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Rudy Vallee
Born: 28th Jul 1901 Island Pond, Vermont, USA - Died 6th Jul 1986
Dept: Acting
Rudy Vallee started his career as a saxophone player and singer and later became a band leader. In the 1920s and early 30s he had a hit radio program, The Fleishmann's Yeast Hour (where he was hated by his cast and crew due to his explosive ego-driven personality). In the early 1930's he was ranked with the likes of Bing Crosby and the tragic Russ Columbo in the Hit Parade. A huge hit on radio in 1933 with his program, initially known as 'The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour,' Vallee was considered a slave driver by his staff. He was known to instigate fist fights with virtually anyone who got on his nerves. During the run of his show he slugged photographers, threw sheet music in the faces of pianists' heads and if provoked, would sock hecklers in the nose. While audiences loved him, he was hated by most of his staff. As a very popular star in night clubs and on records, as well as in movies, he helped other singers like Alice Faye - who was for a while his band singer - and Frances Langford to start their careers. In his early movies he often played the romantic lead, but he switched later to stuffy and comic parts. He also appeared on Broadway. The mid-60's Broadway hit "How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" was filmed in 1967 with him in his original Broadway role.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 78
Film: 58 (74%)
Television: 20 (26%)
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Filmography
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A carnival barker sings about a tattooed lady outside a freak show tent ... view
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Barker
2015
A retrospective of Chita Rivera's film, television and stage career, including interviews with Dick Van Dyke, Ben Vereen, Carol Lawrence and others. O ... view
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Self (archive footage)
1995
From the A&E "Biography" series, a review of the birth, development and cinematic history of Betty Boop, the flapper cartoon character who has been a ... view
Character:
Self (archive footage)
Jul 1987 (first aired)
Ed Asner tells the story of RKO Pictures from the 1920s to the 1960s. ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
1984
Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually get ... view
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(archive footage)
1981
An alien king sends two of his most loyal--and, as it turns out, stupidest--subjects to Earth to find him a queen to help rule his planet. ... view
Character:
Tock
1980
Variety special hosted by Barbara Eden, Gloria Swanson, and Brooke Shields that celebrates the men whose sex appeal transcends age and the ages. ... view
Character:
Self
Sep 1977 (first aired)
Lighthearted look at the adventures of two Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles. The main characters are Jon Baker and Frank Poncherello, two motorc ... view
Character:
Arthur Forbinger (1 ep.)
1976
A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a studio bus driver in the 1920s. ... view
Character:
Autograph Hound
Sep 1975 (first aired)
Ellery Queen is an American television detective mystery series based on the fictional character Ellery Queen. It aired on NBC during the 1975-76 tele ... view
Character:
Alvin Winer (1 ep.)
1975
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression. ... view
Character:
Self (archive footage)
1975
A couple on vacation in the woods is stalked by a pair of rapists. ... view
Character:
Proprietor
Sep 1971 (first aired)
The Chicago Teddy Bears is an American sitcom that aired on CBS. The series was part of the network's 1971 fall lineup, premiering on September 17, 19 ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Jan 1971 (first aired)
Alias Smith and Jones is an American Western series that originally aired on ABC from 1971 to 1973. It stars Pete Duel as Hannibal Heyes and Ben Murph ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (2 ep.)
Dec 1970 (first aired)
Rod Serling narrates an anthology of fantasy, horror and sci-fi stories from a set resembling a macabre museum. A chilling work of art serves as the c ... view
Character:
Dr. Francis Deeking (1 ep.)
1970
A rock band is invented by the government as a cover to find hostages in a remote castle in Albania held by communist enemies of the USA. ... view
Character:
Rudy Vallee
1968
Rachel arrives in New York from her Amish community intent on becoming a dancer. Unfortunately Billy Minsky's Burlesque is hardly the place for her Da ... view
Character:
Opening Narrator (voice)
1968
Photographer Greg Nolan moonlights in two full-time jobs to pay the rent, but has trouble finding time to do them both without his bosses finding out. ... view
Character:
Louis Penlow
Sep 1968 (first aired)
The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran from 1968 to 1971 on NBC, totalin ... view
Character:
Myron Lesser (1 ep.)
1967
A young but bright former window cleaner rises to the top of his company by following the advice of a book about ruthless advancement in business. ... view
Character:
Jasper B. Biggley
Jan 1966 (first aired)
Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually crime fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole ... view
Character:
Lord Marmaduke Ffogg (4 ep.)
Sep 1963 (first aired)
The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters do the job of running the hotel. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Oct 1962 (first aired)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired ... view
Character:
Self (2 ep.)
Dec 1961 (first aired)
The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much ... view
Character:
Self - Co-Host (2 ep.)
1958
Musical adaptation of the Brothers Grimm story broadcast as a live television special on NBC. ... view
Character:
Father
Nov 1957 (first aired)
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour is a collection of thirteen one-hour specials airing occasionally from 1957 to 1960, and originally served as part of West ... view
Character:
Rudy Vallee (1 ep.)
1957
Torch singer Helen Morgan rises from sordid beginnings to fame and fortune only to lose it all to alcohol and poor personal choices. ... view
Character:
Self
1956
A made-for-TV musical revue, compiled from soundies and film and TV performances by jazz greats from the 1930s to the 1950s. ... view
Character:
Self (archive footage)
1955
Two Broadway showgirls, who are also sisters, are sick and tired of New York as well as not getting nowhere. Quitting Broadway, the sisters decided to ... view
Character:
Rudy Vallee
1954
Marjorie Main is the whole show in the Universal programmer Ricochet Romance. Playing the outspoken new cook at a rundown dude ranch, Marjorie forces ... view
Character:
Worthington Higgenmacher
Oct 1954 (first aired)
December Bride is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network from 1954 to 1959, adapted from the original CBS radio network series th ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (2 ep.)
Sep 1950 (first aired)
The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many notab ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
1950
Ex-WAVE encounters four fun-loving, work-hating men, all of whom want to marry her. ... view
Character:
Peter Pedigrew
1950
Feature-length compilation of 1920s newsreel footage, with commentary about news, sports, lifestyles, and historical figures. ... view
Character:
Self (archive footage)
Feb 1950 (first aired)
Your Show of Shows was a live 90-minute variety show that was broadcast weekly in the United States on NBC, from February 25, 1950, until June 5, 1954 ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Feb 1950 (first aired)
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no ... view
Character:
Self (3 ep.)
Self - Panelist (1 ep.)
1949
Coach George Copper's college football team is losing game after game, much to the dismay of stiff-and-stuffy but influential alumni Roger Jessup, and ... view
Character:
Mr. Jessup
1949
Saloon-bar singer Freddie gets very angry whenever boyfriend Blackie seems to be playing around. She always packs a six-shooter, so this is bad news f ... view
Character:
Charles Hingleman
1949
Widow Abby Abbott is having serious money problems and has to dip into the family trust in order to pay for her daughter Susan's college tuition. The ... view
Character:
John Heaslip
1948
A budding young writer thinks it's her lucky day when she is chosen to be the new secretary for Owen Waterbury, famous novelist. She is soon disppoint ... view
Character:
Charles Harris
1948
Before he left for a brief European visit, symphony conductor Sir Alfred De Carter casually asked his staid brother-in-law August to look out for his ... view
Character:
August Henshler
Jun 1948 (first aired)
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New ... view
Character:
Self (7 ep.)
1948
A small town man inherits a significant fortune and takes his family to New York City whereupon they are continually shocked at the alien culture of t ... view
Character:
Herbert Daley
1948
Norwegian immigrant Marta Hanson keeps a firm but loving hand on her household of four children, a devoted husband and a highly-educated lodger who re ... view
Character:
Dr. Johnson
1947
Teenager Susan Turner, with a severe crush on playboy artist Richard Nugent, sneaks into his apartment to model for him and is found there by her sist ... view
Character:
Tommy Chamberlain
May 1947 (first aired)
Kraft Television Theater is an American, well-received anthology series presenting live television dramas. ... view
Character:
Bromley (1 ep.)
1947
Twenty-three years after scoring the winning touchdown for his college football team mild-mannered Harold Diddlebock, who has been stuck in a dull, de ... view
Character:
Lynn Sargent
1946
Suzanne, a waitress, comes up with a sure-fire method for winning at the racetrack and, later, when she inherits a fortune from a customer of the rest ... view
Character:
Hendrick Courtney Jr.
1946
A comedy based on NBC's "People Are Funny" radio (and later television) program with Art Linkletter with a fictional story of how the program came to ... view
Character:
Ormsby Jamison
Character:
Gordon Tolliver
1945
The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find which chair it's hidden in. ... view
Character:
Rudy Vallee
1944
A patriotic wartime short showcasing the U.S. Coast Guard Band, led by singer Rudy Vallee, and saluting the Naval branches of the military. ... view
Character:
Himself - Bandleader
1943
Actors are seen in their new roles as military men during WWII: Robert Stack displaying his remarkable skill as an artillery training officer; Tyrone ... view
Character:
Himself
1943
A gold-digger hopes to land a rich husband in Trinidad, but gets mixed up with a beach boy and voodoo. ... view
Character:
Alfred Monroe
1942
Narrator Hopper covers two war benefit affairs, a garden party and a USO fashion show, at Pickfair, "The White House of Hollywood." ... view
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1942
A New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife, Gerry, decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an ... view
Character:
John D. Hackensacker III
1941
The plot centers on a husband-wife radio team, Dick (Rudy Vallee) and Virginia (Helen Parrish). When Dick is caught in an innocent but compromising si ... view
Character:
Dick Kerrigan
1941
A producer and his partner clash over two women in show business. ... view
Character:
Daniel 'Danny' Collins
1940
After a trip to Hollywood, two young ladies attempt to hitchhike home but end up at a star-filled rodeo. ... view
Character:
Rudy Vallee
1939
Studio publicist discovers Minnesota skating teacher and takes her to Hollywood. She goes back to Minnesota but he follows her. ... view
Character:
Roger Maxwell
1938
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938. ... view
Character:
Rudy (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938
When the representative of the Paris International Dance Exposition arrives in New York to invite the Academy Ballet of America to compete for monetar ... view
Character:
Terry Moore
1935
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1935. ... view
Character:
Self
1935
A midwest band leader and his lead singer share a love-hate relationship as they try for success in New York. ... view
Character:
Skip Houston
1935
This short shows the entrances of the various Hollywood studios, then specifically visits Warner Bros. / First National Studios. We start at the casti ... view
Character:
Himself (uncredited)
1934
Jimmy Durante asks popular song writing team Mack Gordon and Harry Revel to demonstrate some of their songs. There is interplay with impersonator Flor ... view
Character:
Self
1934
Reporter Miss Lee is looking for a story and approaches George White as he's assembling the latest edition of his famous revue. As it turns out, she h ... view
Character:
Jimmy Martin
1933
Foreign investors converge on a luxury hotel in China to bid on a new kind of radioscope. But, this is a hotel where Burns and Allen are the in-house ... view
Character:
Himself
1932
Rudy Vallee cures patients at Dr. Vallee's Musical Hospital by means of music. ... view
Character:
Dr. Vallee
1932
Betty Boop, trying to keep a party lively, is aided by Rudy Vallee, who comes to live-action life from a sheet music cover and sings several songs wit ... view
Character:
Self
1931
Sun bonneted Betty Boop takes a train to "Rudy Valley" where she gains weight and Rudy Vallee performs the title song with Bouncing Ball. ... view
Character:
Singer with Handlebar Moustache
1931
A young dog calls on Betty but fraternity hazers kidnap him. With a Bouncing Ball, Rudy Vallee sings the title tune. ... view
Character:
Himself
1929
A young woman, who wants to be in the Follies, is making ends meet by working at a department store's sheet music department, where she sings the late ... view
Character:
Self
1929
A zany musical about an amateur musician in search of work who impersonates a big band leader. ... view
Character:
Rudy Bronson
1929
Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees perform a short program, in the style of his shorter radio programs. ... view
Character:
Rudy Vallee