Rudy Vallee

Personal Info

Birthday

July 28, 1901

Day of Death

1986-07-06

(84 years old)

Place of Birth

Island Pond, Vermont, USA

Also Known As

Hubert Prior Vallée

Rudy Vallee

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.

Known For

Batman

The Name of the Game

Here's Lucy

Kraft Television Theatre

Night Gallery

CHiPs

Ellery Queen

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

Filmography

2015
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
as Self (archive footage)
1995
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
as Self (archive footage)
1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
1981
The Perfect Woman
as Tock
1980
Men Who Rate a 10
as Self
1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
as Autograph Hound
1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
Slashed Dreams
as Proprietor
1970
The Phynx
as Rudy Vallee
1968
The Night They Raided Minsky's
as Opening Narrator (voice)
Live a Little, Love a Little
as Louis Penlow
1967
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
as Jasper B. Biggley
1958
Hansel and Gretel
as Father
1957
The Helen Morgan Story
as Himself
1956
Jazz Ball
as Self (archive footage)
1955
Gentlemen Marry Brunettes
as Rudy Vallee
1954
Ricochet Romance
as Worthington Higgenmacher
1950
The Admiral Was a Lady
as Peter Pedigrew
The Golden Twenties
as Self (archive footage)
1949
Father Was a Fullback
as Mr. Jessup
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
as Charles Hingleman
Mother Is a Freshman
as John Heaslip
1948
Unfaithfully Yours
as August Henshler
My Dear Secretary
as Charles Harris
So This Is New York
as Herbert Daley
I Remember Mama
as Dr. Johnson
1947
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Tommy Chamberlain
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
as Lynn Sargent
1946
The Fabulous Suzanne
as Hendrick Courtney Jr.
People Are Funny
as Ormsby Jamison
1945
Man Alive
as Gordon Tolliver
It's in the Bag!
as Rudy Vallee
1944
11th. Naval District "United States Coast Guard Band"
as Himself - Bandleader
1943
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform
as Himself
Happy Go Lucky
as Alfred Monroe
1942
The Palm Beach Story
as John D. Hackensacker III
1941
Too Many Blondes
as Dick Kerrigan
Time Out for Rhythm
as Daniel 'Danny' Collins
1940
Rodeo Dough
as Rudy Vallee
1939
Second Fiddle
as Roger Maxwell
1938
Breakdowns of 1938
as Rudy (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gold Diggers in Paris
as Terry Moore
1935
Things You Never See on the Screen
as Self
Sweet Music
as Skip Houston
A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio
as Himself (uncredited)
1934
Hollywood on Parade No. B-9
as Self
George White's Scandals
as Jimmy Martin
1933
International House
as Himself
1932
The Musical Doctor
as Dr. Vallee
Rudy Vallee Melodies
as Self
1931
Kitty from Kansas City
as Singer with Handlebar Moustache
Betty Co-ed
as Himself
1929
Glorifying the American Girl
as Self
The Vagabond Lover
as Rudy Bronson
Radio Rhythm
as Rudy Vallee