Rudy Vallee

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1901-07-28 (85 years old)

Deathday

1986-07-06

Place of Birth

Island Pond, Vermont, USA

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 slu...

Acting

1933

1947

1946

People Are Funny

as Ormsby Jamison

1942

The Palm Beach Story

as John D. Hackensacker III

1948

Unfaithfully Yours

as August Henshler

1947

1948

I Remember Mama

as Dr. Johnson

1950

The Admiral Was a Lady

as Peter Pedigrew

1939

Second Fiddle

as Roger Maxwell

1970

The Phynx

as Rudy Vallee

1968

1948

My Dear Secretary

as Charles Harris

1958

1941

Time Out for Rhythm

as Daniel 'Danny' Collins

1948

So This Is New York

as Herbert Daley

1975

Slashed Dreams

as Proprietor

1949

Mother Is a Freshman

as John Heaslip

1949

1931

Betty Co-ed

as Himself

1938

Gold Diggers in Paris

as Terry Moore

1934

1943

Happy Go Lucky

as Alfred Monroe

1929

The Vagabond Lover

as Rudy Bronson

1935

Sweet Music

as Skip Houston

1995

Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

as Self (archive footage)

1945

Man Alive

as Gordon Tolliver

1984

Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)

1950

The Golden Twenties

as Self (archive footage)

1940

Rodeo Dough

as Rudy Vallee

1945

It's in the Bag!

as Rudy Vallee

1955

1941

Too Many Blondes

as Dick Kerrigan

1954

Ricochet Romance

as Worthington Higgenmacher

1935

A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio

as Himself (uncredited)

1938

Breakdowns of 1938

as Rudy (archive footage) (uncredited)

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

1946

The Fabulous Suzanne

as Hendrick Courtney Jr.

1956

Jazz Ball

as Self (archive footage)

1931

Kitty from Kansas City

as Singer with Handlebar Moustache

2015

Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do

as Self (archive footage)

1932

The Musical Doctor

as Dr. Vallee

1968

The Night They Raided Minsky's

as Opening Narrator (voice)

1929

Radio Rhythm

as Rudy Vallee

Production

1929

1947

The Unfaithful

as Lyricist

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