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