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Rudy Vallee

Rudy Vallee
  • Name: Rudy Vallee
  • Birthday: 1901-07-28
  • Also known as: Hubert Prior Vallée
  • Place of birth: Island Pond, Vermont, USA
  • Popularity: 1.55
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

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Title Release date
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