Cast
Rudy Vallee
Acting
Cast
Rudy Vallee
Known for
Acting
Born
1901-07-28
From
Island Pond, Vermont, USA
Died
1986-07-06
Also known as Hubert Prior Vallée
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 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.
Unfaithfully Yours
as August Henshler
The Helen Morgan Story
as Self
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
as J. B. Biggley
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
as Autograph Hound
It's in the Bag!
as Rudy Vallee
The Palm Beach Story
as John D. Hackensacker III
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Tommy
Live a Little, Love a Little
as Louis Penlow
Second Fiddle
as Roger Maxwell
International House
as Himself
Man Alive
as Gordon Tolliver
Sweet Music
as Skip Houston
The Night They Raided Minsky's
as Opening Narrator (voice)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
The Phynx
as Rudy Vallee
Breakdowns of 1938
as Rudy (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gentlemen Marry Brunettes
as Rudy Vallee
My Dear Secretary
as Charles Harris
I Remember Mama
as Dr. Johnson
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
as Lynn Sargent
The Golden Twenties
as Self (archive footage)
So This Is New York
as Herbert Daley
Glorifying the American Girl
as Self
George White's Scandals
as Jimmy Martin
Things You Never See on the Screen
as Self
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
as Self (archive footage)
Gold Diggers in Paris
as Terry Moore
Rodeo Dough
as Rudy Vallee
The Perfect Woman
as Tock
Too Many Blondes
as Dick Kerrigan
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform
as Himself
Ricochet Romance
as Worthington Higgenmacher
Father Was a Fullback
as Mr. Jessup
Slashed Dreams
as Proprietor
A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio
as Himself (uncredited)
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
as Charles Hingleman
People Are Funny
as Ormsby Jamison
The Admiral Was a Lady
as Peter Pedigrew
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
as Self (archive footage)
Jazz Ball
as Self (archive footage)
Mother Is a Freshman
as John Heaslip
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
The Fabulous Suzanne
as Hendrick Courtney Jr.
Men Who Rate a 10
as Self
11th. Naval District "United States Coast Guard Band"
as Himself - Bandleader
Hansel and Gretel
as Father
Time Out for Rhythm
as Daniel 'Danny' Collins
The Vagabond Lover
as Rudy Bronson
Happy Go Lucky
as Alfred Monroe
Kitty from Kansas City
as Singer with Handlebar Moustache
Hollywood on Parade No. B-9
as Self
Campus Sweethearts
The Musical Doctor
as Dr. Vallee
Rudy Vallee Melodies
as Self
Radio Rhythm
as Rudy Vallee
Betty Co-ed
as Himself
Lydia
as Barker