People
Rudy Vallee
Biography:
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... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do as Self (archive footage) | 2015-11-06 |
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons as Self (archive footage) | 1995-01-01 |
Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage) | 1984-01-01 |
Men Who Rate a 10 as Self | 1980-10-07 |
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood as Autograph Hound | 1976-07-26 |
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
Slashed Dreams as Proprietor | 1975-04-24 |
The Phynx as Rudy Vallee | 1970-03-06 |
The Night They Raided Minsky's as Opening Narrator (voice) | 1968-12-22 |
Live a Little, Love a Little as Louis Penlow | 1968-10-23 |
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying as Jasper B. Biggley | 1967-03-09 |
Hansel and Gretel as Father | 1958-04-27 |
The Helen Morgan Story as Himself | 1957-10-02 |
Jazz Ball as Self (archive footage) | 1956-01-01 |
Gentlemen Marry Brunettes as Rudy Vallee | 1955-10-29 |
Ricochet Romance as Worthington Higgenmacher | 1954-11-01 |
The Admiral Was a Lady as Peter Pedigrew | 1950-08-04 |
The Golden Twenties as Self (archive footage) | 1950-04-08 |
Father Was a Fullback as Mr. Jessup | 1949-09-30 |
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend as Charles Hingleman | 1949-05-27 |
Mother Is a Freshman as John Heaslip | 1949-03-12 |
Unfaithfully Yours as August Henshler | 1948-12-10 |
My Dear Secretary as Charles Harris | 1948-11-05 |
So This Is New York as Herbert Daley | 1948-06-01 |
I Remember Mama as Dr. Johnson | 1948-03-09 |
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer as Tommy Chamberlain | 1947-09-01 |
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock as Lynn Sargent | 1947-04-04 |
The Fabulous Suzanne as Hendrick Courtney Jr. | 1946-12-15 |
People Are Funny as Ormsby Jamison | 1946-01-11 |
Man Alive as Gordon Tolliver | 1945-11-16 |
It's in the Bag! as Rudy Vallee | 1945-04-21 |
11th. Naval District "United States Coast Guard Band" as Himself - Bandleader | 1944-01-01 |
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform as Himself | 1943-08-15 |
Happy Go Lucky as Alfred Monroe | 1943-01-04 |
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 | 1942-10-05 |
The Palm Beach Story as John D. Hackensacker III | 1942-08-28 |
Too Many Blondes as Dick Kerrigan | 1941-08-01 |
Time Out for Rhythm as Daniel 'Danny' Collins | 1941-06-05 |
Rodeo Dough as Rudy Vallee | 1940-11-09 |
Second Fiddle as Roger Maxwell | 1939-06-30 |
Breakdowns of 1938 as Rudy (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1938-12-31 |
Gold Diggers in Paris as Terry Moore | 1938-06-11 |
Things You Never See on the Screen as Self | 1935-12-01 |
Sweet Music as Skip Houston | 1935-02-23 |
A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio as Himself (uncredited) | 1935-02-02 |
Hollywood on Parade No. B-9 as Self | 1934-04-28 |
George White's Scandals as Jimmy Martin | 1934-03-15 |
International House as Himself | 1933-05-27 |
The Musical Doctor as Dr. Vallee | 1932-10-28 |
Rudy Vallee Melodies as Self | 1932-08-04 |
Kitty from Kansas City as Singer with Handlebar Moustache | 1931-11-01 |
Betty Co-ed as Himself | 1931-08-01 |
Glorifying the American Girl as Self | 1929-12-07 |
The Vagabond Lover as Rudy Bronson | 1929-12-01 |