992571:414992571&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+24%2C+1946&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Virginia+Bruce+Home%2C+but+No+Suitors+at+Depot&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103090106/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/414992571.html?dids=414992571:414992571&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+24,+1946&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Virginia+Bruce+Home,+but+No+Suitors+at+Depot&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 3, 2012 |title=Virginia Bruce Home, but No Suitors at Depot| newspaper=LA Times | date=March 24, 1946}} (August 14, 1899 – September 4, 1942){{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/109180/J-Walter-Ruben/biography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102124751/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/109180/J-Walter-Ruben/biography |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 2, 2012 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |author=Hal Erickson |author-link=Hal Erickson (author) |date=2012 |title=NY Times: J. Walter Ruben |access-date=May 10, 2010}} was an American screenwriter, film director and producer. He wrote for more than 30 films between 1926 and 1942. He also directed 19 films between 1931 and 1940. His great-grandson is actor Hutch Dano. He was born in New York City and died in Hollywood. He is interred at Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.