Rudy Vallee
Acting
Born 1901-07-28
Died 1986-07-06
Island Pond, Vermont, USA
79 credits
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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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Filmography
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Acting
53 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Mike Douglas Show
Batman
The Merv Griffin Show
What's My Line?
Night Gallery
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Name of the Game
The Ed Sullivan Show
Here's Lucy
Kraft Television Theatre
Ellery Queen
CHiPs
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Slashed Dreams
The Helen Morgan Story
The Palm Beach Story
Unfaithfully Yours
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Gentlemen Marry Brunettes
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Live a Little, Love a Little
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
The Night They Raided Minsky's
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
The Unfaithful
My Dear Secretary
I Remember Mama
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
International House
Going Hollywood: The '30s
The Admiral Was a Lady
The Phynx
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Breakdowns of 1938
Gold Diggers in Paris
So This Is New York
Second Fiddle
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
People Are Funny
Happy Go Lucky
Sweet Music
It's in the Bag!
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
Things You Never See on the Screen
The Perfect Woman
Father Was a Fullback
Glorifying the American Girl
George White's Scandals
Men Who Rate a 10
The Golden Twenties
Too Many Blondes
Other credits
7 credits
Petticoat Junction
Alias Smith and Jones
December Bride
Your Show of Shows
The Chicago Teddy Bears
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Campus Sweethearts
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