Rudy Behlmer

Personal Info

Birthday

October 13, 1926

Day of Death

2019-09-27

(92 years old)

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Also Known As

Rudolph Herman Behlmer

Rudy Behlmar

Rudy Behlmer

Biography

Rudy Behlmer (October 13, 1926 – September 27, 2019) was an American film historian and writer. He was an expert in the history and evolution of the motion picture industry.

Behlmer began his career with KLAC-TV in Hollywood as a stage manager. At the beginning of the 1960s, Behlmer started researching and writing articles on various aspects of film history. One such project, a career piece on film producer David O.

Known For

The Universe According to Universal

Filmography

2012
Singin' in the Rain: Raining on a New Generation
as Self
Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
as Self
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
as Self
2010
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
as Self
2009
Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman
as Self
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self
2008
In the Beginning: Quo Vadis and the Genesis of the Biblical Epic
as Self
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
as Self
Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Spymaster
as Self
The Making of 'Rebecca'
as Self
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
as Self
A House of Secrets: Exploring 'Dragonwyck'
as Self
Killer Instincts: Richard Widmark and Ida Lupino at Twentieth Century Fox
as Self
Guilt by Association: Psychoanalyzing 'Spellbound'
as Self
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
as Self
2007
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
as Self
Becoming John Ford
as Self
2006
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
as Self
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
as Self
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
as Self
Stagecoach: A Story of Redemption
as Self - Author, Film Historian
Jezebel: Legend of the South
as Self
Censorship and Desire
as Self
A Streetcar on Broadway
as Self
A Streetcar in Hollywood
as Self
Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
as Self
2005
The Music of 'Humoresque'
as Self
Captain Blood: A Swashbuckler Is Born
as Self - Author & Film Historian
Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale
as Self
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
as Self - Author and Film Historian
Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say?
as Self
2004
Tarzan: Silver Screen King of the Jungle
as Self
2003
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
as Self
The Making of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
as Self
Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'
as Self, Film Historian
2002
The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
as Self
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'
as Self
Cinerama Adventure
as Self
The Universe According to Universal
as Narrator
2001
Celebrating Dumbo
as Self
Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement'
as Self
2000
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
as Self
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
as Self
Backstory: 'All About Eve'
as Self
Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!
as Self - Host
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
as Self - Host
The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked
as Self
1993
Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul
as Self
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
as Self - Film Historian
1992
King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast."
as Self
You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca'
as Self - Film Historian
1991
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
as Self