Movies List
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Live a Little, Love a Little

as Louis Penlow

1968
Gentlemen Marry Brunettes

as Rudy Vallee

1955
The Admiral Was a Lady

as Peter Pedigrew

1950
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

as Charles Hingleman

1949
Mother Is a Freshman

as John Heaslip

1949
My Dear Secretary

as Charles Harris

1948
Unfaithfully Yours

as August Henshler

1948
I Remember Mama

as Dr. Johnson

1948
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

as Lynn Sargent

1947
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

as Tommy Chamberlain

1947
People Are Funny

as Ormsby Jamison

1946
It's in the Bag!

as Rudy Vallee

1945
The Palm Beach Story

as John D. Hackensacker III

1942
Too Many Blondes

as Dick Kerrigan

1941
Second Fiddle

as Roger Maxwell

1939
George White's Scandals

as Jimmy Martin

1934
The Vagabond Lover

as Rudy Bronson

1929
Rudy Vallee Rudy Vallee

Birthday

1901-07-28

Place of Birth

Island Pond, Vermont, USA

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.
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