Ralph Carl Ceder (February 2, 1897 – November 29, 1951)[1] was an American film director and writer.

Ceder was born on February 2, 1897, in Marinette, Wisconsin, to Eugene Martin Ceder (1865–1924) and Petrea Christina (Jensen) Ceder (1869–1946), immigrants from Sweden and Denmark.

[2] He married several times: to Molly Moore or Horowitz in 1918,[3][4] to Elizabeth Mceacharn in 1926,[5] and to Jacquetta Calvin in 1931.

[6] He died on November 29, 1951, at Rose Hospital in Los Angeles, California.

[1][7] Ceder started making films in 1917, and he worked with Universal Studios and Paramount Pictures.