Person Details

Birthday: 1912-10-01 07:13:17

Death: 1982-03-29 07:13:17

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Movie Involvements: 21

TV Involvements: 13


Most Famous Work

Biography

Rudolph Bond (October 10, 1912 – March 29, 1982) was an American actor who was active from 1947 until his death. His work spanned Broadway, Hollywood and US television. Bond was introduced to the world of acting at the age of 16. He was playing basketball with a group of friends when Julie Sutton, the director of a city amateur acting group (Neighborhood Players, which performed in the same building as the basketball area) approached the group and asked if anybody wanted to be in an upcoming play. He volunteered, and acted in several plays before leaving Philadelphia to join the United States Army. He spent four years in the army, was wounded while serving in World War II, and returned to Philadelphia upon his discharge. He continued acting in the Neighborhood Players until 1945, when he won second prize in the John Golden Award for Actors, which allowed him to enroll in Elia Kazan's Actor's Studio in New York City. Kazan got him a substantial role in two stage productions. After his success in the second (A Streetcar Named Desire), he was invited to Hollywood to recreate his stage role in the movie version. In 1951 he appeared in "Romeo and Juliet" at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York and in 1960 he toured in "Fiorello" (which starred Tom Bosley). He spent the next thirty years bouncing between California and New York, and between movie and television work.

Most Famous Work

The Godfather
Average
9

The Godfather

(1972) Cuneo
Lux Video Theatre
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6

Lux Video Theatre

(1950) Detective
The Rockford Files
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7

The Rockford Files

(1974) Bennie
Studio One
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4

Studio One

(1948) Peter D'Agostino
Naked City
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5

Naked City

(1958) Lt. Springer
12 Angry Men
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9

12 Angry Men

(1957) Judge (uncredited)
Kojak
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7

Kojak

(1973) Janitor
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
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9

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1981 Grandfather
Carmine Cuneo
1980 N/A
1979 Monty
Dr. Schultz
1977 Carmine Cuneo
1976 N/A
1975 N/A
1974 Police Commissioner
Bennie
N/A
Policeman (uncredited)
1973 Janitor
Ben
1972 Cuneo
1971 Proprietor
Newsdealer
1970 Detective Sawyer
Ship Captain
1963 N/A
1961 Cy Wright
Mr. Thompson
1960 Big Man (uncredited)
Sergeant Miller
Chris
1959 N/A
Gould
N/A
1958 Lt. Mike Daniels
Lt. Springer
Sonarman 1st Class Cullen
Bartender Eddie
1957 John Rodman
Charlie Gonzales
Judge (uncredited)
Peter D'Agostino
1956 Red
Dutch
1955 N/A
1954 Moose
1953 Pvt. Hodges
1951 Steve
1950 Detective
1948 Peter D'Agostino
Eccles
Mr. Manetta
Year Character Movie/Tv

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