Rudy Vallee
Age: 84 | From: Island Pond, Vermont, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1901-07-28 03:30:54
Death: 1986-07-06 03:30:54
Aliases: Hubert Prior Vallée
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Island Pond, Vermont, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 17
TV Involvements: 4
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
What's My Line?
(1950) Self - Panelist
CHiPs
(1977) Arthur Forbinger
The Name of the Game
(1968) Myron Lesser
I Remember Mama
(1948) Dr. Johnson
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
(1975) Self (archive footage)
Slashed Dreams
(1975) Proprietor
Hollywood My Home Town
(1965) Self (archive footage)
The Golden Twenties
(1950) Self (archive footage)Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1995 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1987 | Self | |
| 1984 | (archive footage) | |
| 1980 | Self | |
| 1977 | Arthur Forbinger | |
| 1976 | Autograph Hound | |
| 1975 | N/A | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Proprietor | ||
| 1971 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 1970 | N/A | |
| Rudy Vallee | ||
| 1968 | Opening Narrator (voice) | |
| Louis Penlow | ||
| Rudy Vallee | ||
| Myron Lesser | ||
| 1967 | Jasper B. Biggley | |
| 1966 | Lord Marmaduke Ffogg | |
| 1963 | N/A | |
| 1962 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 1961 | Self - Co-Host | |
| 1958 | Father | |
| 1957 | Rudy Vallee | |
| Himself | ||
| 1956 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1955 | Rudy Vallee | |
| 1954 | Worthington Higgenmacher | |
| N/A | ||
| 1950 | Self | |
| Peter Pedigrew | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self - Mystery Guest | ||
| Self - Panelist | ||
| 1949 | Mr. Jessup | |
| Charles Hingleman | ||
| John Heaslip | ||
| 1948 | August Henshler | |
| Charles Harris | ||
| Self - Singer | ||
| Self | ||
| Herbert Daley | ||
| Dr. Johnson | ||
| 1947 | Tommy Chamberlain | |
| Bromley | ||
| Lynn Sargent | ||
| 1946 | Hendrick Courtney Jr. | |
| Ormsby Jamison | ||
| 1945 | Gordon Tolliver | |
| Rudy Vallee | ||
| 1944 | Himself - Bandleader | |
| 1943 | Himself | |
| Alfred Monroe | ||
| 1942 | N/A | |
| John D. Hackensacker III | ||
| 1941 | Dick Kerrigan | |
| Daniel 'Danny' Collins | ||
| 1940 | Rudy Vallee | |
| 1939 | Roger Maxwell | |
| 1938 | Rudy (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Terry Moore | ||
| 1935 | Self | |
| Skip Houston | ||
| Himself (uncredited) | ||
| 1934 | Self | |
| Jimmy Martin | ||
| 1933 | Himself | |
| 1932 | Dr. Vallee | |
| Self | ||
| 1931 | Singer with Handlebar Moustache | |
| Himself | ||
| 1929 | Self | |
| Rudy Bronson | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Lyricist | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Sound
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1929 | Songs | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |