Rudy Vallee

Actor

Born: July 28, 1901
Died: July 6, 1986 (age 84)
From: Island Pond, Vermont, USA

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…

Filmography (58)

Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do (2015)
Self (archive footage)
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons (1995)
Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)
(archive footage)
The Perfect Woman (1981)
Tock
Men Who Rate a 10 (1980)
Self
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
Autograph Hound
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
Self (archive footage)
Slashed Dreams (1975)
Proprietor
The Phynx (1970)
Rudy Vallee
The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968)
Opening Narrator (voice)
Live a Little, Love a Little (1968)
Louis Penlow
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
J. B. Biggley
Hansel and Gretel
Hansel and Gretel (1958)
Father
The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
Self
Jazz Ball (1956)
Self (archive footage)
Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955)
Rudy Vallee
Ricochet Romance (1954)
Worthington Higgenmacher
The Admiral Was a Lady (1950)
Peter Pedigrew
The Golden Twenties (1950)
Self (archive footage)
Father Was a Fullback (1949)
Mr. Jessup
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)
Charles Hingleman
Mother Is a Freshman (1949)
John Heaslip
Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
August Henshler
My Dear Secretary (1948)
Charles Harris
So This Is New York (1948)
Herbert Daley
I Remember Mama (1948)
Dr. Johnson
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
Tommy
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947)
Lynn Sargent
The Fabulous Suzanne (1946)
Hendrick Courtney Jr.
People Are Funny (1946)
Ormsby Jamison