Rudy Vallee
Biografia
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.
Filmografia
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Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
Film • 1995
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The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
Serial • 1987
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Going Hollywood: The '30s
Film • 1984
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The Perfect Woman
Film • 1981
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Men Who Rate a 10
Film • 1980
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CHiPs
Serial • 1977
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Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Film • 1976
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Ellery Queen
Serial • 1975
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Film • 1975
jako Self (archive footage)
Slashed Dreams
Film • 1975
jako Proprietor
The Chicago Teddy Bears
Serial • 1971
Alias Smith and Jones
Serial • 1971
Night Gallery
Serial • 1970
jako Dr. Francis Deeking
The Phynx
Film • 1970
jako Rudy Vallee
The Night They Raided Minsky's
Film • 1968
jako Opening Narrator (voice)
Live a Little, Love a Little
Film • 1968
jako Louis Penlow
Here's Lucy
Serial • 1968
jako Rudy Vallee
The Name of the Game
Serial • 1968
jako Myron Lesser
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Film • 1967
jako J. B. Biggley
Batman zbawia świat
Serial • 1966
jako Lord Marmaduke Ffogg
Petticoat Junction
Serial • 1963
The Merv Griffin Show
Serial • 1962
jako Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Serial • 1962
jako Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Serial • 1961
jako Self - Co-Host
Hansel and Gretel
Film • 1958
jako Father
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Serial • 1957
jako Rudy Vallee
The Helen Morgan Story
Film • 1957
jako Self
Jazz Ball
Film • 1956
jako Self (archive footage)
Gentlemen Marry Brunettes
Film • 1955
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Ricochet Romance
Film • 1954
jako Worthington Higgenmacher
December Bride
Serial • 1954
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Serial • 1950
jako Self
The Admiral Was a Lady
Film • 1950
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The Golden Twenties
Film • 1950
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Your Show of Shows
Serial • 1950
What's My Line?
Serial • 1950
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Father Was a Fullback
Film • 1949
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The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
Film • 1949
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Mother Is a Freshman
Film • 1949
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Nieszczerze oddana
Film • 1948
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My Dear Secretary
Film • 1948
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The Ed Sullivan Show
Serial • 1948
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So This Is New York
Film • 1948
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I Remember Mama
Film • 1948
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The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Film • 1947
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Kraft Television Theatre
Serial • 1947
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The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Film • 1947
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The Fabulous Suzanne
Film • 1946
jako Hendrick Courtney Jr.
People Are Funny
Film • 1946
jako Ormsby Jamison
Man Alive
Film • 1945
jako Gordon Tolliver
It's in the Bag!
Film • 1945
jako Rudy Vallee
11th. Naval District "United States Coast Guard Band"
Film • 1944
jako Himself - Bandleader
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform
Film • 1943
jako Himself
Happy Go Lucky
Film • 1943
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Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Film • 1942
Opowieść o Palm Beach
Film • 1942
jako John D. Hackensacker III
Too Many Blondes
Film • 1941
jako Dick Kerrigan
Time Out for Rhythm
Film • 1941
jako Daniel 'Danny' Collins
Rodeo Dough
Film • 1940
jako Rudy Vallee
Second Fiddle
Film • 1939
jako Roger Maxwell
Breakdowns of 1938
Film • 1938
jako Rudy (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gold Diggers in Paris
Film • 1938
jako Terry Moore
Things You Never See on the Screen
Film • 1935
jako Self
Sweet Music
Film • 1935
jako Skip Houston
A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio
Film • 1935
jako Himself (uncredited)
Hollywood on Parade No. B-9
Film • 1934
jako Self
George White's Scandals
Film • 1934
jako Jimmy Martin
International House
Film • 1933
jako Himself
The Musical Doctor
Film • 1932
jako Dr. Vallee
Rudy Vallee Melodies
Film • 1932
jako Self
Kitty from Kansas City
Film • 1931
jako Singer with Handlebar Moustache
Betty Co-ed
Film • 1931
jako Himself
Campus Sweethearts
Film • 1930
Glorifying the American Girl
Film • 1929
jako Self
The Vagabond Lover
Film • 1929
jako Rudy Bronson
Radio Rhythm
Film • 1929
jako Rudy Vallee
Lydia
Film
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