Gender
Male
Born
Jun 12, 1886
Buffalo, New York, USA
Died
Jun 12, 1954
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Composer Producer Writer Lyricist Director Source Material
Also Known As
Ray Goetz
Relations
Husband of
Irène Bordoni (October 24, 1918 - 1929) divorced
  • CREDITS
    Doctor Jazz (Mar 19, 1975 - Mar 22, 1975)
    Musical, Original
    • Words and music for 'Doctor Jazz' by King Oliver and Howard Melrose; Music for 'Cleopatra Had A Jazz Band' by J. L. Morgan; Words and music for 'Charleston Rag' by Eubie Blake; Words and music for 'I Love It' by E. Ray Goetz and Harry Von Tilzer; Words and music for 'Good-Time Flat Blues' by A. J. Piron; Words and music for 'Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gave To Me' by Swanstone, McCarren and Morgan
    The New Yorkers (Dec 08, 1930 - May 02, 1931)
    Musical, Original
    • Produced by E. Ray Goetz
      See Full Producer List
    • Production Supervised by E. Ray Goetz
    • Based on a Story by Peter Arno and E. Ray Goetz
    Fifty Million Frenchmen (Nov 27, 1929 - Jul 05, 1930)
    Musical, Original
    The Lady of the Orchids (Dec 13, 1928 - Dec 1928)
    Play, Original
    Paris (Oct 08, 1928 - Mar 23, 1929)
    Musical, Original
    Mozart (Nov 22, 1926 - Dec 18, 1926)
    Play, Original
    Raquel Meller (Oct 25, 1926 - Nov 1926)
    Special, Original
    Raquel Meller (Apr 14, 1926 - May 15, 1926)
    Special, Original
    Naughty Cinderella (Nov 09, 1925 - Feb 20, 1926)
    Play, Original
    Little Miss Bluebeard (Aug 28, 1923 - Jan 26, 1924)
    Play, Original
    • Produced in association with E. Ray Goetz
      See Full Producer List
    • Featuring songs by E. Ray Goetz, Jose Padilla, Paul A. Rubens and George Gershwin
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by E. Ray Goetz, Buddy DeSylva, Arthur Francis and Percy Graham Paul
    George White's Scandals [1923] (Jun 18, 1923 - Nov 10, 1923)
    Musical, Original
    • Additional lyrics by E. Ray Goetz, Ballard MacDonald and Lew Brown
    George White's Scandals [1922] (Aug 28, 1922 - Nov 11, 1922)
    Musical, Original
    • Lyrics by B.G. DeSylva, E. Ray Goetz and Arthur Francis
    The French Doll (Feb 20, 1922 - Jun 03, 1922)
    Play, Original
    Snapshots of 1921 (Jun 02, 1921 - Aug 06, 1921)
    Musical, Original
    • Lyrics by Con Conrad, E. Ray Goetz, Frances Nordstrom, Alex Gerber, Bert Kalmar, Sidney D Mitchell and Grant Clarke
    The Midnight Rounders of 1920 (Jul 12, 1920 - Nov 27, 1920)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by Howard Emmett Rogers and E. Ray Goetz
    As You Were (Jan 27, 1920 - May 29, 1920)
    Play, Original
    • Produced by E. Ray Goetz
      See Full Producer List
    • Additional music and lyrics by E. Ray Goetz, Melville Gideon and Cole Porter
    Hitchy-Koo [1918] (Jun 06, 1918 - Aug 03, 1918)
    Musical, Original
    • Book by Glen MacDonough and E. Ray Goetz
    • Lyrics by E. Ray Goetz and Glen MacDonough
    Let's Go (Mar 09, 1918 - Mar 30, 1918)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs by E. Ray Goetz, Harry Tierney, William White and Phil Ponce
    Follow the Girl (Mar 02, 1918 - Mar 23, 1918)
    Musical, Original
    Words and Music (Dec 24, 1917 - Jan 12, 1918)
    Musical, Original
    Hitchy-Koo [1917] (Jun 07, 1917 - Dec 15, 1917)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by E. Ray Goetz
    • Produced by E. Ray Goetz
      See Full Producer List
    • Book by Harry Grattan, Glen MacDonough and E. Ray Goetz
    • Lyrics by Harry Grattan, Glen MacDonough and E. Ray Goetz
    Dance and Grow Thin (Jan 18, 1917 - Jun 02, 1917)
    Musical, Original
    • Additional lyrics by E. Ray Goetz
    Step This Way (May 29, 1916 - Aug 12, 1916)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by E. Ray Goetz and Bert Grant
    • Lyrics by E. Ray Goetz
    Hands Up (Jul 22, 1915 - Sep 03, 1915)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by E. Ray Goetz and Sigmund Romberg
    • Lyrics by E. Ray Goetz
    The Pleasure Seekers (Nov 03, 1913 - Jan 03, 1914)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by E. Ray Goetz
    • Lyrics by E. Ray Goetz
    All Aboard (Jun 05, 1913 - Sep 06, 1913)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by E. Ray Goetz and Malvin M. Franklin
    • Lyrics by E. Ray Goetz
    The Sun Dodgers (Nov 30, 1912 - Dec 14, 1912)
    Musical, Original
    • Lyrics by E. Ray Goetz
    Roly Poly / Without the Law (Nov 21, 1912 - Jan 11, 1913)
    Roly Poly
    Musical, Original
    • Music by E. Ray Goetz and A. Baldwin Sloane
    • Lyrics by E. Ray Goetz and A. Baldwin Sloane
    Without the Law
    Musical, Original
    • Lyrics by E. Ray Goetz
    Hanky Panky (Aug 05, 1912 - Nov 02, 1912)
    Musical, Original
    • Lyrics by E. Ray Goetz
    Hokey-pokey / Bunty, Bulls and Strings (Feb 08, 1912 - May 11, 1912)
    Hokey-pokey
    Special, Original
    • Lyrics by Edgar Smith and E. Ray Goetz
    Bunty, Bulls and Strings
    Special, Original
    • Lyrics by E. Ray Goetz
    The Never Homes (Oct 05, 1911 - Dec 23, 1911)
    Musical, Original
    • Lyrics by E. Ray Goetz
    The Fascinating Widow (Sep 11, 1911 - Nov 1911)
    Musical, Original
    • Additional lyrics by Sam M. Lewis, E. Ray Goetz, Irving Berlin and Vincent Bryan
    Hello, Paris (Aug 19, 1911 - Sep 30, 1911)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by E. Ray Goetz and Collin Davis
    The Hen-Pecks (Feb 04, 1911 - Sep 23, 1911)
    Musical, Original
    • Lyrics by E. Ray Goetz
    A Matinee Idol (Apr 28, 1910 - May 1911)
    Musical, Original
    • Lyrics by Seymour Brown and E. Ray Goetz
    The Prince of Bohemia (Jan 14, 1910 - Feb 1910)
    Musical, Original
    • Lyrics by E. Ray Goetz
    Two Islands (Oct 14, 1907 - Nov 09, 1907)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring "Aren't You the Girl I Met at Sherry's?" by E. Ray Goetz; Featuring "Stephen (Was a Minister)" by Addison Burkhardt
    The Gay White Way (Oct 07, 1907 - Jan 04, 1908)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring "Merry-Go-Round" by E. Ray Goetz; Featuring "Somebody's Been 'Round Here" by Paul West; Featuring "If You Must Make Eyes at Someone" by Matt Woodward; Featuring "Dixie Dan" by Will D. Cobb; Featuring "My Irish Gibson Girl" by William Jerome
    Ziegfeld Follies of 1907 (Jul 08, 1907 - Nov 10, 1907)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs by Seymour Furth, E. Ray Goetz, Gus Edwards, Billy Gaston, Jean Schwartz, Silvio Hein, Matt Woodward and Gertrude Hoffman
    The Orchid (Apr 08, 1907 - Mar 1908)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs by Hugo Frey, Seymour Furth, Jerome Kern, E. Ray Goetz and Paul Rubens
    My Lady's Maid (Sep 20, 1906 - Oct 27, 1906)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs by Howard Talbot, Harold Orlob, Jerome Kern, E. Ray Goetz and Samuel Lehman
    The Social Whirl (Apr 09, 1906 - Sep 15, 1906)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs by Anne Caldwell, George A Spink, Charles J. Ross and E. Ray Goetz
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by George A Spink, James O'Dea, Hugh Morton, Charles J. Ross and E. Ray Goetz
    The Earl and the Girl (Nov 04, 1905 - Mar 10, 1906)
    Musical, Original
    • Additional music by Jerome Kern, E. Ray Goetz, Max C. Eugene, Albert Von Tilzer, R.A. Browne, Edward Laska, Nat D. Mann and William H. Penn
Doctor Jazz (Mar 19, 1975 - Mar 22, 1975)
Musical, Original
  • Words and music for 'Doctor Jazz' by King Oliver and Howard Melrose; Music for 'Cleopatra Had A Jazz Band' by J. L. Morgan; Words and music for 'Charleston Rag' by Eubie Blake; Words and music for 'I Love It' by E. Ray Goetz and Harry Von Tilzer; Words and music for 'Good-Time Flat Blues' by A. J. Piron; Words and music for 'Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gave To Me' by Swanstone, McCarren and Morgan
The New Yorkers (Dec 08, 1930 - May 02, 1931)
Musical, Original
  • Produced by E. Ray Goetz
    See Full Producer List
  • Production Supervised by E. Ray Goetz
  • Based on a Story by Peter Arno and E. Ray Goetz
Fifty Million Frenchmen (Nov 27, 1929 - Jul 05, 1930)
Musical, Original
The Lady of the Orchids (Dec 13, 1928 - Dec 1928)
Play, Original
Paris (Oct 08, 1928 - Mar 23, 1929)
Musical, Original
Mozart (Nov 22, 1926 - Dec 18, 1926)
Play, Original
Raquel Meller (Oct 25, 1926 - Nov 1926)
Special, Original
Raquel Meller (Apr 14, 1926 - May 15, 1926)
Special, Original
Naughty Cinderella (Nov 09, 1925 - Feb 20, 1926)
Play, Original
Little Miss Bluebeard (Aug 28, 1923 - Jan 26, 1924)
Play, Original
  • Produced in association with E. Ray Goetz
    See Full Producer List
  • Featuring songs by E. Ray Goetz, Jose Padilla, Paul A. Rubens and George Gershwin
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by E. Ray Goetz, Buddy DeSylva, Arthur Francis and Percy Graham Paul
George White's Scandals [1923] (Jun 18, 1923 - Nov 10, 1923)
Musical, Original
  • Additional lyrics by E. Ray Goetz, Ballard MacDonald and Lew Brown
George White's Scandals [1922] (Aug 28, 1922 - Nov 11, 1922)
Musical, Original
  • Lyrics by B.G. DeSylva, E. Ray Goetz and Arthur Francis
The French Doll (Feb 20, 1922 - Jun 03, 1922)
Play, Original
Snapshots of 1921 (Jun 02, 1921 - Aug 06, 1921)
Musical, Original
  • Lyrics by Con Conrad, E. Ray Goetz, Frances Nordstrom, Alex Gerber, Bert Kalmar, Sidney D Mitchell and Grant Clarke
The Midnight Rounders of 1920 (Jul 12, 1920 - Nov 27, 1920)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by Howard Emmett Rogers and E. Ray Goetz
As You Were (Jan 27, 1920 - May 29, 1920)
Play, Original
  • Produced by E. Ray Goetz
    See Full Producer List
  • Additional music and lyrics by E. Ray Goetz, Melville Gideon and Cole Porter
Hitchy-Koo [1918] (Jun 06, 1918 - Aug 03, 1918)
Musical, Original
  • Book by Glen MacDonough and E. Ray Goetz
  • Lyrics by E. Ray Goetz and Glen MacDonough
Let's Go (Mar 09, 1918 - Mar 30, 1918)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs by E. Ray Goetz, Harry Tierney, William White and Phil Ponce
Follow the Girl (Mar 02, 1918 - Mar 23, 1918)
Musical, Original
Words and Music (Dec 24, 1917 - Jan 12, 1918)
Musical, Original
Hitchy-Koo [1917] (Jun 07, 1917 - Dec 15, 1917)
Musical, Original
  • Music by E. Ray Goetz
  • Produced by E. Ray Goetz
    See Full Producer List
  • Book by Harry Grattan, Glen MacDonough and E. Ray Goetz
  • Lyrics by Harry Grattan, Glen MacDonough and E. Ray Goetz
Dance and Grow Thin (Jan 18, 1917 - Jun 02, 1917)
Musical, Original
  • Additional lyrics by E. Ray Goetz
Step This Way (May 29, 1916 - Aug 12, 1916)
Musical, Original
  • Music by E. Ray Goetz and Bert Grant
  • Lyrics by E. Ray Goetz
Hands Up (Jul 22, 1915 - Sep 03, 1915)
Musical, Original
  • Music by E. Ray Goetz and Sigmund Romberg
  • Lyrics by E. Ray Goetz
The Pleasure Seekers (Nov 03, 1913 - Jan 03, 1914)
Musical, Original
  • Music by E. Ray Goetz
  • Lyrics by E. Ray Goetz
All Aboard (Jun 05, 1913 - Sep 06, 1913)
Musical, Original
  • Music by E. Ray Goetz and Malvin M. Franklin
  • Lyrics by E. Ray Goetz
The Sun Dodgers (Nov 30, 1912 - Dec 14, 1912)
Musical, Original
  • Lyrics by E. Ray Goetz
Roly Poly / Without the Law (Nov 21, 1912 - Jan 11, 1913)
Roly Poly
Musical, Original
  • Music by E. Ray Goetz and A. Baldwin Sloane
  • Lyrics by E. Ray Goetz and A. Baldwin Sloane
Without the Law
Musical, Original
  • Lyrics by E. Ray Goetz
Hanky Panky (Aug 05, 1912 - Nov 02, 1912)
Musical, Original
  • Lyrics by E. Ray Goetz
Hokey-pokey / Bunty, Bulls and Strings (Feb 08, 1912 - May 11, 1912)
Hokey-pokey
Special, Original
  • Lyrics by Edgar Smith and E. Ray Goetz
Bunty, Bulls and Strings
Special, Original
  • Lyrics by E. Ray Goetz
The Never Homes (Oct 05, 1911 - Dec 23, 1911)
Musical, Original
  • Lyrics by E. Ray Goetz
The Fascinating Widow (Sep 11, 1911 - Nov 1911)
Musical, Original
  • Additional lyrics by Sam M. Lewis, E. Ray Goetz, Irving Berlin and Vincent Bryan
Hello, Paris (Aug 19, 1911 - Sep 30, 1911)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by E. Ray Goetz and Collin Davis
The Hen-Pecks (Feb 04, 1911 - Sep 23, 1911)
Musical, Original
  • Lyrics by E. Ray Goetz
A Matinee Idol (Apr 28, 1910 - May 1911)
Musical, Original
  • Lyrics by Seymour Brown and E. Ray Goetz
The Prince of Bohemia (Jan 14, 1910 - Feb 1910)
Musical, Original
  • Lyrics by E. Ray Goetz
Two Islands (Oct 14, 1907 - Nov 09, 1907)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring "Aren't You the Girl I Met at Sherry's?" by E. Ray Goetz; Featuring "Stephen (Was a Minister)" by Addison Burkhardt
The Gay White Way (Oct 07, 1907 - Jan 04, 1908)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring "Merry-Go-Round" by E. Ray Goetz; Featuring "Somebody's Been 'Round Here" by Paul West; Featuring "If You Must Make Eyes at Someone" by Matt Woodward; Featuring "Dixie Dan" by Will D. Cobb; Featuring "My Irish Gibson Girl" by William Jerome
Ziegfeld Follies of 1907 (Jul 08, 1907 - Nov 10, 1907)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs by Seymour Furth, E. Ray Goetz, Gus Edwards, Billy Gaston, Jean Schwartz, Silvio Hein, Matt Woodward and Gertrude Hoffman
The Orchid (Apr 08, 1907 - Mar 1908)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs by Hugo Frey, Seymour Furth, Jerome Kern, E. Ray Goetz and Paul Rubens
My Lady's Maid (Sep 20, 1906 - Oct 27, 1906)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs by Howard Talbot, Harold Orlob, Jerome Kern, E. Ray Goetz and Samuel Lehman
The Social Whirl (Apr 09, 1906 - Sep 15, 1906)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs by Anne Caldwell, George A Spink, Charles J. Ross and E. Ray Goetz
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by George A Spink, James O'Dea, Hugh Morton, Charles J. Ross and E. Ray Goetz
The Earl and the Girl (Nov 04, 1905 - Mar 10, 1906)
Musical, Original
  • Additional music by Jerome Kern, E. Ray Goetz, Max C. Eugene, Albert Von Tilzer, R.A. Browne, Edward Laska, Nat D. Mann and William H. Penn

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