Rudy Vallee
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.
Known for
Batman
Lord Marmaduke Ffogg
The Name of the Game
Myron Lesser
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
Here's Lucy
Rudy Vallee
Petticoat Junction
Kraft Television Theatre
Bromley
Your Show of Shows
Night Gallery
Dr. Francis Deeking
December Bride
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
Self
CHiPs
Arthur Forbinger
What's My Line?
Self
What's My Line?
Self - Panelist
Alias Smith and Jones
Ellery Queen
Alvin Winer
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Rudy Vallee
The Chicago Teddy Bears
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Unfaithfully Yours
August Henshler
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
Self (archive footage)
My Dear Secretary
Charles Harris
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Tommy Chamberlain
Glorifying the American Girl
Self
The Palm Beach Story
John D. Hackensacker III
The Night They Raided Minsky's
Opening Narrator (voice)
International House
Himself
Live a Little, Love a Little
Louis Penlow
Father Was a Fullback
Mr. Jessup
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
Charles Hingleman
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Lynn Sargent
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Autograph Hound
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
Too Many Blondes
Dick Kerrigan
The Helen Morgan Story
Himself
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Jasper B. Biggley
A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio
Himself (uncredited)
Gold Diggers in Paris
Terry Moore
People Are Funny
Ormsby Jamison
The Admiral Was a Lady
Peter Pedigrew
Time Out for Rhythm
Daniel 'Danny' Collins
I Remember Mama
Dr. Johnson
Jazz Ball
Self (archive footage)
The Fabulous Suzanne
Hendrick Courtney Jr.
Sweet Music
Skip Houston
Gentlemen Marry Brunettes
Rudy Vallee
Breakdowns of 1938
Rudy (archive footage) (uncredited)
Things You Never See on the Screen
Self
The Golden Twenties
Self (archive footage)
Ricochet Romance
Worthington Higgenmacher
So This Is New York
Herbert Daley
Man Alive
Gordon Tolliver
Second Fiddle
Roger Maxwell
Slashed Dreams
Proprietor
Happy Go Lucky
Alfred Monroe
Rodeo Dough
Rudy Vallee
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
Self (archive footage)
The Phynx
Rudy Vallee
It's in the Bag!
Rudy Vallee
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
The Perfect Woman
Tock
Hansel and Gretel
Father
The Vagabond Lover
Rudy Bronson
Men Who Rate a 10
Self
Rudy Vallee Melodies
Self
Mother Is a Freshman
John Heaslip
George White's Scandals
Jimmy Martin
Betty Co-ed
Himself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Campus Sweethearts
Kitty from Kansas City
Singer with Handlebar Moustache
The Musical Doctor
Dr. Vallee
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform
Himself
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
Radio Rhythm
Rudy Vallee
11th. Naval District "United States Coast Guard Band"
Himself - Bandleader
Hollywood on Parade No. B-9
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self