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Mini Biography:
Rudy Vallee started his career as a saxophone player and singer and later... moreTrivia:
Profiled in "Old Time Radio Memories" by Mel Simons (BearManor Media). moreAlternate Names:
U.S.C.G.R. Lieutenant Rudy Vallee | Rudy ValléeFilmography
Actor:
- "Santa Barbara" .... Elderly Con (1 episode, 1984)
- Episode #1.106 (1984) TV episode .... Elderly Con - The Perfect Woman (1981) (TV)
- "CHiPs" .... Arthur Forbinger (1 episode, 1979)
... aka CHiPs Patrol (USA: syndication title)
- Pressure Point (1979) TV episode .... Arthur Forbinger - Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976) .... Autograph hound
... aka Won Ton Ton (USA: poster title) - "Ellery Queen" .... Alvin Winer (1 episode, 1976)
... aka The Adventures of Ellery Queen
- The Adventure of the Tyrant of Tin Pan Alley (1976) TV episode .... Alvin Winer - Slashed Dreams (1975) .... Proprietor
... aka Sunburst - "Alias Smith and Jones" .... Winford Fletcher (2 episodes, 1971-1972)
- The Man Who Broke the Bank at Red Gap (1972) TV episode .... Winford Fletcher
- Dreadful Sorry Clementine (1971) TV episode .... Winford Fletcher - "Night Gallery" .... Dr. Francis Deeking (1 episode, 1971)
... aka Rod Serling's Night Gallery (USA)
- Marmalade Wine (1971) TV episode .... Dr. Francis Deeking - "Petticoat Junction" .... Herbert A. Smith (1 episode, 1969)
- But I've Never Been in Erie, PA (1969) TV episode .... Herbert A. Smith - The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968) .... Narrator
... aka The Night They Invented Striptease - Live a Little, Love a Little (1968) .... Louis Penlow
- "Death Valley Days" (1 episode, 1968)
... aka Call of the West (USA: syndication title)
... aka The Pioneers (USA: syndication title)
... aka Trails West (USA: syndication title)
... aka Western Star Theater (USA: syndication title)
- The Friend (1968) TV episode - Silent Treatment (1968)
- "Batman" .... Lord Marmaduke Ffogg (3 episodes, 1967)
- The Bloody Tower (1967) TV episode .... Lord Marmaduke Ffogg
- The Foggiest Notion (1967) TV episode .... Lord Marmaduke Ffogg
- The Londinium Larcenies (1967) TV episode .... Lord Marmaduke Ffogg - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967) .... J.B. Biggley
... aka How to Succeed in Business... (USA: short title) - "On Broadway Tonight" (1964) TV series .... Host (unknown episodes)
- Hansel and Gretel (1958) (TV) .... Father
- "Kraft Television Theatre" (1 episode, 1958)
... aka Kraft Mystery Theatre (USA: new title)
... aka Kraft Theatre (USA: new title)
- The Battle for Wednesday Night (1958) TV episode - "The Jackie Gleason Show" (1 episode, 1956)
- Episode dated 29 September 1956 (1956) TV episode - "Star Tonight" (1 episode, 1955)
- Taste (1955) TV episode - Ricochet Romance (1954) .... Worthington Higgenmacher
- The Admiral Was a Lady (1950) .... Peter Pedigrew (jukebox king)
- "Your Show of Shows" (1 episode, 1950)
... aka Sid Caesar's Show of Shows (UK: rerun title)
- Episode dated 15 April 1950 (1950) TV episode - Father Was a Fullback (1949) .... Mr. Roger 'Jess' Jessup
- The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949) .... Charles Hingleman
- Mother Is a Freshman (1949) .... John Heaslip
... aka Mother Knows Best (UK) - My Dear Secretary (1949) .... Charles Harris (Harris Book Stores)
- Unfaithfully Yours (1948) .... August Henshler
- So This Is New York (1948) .... Herbert Daley
- I Remember Mama (1948) .... Dr. Johnson
- The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947) .... Tommy
... aka Bachelor Knight (UK) - The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947) .... Lynn Sargent
... aka Mad Wednesday (USA: reissue title) - The Fabulous Suzanne (1946) .... Hendrick Courtney Jr.
- People Are Funny (1946) .... Ormsby Jamison
- Man Alive (1945) .... Gordon Tolliver
- It's in the Bag! (1945) .... Rudy, A Singing Waiter (cameo appearance)
... aka The Fifth Chair (UK) - Happy Go Lucky (1943) .... Alfred Monroe
- The Palm Beach Story (1942) .... John D. Hackensacker III
- Time Out for Rhythm (1941) .... Daniel 'Danny' Collins
- Too Many Blondes (1941) .... Dick Kerrigan
- Take Me Back to My Boots and Saddle (1941) .... Vocalist
- Second Fiddle (1939) .... Roger Maxwell
... aka Irving Berlin's Second Fiddle - Gold Diggers in Paris (1938) .... Terry Moore
... aka The Gay Impostors (UK) - Sweet Music (1935) .... Skip Houston
- George White's Scandals (1934) .... Jimmy Martin
- The Musical Doctor (1932) .... Dr. Vallee
- Knowmore College (1932)
- Musical Justice (1931) .... Judge
- Campus Sweethearts (1930)
- The Vagabond Lover (1929) .... Rudy Bronson
Soundtrack:
- The Good Shepherd (2006) ("The Whiffenpoof Song (Baa! Baa! Baa!)")
- Nixon (1995) (performer: "STEIN SONG (UNIVERSITY OF MAINE)") (arranger: "STEIN SONG (UNIVERSITY OF MAINE)")
- Shining Through (1992) (writer: "Goodnight Sweetheart")
- My Own Private Idaho (1991) (performer: "Deep Night")
- Miller's Crossing (1990) (writer: "Goodnight, Sweetheart")
- City Heat (1984) (performer: "Let's Do It")
- Pennies from Heaven (1981) (performer: "LET'S PUT OUT THE LIGHTS (AND GO TO SLEEP)")
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975) (performer: "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?", "There Is a Tavern in the Town (The Drunkard Song)")
- Bonnie and Clyde (1967) (lyrics: "Deep Night") (performer: "Deep Night")
... aka Bonnie and Clyde... Were Killers! (UK) - Go!!! (1967) (TV) (performer: "Mame")
- How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967) (performer: "Been a Long Day" (uncredited), "Grand Old Ivy" (uncredited), "Brotherhood of Man" (uncredited))
... aka How to Succeed in Business... (USA: short title) - Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955) (performer: "Have You Met Miss Jones") ("I Wanna Be Loved by You")
- Musical Merry-Go-Round (1948/I) (writer: "Goodnight, Sweetheart")
... aka Martin Block's Musical Merry-Go-Round #3 (USA) - The Fabulous Suzanne (1946) (performer: "A Couple of Years Ago")
- Margie (1946) (performer: "MY TIME IS YOUR TIME")
- People Are Funny (1946) (lyrics: "Alouette") (performer: "Alouette")
- 11th. Naval District 'United States Coast Guard Band' (1944) (performer: "Ship Ahoy! (All the Nice Girls Love a Sailor)")
... aka United States Coast Guard Band (USA: short title) - Too Many Blondes (1941) (performer: "Whistle Your Blues To a Bluebird", "Don't Mind If I Do", "Let's Love Again", "The Man on the Flying Trapeze") ("Let's Love Again")
- Susan and God (1940) (writer: "Goodnight, Sweetheart")
... aka The Gay Mrs. Trexel (UK) - Second Fiddle (1939) (performer: "When Winter Comes", "I Poured My Heart Into A Song")
... aka Irving Berlin's Second Fiddle - Gold Diggers in Paris (1938) (performer: "Daydreaming (All Night Long)", "The Latin Quarter", "I Wanna Go Back to Bali", "A Stranger in Paree")
... aka The Gay Impostors (UK) - Sweet Music (1935) (writer: "The Drunkard's Song (Fare-thee-well)") (performer: "The Drunkard's Song (Fare-thee-well)", "Ev'ry Day", "Fare Thee Well, Annabelle", "The Good Green Acres Of Home", "Outside", "Selzer's Cigars", "Sweet Music", "There's A Diff'rent You In Your Heart")
- Change of Heart (1934) ("My Time Is Your Time" (1924) (uncredited))
- George White's Scandals (1934) (performer: "Sweet and Simple", "Hold My Hand", "Your Dog Loves My Dog", "Every Day Is Father's Day")
- International House (1933) ("Thank Heaven For You")
- The Musical Doctor (1932) (performer: "Keep a Little Song Handy", "Missin' All the Kissin' from My Alabamy Mammy Pains", "My Mammy")
- Rudy Vallee Melodies (1932) (lyrics: "DEEP NIGHT") (performer: "DEEP NIGHT", "A LITTLE KISS EACH MORNING", "STEIN SONG" (University of Maine song), "GOOD NIGHT, SWEETHEART", "KEEP A LITTLE SONG HANDY")
- Musical Justice (1931) (performer: "I'M ON THE JURY NOW", "A LITTLE KISS EACH MORNING", "DON'T TAKE MY BOOP-OOP-A-DOOP AWAY")
- Kitty from Kansas City (1931) (performer: "KANSAS CITY KITTY")
- Betty Co-ed (1931) (writer: "Betty Co-Ed") (performer: "Betty Co-Ed")
- Glorifying the American Girl (1929) (writer: "I'm Just a Vagabond Lover") (performer: "I'm Just a Vagabond Lover")
- The Vagabond Lover (1929) (writer: "I'm Just a Vagabond Lover") (performer: "I Love You, Believe Me, I Love You", "I'm Just a Vagabond Lover", "If You Were the Only Girl in the World", "Then I'll Be Reminded of You", "A Little Kiss Each Morning (A Little Kiss Each Night)")
- Radio Rhythm (1929) (performer: "Honey", "You're Just Another Memory", "You'll Do It Someday (So Why Not Now)")
- Baby Rose Marie the Child Wonder (1929) (writer: "Heigh-Ho, Everybody, Heigh-Ho!")
- Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees (1929) (performer: "Down The Night", "Deep Night", "Outside")
Producer:
- Take Me Back to My Boots and Saddle (1941) (producer)
Self:
- Hollywood The Golden Years: The RKO Story (1987) .... Himself
- Men Who Rate a 10 (1980) (TV) .... Himself
- The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
- "The Mike Douglas Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1973)
- Episode dated 27 February 1973 (1973) TV episode .... Himself - "The Chicago Teddy Bears" .... Himself (1 episode, 1971)
- Tender Loving Kindness (1971) TV episode .... Himself - "Here's Lucy" .... Himself (1 episode, 1970)
- Lucy and Rudy Vallee (1970) TV episode .... Himself - "The Merv Griffin Show" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1968-1970)
- Episode dated 5 June 1970 (1970) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 2 January 1968 (1968) TV episode .... Himself - The Phynx (1970) .... Himself
- "The Name of the Game" .... Himself (1 episode, 1970)
- Island of Gold and Precious Stones (1970) TV episode .... Himself - Preston Sturges - Porträt eines Hollywood-Regisseurs (1970) (TV) .... Himself
- Go!!! (1967) (TV) .... Himself
- "What's My Line?" .... Guest Panelist / ... (4 episodes, 1950-1964)
- Episode dated 5 July 1964 (1964) TV episode .... Guest Panelist
- Episode dated 26 November 1961 (1961) TV episode .... Himself - Mystery Guest
- Episode dated 24 August 1958 (1958) TV episode .... Guest Panelist
- Episode dated 12 November 1950 (1950) TV episode .... Mystery Guest - "Pantomime Quiz" .... Guest Panelist (1 episode, 1963)
... aka Mike Stokey's Pantomime Quiz (USA)
... aka Stump the Stars (USA: new title)
- Episode dated 22 April 1963 (1963) TV episode .... Guest Panelist - "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" .... Himself (1 episode, 1962)
... aka The Best of Carson (USA: rerun title)
- Episode #1.1 (1962) TV episode .... Himself - "Toast of the Town" .... Himself, Singer / ... (8 episodes, 1949-1962)
... aka The Ed Sullivan Show (USA: new title)
- Episode #15.38 (1962) TV episode .... Singer
- Episode #8.21 (1955) TV episode .... Himself
- A Tribute to George White (1952) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #4.2 (1950) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #2.23 (1949) TV episode .... Himself, Singer
(3 more) - "The Patrice Munsel Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1958)
- Episode #1.18 (1958) TV episode .... Himself - "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour" .... Himself (1 episode, 1957)
... aka The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show
... aka We Love Lucy (USA: syndication title)
- Lucy Takes a Cruise to Havana (1957) TV episode .... Himself - "December Bride" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1956-1957)
- Vallee's Protoge (1957) TV episode .... Himself
- The Rudy Vallee Show (1956) TV episode .... Himself - The Helen Morgan Story (1957) .... Himself
... aka Both Ends of the Candle (UK)
... aka Why Was I Born? (USA: alternative title) - "Tonight!" .... Himself - Guest Host (2 episodes, 1956)
... aka Knickerbocker Beer Show (USA: summer title)
... aka The Knickerbocker Beer presents The Steve Allen Show (USA: second season title)
... aka The Steve Allen Show (USA: second season title)
... aka Tonight (USA: syndication title)
- Vallee Guest Host (1956) TV episode .... Himself - Guest Host
- Rudy Vallee Guest Host (1956) TV episode .... Himself - Guest Host - "Shower of Stars" .... Himself (1 episode, 1955)
... aka Chrysler Shower of Stars
- Gold Records (1955) TV episode .... Himself - Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955) .... Himself
- "The Colgate Comedy Hour" .... Himself - Singer (1 episode, 1955)
... aka Colgate Summer Comedy Hour (USA: summer title)
... aka Colgate Variety Hour (USA: sixth season title)
... aka Michael Todd Revue (USA: subtitle)
- Episode #6.5 (1955) TV episode .... Himself - Singer - The Ford 50th Anniversary Show (1953) (TV) .... Himself
- "Songs for Sale" .... Himself (1 episode, 1952)
- Episode dated 8 March 1952 (1952) TV episode .... Himself - 11th. Naval District 'United States Coast Guard Band' (1944) (as Lieutenant Rudy Vallee, U.S.C.G.R.) .... Himself - band director
... aka United States Coast Guard Band (USA: short title) - Screen Snapshots Series 23, No. 1: Hollywood in Uniform (1943) .... Himself
... aka Screen Snapshots, No. 1, Series 23 (USA: review title) - Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 6 (1942) .... Himself
- Picture People No. 2: Hollywood Sports (1941) .... Himself
- Rodeo Dough (1940) .... Himself
- Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 9: Sports in Hollywood (1940) .... Himself, Tennis Fan
- For Auld Lang Syne (1938) (uncredited) .... Himself - Master of Ceromonies that introduces Benny Goodman Orchestra and Dick Powell's song
... aka For Auld Lang Syne #3 (USA: series title) - Breakdowns of 1938 (1938) (uncredited) .... Himself (Gold Diggers in Paris outtakes)
- Broadway Highlights No. 2 (1935) .... Himself
- Paramount Headliner: Broadway Highlights No. 1 (1935) .... Himself
- A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio (1935) (uncredited) .... Himself
- Hollywood on Parade No. B-9 (1934) .... Himself
- International House (1933) .... Himself
- Rudy Vallee Melodies (1932) .... Himself
- Kitty from Kansas City (1931) .... Himself
- Betty Co-ed (1931) .... Himself
- The Stein Song (1930) .... Himself
... aka The Stein Maine Song - Glorifying the American Girl (1929) .... Himself (Revue Scenes)
- Radio Rhythm (1929) .... Himself
- Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees (1929) .... Himself
Archive Footage:
- Hollywood Singing and Dancing: 1920s - The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (2008) (V) .... Himself
-
"Biography"
- Richard Pryor: Comic on the Edge (1996) TV episode .... Himself - The Best of Gleason 3 (1989) (TV) .... Himself
-
"American Masters"
- Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer (1989) TV episode .... Himself - Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975) .... Himself
- Hollywood My Home Town (1965) .... Himself
-
"The DuPont Show of the Week"
- Laughter USA (1961) TV episode .... Himself - Screen Snapshots: Spike Jones in Hollywood (1953) .... Himself
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