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person_profile-Rudy Vallee

Rudy Vallee Died at age: 84

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Rudy Vallee

Date of Birth:

Jul 28, 1901

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Jul 06, 1986

Biography of

Rudy Vallee

    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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Rudy Vallee

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Filmography of

Rudy Vallee

Found 41 Movies in total

Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1995

Going Hollywood: The '30s

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1984

The Perfect Woman

Tock ( Actor )

... 1981

Men Who Rate a 10

Self ( Actor )

... 1980

... 1976

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1975

Slashed Dreams

Proprietor ( Actor )

... 1975

The Phynx

Rudy Vallee ( Actor )

... 1970

The Night They Raided Minsky's

Opening Narrator (voice) ( Actor )

... 1968

Live a Little, Love a Little

Louis Penlow ( Actor )

... 1968

... 1967

Hollywood My Home Town

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1965

The Helen Morgan Story

Himself ( Actor )

... 1957

Jazz Ball

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1956

Gentlemen Marry Brunettes

Rudy Vallee ( Actor )

... 1955

Ricochet Romance

Worthington Higgenmacher ( Actor )

... 1954

The Admiral Was a Lady

Peter Pedigrew ( Actor )

... 1950

The Golden Twenties

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1950

Father Was a Fullback

Mr. Jessup ( Actor )

... 1949

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

Charles Hingleman ( Actor )

... 1949

Mother Is a Freshman

John Heaslip ( Actor )

... 1949

Unfaithfully Yours

August Henshler ( Actor )

... 1948

My Dear Secretary

Charles Harris ( Actor )

... 1948

So This Is New York

Herbert Daley ( Actor )

... 1948

I Remember Mama

Dr. Johnson ( Actor )

... 1948

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

Tommy Chamberlain ( Actor )

... 1947

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

Lynn Sargent ( Actor )

... 1947

The Fabulous Suzanne

Hendrick Courtney Jr. ( Actor )

... 1946

People Are Funny

Ormsby Jamison ( Actor )

... 1946

Man Alive

Gordon Tolliver ( Actor )

... 1945

It's in the Bag!

Rudy Vallee ( Actor )

... 1945

Happy Go Lucky

Alfred Monroe ( Actor )

... 1943

The Palm Beach Story

John D. Hackensacker III ( Actor )

... 1942

Time Out for Rhythm

Daniel 'Danny' Collins ( Actor )

... 1941

Second Fiddle

Roger Maxwell ( Actor )

... 1939

Gold Diggers in Paris

Terry Moore ( Actor )

... 1938

Sweet Music

Skip Houston ( Actor )

... 1935

George White's Scandals

Jimmy Martin ( Actor )

... 1934

International House

Himself ( Actor )

... 1933

... 1929

The Vagabond Lover

Rudy Bronson ( Actor )

Songs

... 1929