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People Are Funny (1946) -- Two rivaling radio producers try to get the same sponsor. So they try to overtop each other with new ideas.
"Alias Smith and Jones" (1971): Season 2: Episode 17 -- A bank owner charges Heyes and Curry with robbery.
The Palm Beach Story (1942) -- An inventor needs cash to develop his big idea. His wife, who loves him, decides to raise it for him by divorcing him and marrying a millionaire.
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947) -- Twenty years after his triumphs as a freshman on the football field, Harold is a mild-mannered clerk who dreams about marrying the girl at the desk down the aisle...
"Alias Smith and Jones" (1971): Season 2: Episode 10 -- Clementine Hale, a loveable con artist, tries to blackmail the boys into helping her in a $50,000 swindle.

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Date of Death:
3 July 1986, North Hollywood, California, USA more
Mini Biography:
Rudy Vallee started his career as a saxophone player and singer and later... more
Trivia:
Co-wrote his long-time theme song, "Vagabond Lover," which was also the... more
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Alternate Names:
U.S.C.G.R. Lieutenant Rudy Vallee | Rudy Vallée

Filmography

Actor
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. "Santa Barbara" (1984)   Elderly Con (1 episode, 1984) 1984 - 5.8 (550)
1 TV episode:
- 2. The Perfect Woman (1981) (TV) 1981 - 1.5 (14)
- 3. "CHiPs" (1977)   Arthur Forbinger (1 episode, 1979) 1979 - 6.1 (780)
AKAs:
  • CHiPs Patrol (USA: syndication title)
1 TV episode:
- 4. Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)   Autograph hound 1976 - 4.3 (275)
AKAs:
  • Won Ton Ton (USA: poster title)
- 5. "Ellery Queen" (1975)   Alvin Winer (1 episode, 1976) 1976 - 7.9 (191)
AKAs:
  • The Adventures of Ellery Queen
1 TV episode:
- 6. Sunburst (1975)   Proprietor 1975 - 3.1 (156)
AKAs:
  • Slashed Dreams (USA: video title)
- 7. "Alias Smith and Jones" (1971)   Winford Fletcher (2 episodes, 1971-1972) 1972 - 7.5 (267)
2 TV episodes:
- 8. "Night Gallery" (1970)   Dr. Francis Deeking (1 episode, 1971) 1971 - 8.0 (628)
AKAs:
  • Rod Serling's Night Gallery (USA: alternative title)
1 TV episode:
- 9. "Petticoat Junction" (1963)   Herbert A. Smith (1 episode, 1969) 1969 - 7.0 (302)
1 TV episode:
- 10. The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968)   (voice) Opening Narrator 1968 - 5.9 (491)
AKAs:
  • The Night They Invented Striptease
- 11. Live a Little, Love a Little (1968) Louis Penlow 1968 - 5.3 (472)
- 12. "Death Valley Days" (1952)   (1 episode, 1968) 1968 - 7.7 (89)
AKAs:
  • Call of the West (USA: syndication title)
  • The Pioneers (USA: syndication title)
  • Trails West (USA: syndication title)
  • Western Star Theater (USA: syndication title)
1 TV episode:
- 13. Silent Treatment (1968) 1968 - 7.6 (10)
- 14. "Batman" (1966)   Lord Marmaduke Ffogg (3 episodes, 1967) 1967 - 7.7 (2,189)
- 15. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)   J.B. Biggley 1967 - 7.2 (1,544)
AKAs:
  • How to Succeed in Business... (USA: short title)
- 16. "On Broadway Tonight" (1964) Host (unknown episodes) 1964 - -
- 17. Hansel and Gretel (1958) (TV) Father 1958 - -
- 18. "Kraft Television Theatre" (1947)   (1 episode, 1958) 1958 - 8.2 (28)
AKAs:
  • Kraft Mystery Theatre (USA: new title)
  • Kraft Theatre (USA: new title)
1 TV episode:
- 19. "The Jackie Gleason Show" (1952)   (1 episode, 1956) 1956 - 9.2 (42)
AKAs:
  • The Honeymooners: The Lost Episodes (USA: rerun title)
1 TV episode:
- 20. "Star Tonight" (1955)   (1 episode, 1955) 1955 - 6.9 (6)
1 TV episode:
- 21. Ricochet Romance (1954) Worthington Higgenmacher 1954 - 6.6 (6)
- 22. The Admiral Was a Lady (1950) Peter Pedigrew (jukebox king) 1950 - 5.7 (93)
- 23. "Your Show of Shows" (1950)   (1 episode, 1950) 1950 - 8.5 (60)
AKAs:
  • Sid Caesar's Show of Shows (UK: rerun title)
1 TV episode:
- 24. Father Was a Fullback (1949) Mr. Roger 'Jess' Jessup 1949 - 6.5 (141)
- 25. The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949) Charles Hingleman 1949 - 6.1 (226)
- 26. Mother Is a Freshman (1949)   John Heaslip 1949 - 6.4 (81)
AKAs:
  • Mother Knows Best (UK)
- 27. My Dear Secretary (1949) Charles Harris (Harris Book Stores) 1949 - 5.9 (318)
- 28. Unfaithfully Yours (1948) August Henshler 1948 - 7.7 (1,619)
- 29. So This Is New York (1948) Herbert Daley 1948 - 6.5 (93)
- 30. I Remember Mama (1948) Dr. Johnson 1948 - 8.2 (2,075)
- 31. The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)   Tommy 1947 - 7.2 (2,540)
AKAs:
  • Bachelor Knight (UK)
- 32. The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947)   Lynn Sargent 1947 - 6.6 (578)
AKAs:
  • Mad Wednesday (USA: reissue title)
- 33. The Fabulous Suzanne (1946) Hendrick Courtney Jr. 1946 - 5.6 (5)
- 34. People Are Funny (1946) Ormsby Jamison 1946 - 5.8 (30)
- 35. Man Alive (1945) Gordon Tolliver 1945 - 5.7 (44)
- 36. It's in the Bag! (1945)   Rudy, A Singing Waiter (cameo appearance) 1945 - 7.1 (148)
AKAs:
  • The Fifth Chair (Australia) (UK)
- 37. Happy Go Lucky (1943) Alfred Monroe 1943 - 7.0 (56)
- 38. The Palm Beach Story (1942) John D. Hackensacker III 1942 - 8.0 (3,723)
- 39. Time Out for Rhythm (1941) Daniel 'Danny' Collins 1941 - 7.9 (21)
- 40. Too Many Blondes (1941) Dick Kerrigan 1941 - -
- 41. Take Me Back to My Boots and Saddle (1941) Vocalist 1941 - -
- 42. Second Fiddle (1939)   Roger Maxwell 1939 - 6.6 (88)
AKAs:
  • Irving Berlin's Second Fiddle
- 43. Gold Diggers in Paris (1938)   Terry Moore 1938 - 6.5 (83)
AKAs:
  • The Gay Impostors (UK)
- 44. Sweet Music (1935) Skip Houston 1935 - 6.3 (8)
- 45. George White's Scandals (1934) Jimmy Martin 1934 - 6.0 (13)
- 46. The Musical Doctor (1932) Dr. Vallee 1932 - 6.0 (17)
- 47. Knowmore College (1932) 1932 - -
- 48. Musical Justice (1931) Judge 1931 - 6.6 (17)
- 49. Campus Sweethearts (1930) 1930 - -
- 50. The Vagabond Lover (1929) Rudy Bronson 1929 - 5.7 (77)
Soundtrack
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. "The National Parks: America's Best Idea" (2009)   (1 episode, 2009) 2009 - 9.2 (159)
1 TV episode:
- 2. The Good Shepherd (2006) ("The Whiffenpoof Song (Baa! Baa! Baa!)") 2006 $77.2M 6.9 (42,628)
- 3. Nixon (1995) (performer: "STEIN SONG (UNIVERSITY OF MAINE)") (arranger: "STEIN SONG (UNIVERSITY OF MAINE)") 1995 $34.6M 7.1 (12,851)
- 4. King of the Hill (1993) (performer: "Kitty from Kansas City" (1921), "If I Had a Girl Like You" (1925), "You'll Do It Someday" (1929)) ("Kitty from Kansas City" (1921)) 1993 - 7.5 (2,780)
- 5. Shining Through (1992) (writer: "Goodnight Sweetheart") 1992 - 6.0 (3,924)
- 6. My Own Private Idaho (1991) (performer: "Deep Night") 1991 - 7.0 (15,376)
- 7. Miller's Crossing (1990) (writer: "Goodnight, Sweetheart") 1990 - 8.0 (40,054)
- 8. City Heat (1984) (performer: "Let's Do It") 1984 - 5.1 (2,946)
- 9. Pennies from Heaven (1981) (performer: "LET'S PUT OUT THE LIGHTS AND GO TO SLEEP") 1981 - 6.4 (2,348)
- 10. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975) (performer: "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?", "There Is a Tavern in the Town (The Drunkard Song)") 1975 - 7.4 (144)
- 11. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) (lyrics: "Deep Night") (performer: "Deep Night") 1967 - 8.1 (36,775)
- 12. Go!!! (1967) (TV) (performer: "Mame") 1967 - -
- 13. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)   (performer: "Been a Long Day" (uncredited), "Grand Old Ivy" (uncredited), "Brotherhood of Man" (uncredited)) 1967 - 7.2 (1,544)
AKAs:
  • How to Succeed in Business... (USA: short title)
- 14. The Helen Morgan Story (1957)   (lyrics: "Deep Night" (uncredited)) (performer: "My Time Is Your Time" (uncredited)) 1957 - 6.2 (183)
AKAs:
  • Both Ends of the Candle (UK)
  • Why Was I Born? (USA: alternative title)
- 15. Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955) (performer: "Have You Met Miss Jones") ("I Wanna Be Loved by You") 1955 - 5.2 (150)
- 16. The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949) (performer: "In the Gloaming" (1877) (uncredited)) 1949 - 6.1 (226)
- 17. The Fabulous Suzanne (1946) (performer: "A Couple of Years Ago") 1946 - 5.6 (5)
- 18. Margie (1946) (performer: "MY TIME IS YOUR TIME") 1946 - 7.2 (285)
- 19. People Are Funny (1946) (lyrics: "Alouette") (performer: "Alouette") 1946 - 5.8 (30)
- 20. 11th. Naval District 'United States Coast Guard Band' (1944)   (performer: "Ship Ahoy! (All the Nice Girls Love a Sailor)") 1944 - -
AKAs:
  • United States Coast Guard Band (USA: short title)
- 21. The Palm Beach Story (1942) (writer: "Goodnight Sweetheart") (performer: "Isn't It Romantic") ("Goodnight Sweetheart") 1942 - 8.0 (3,723)
- 22. 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" (uncredited)) ("Let's Love Again") 1941 - -
- 23. Susan and God (1940)   (writer: "Goodnight, Sweetheart") 1940 - 6.1 (347)
AKAs:
  • The Gay Mrs. Trexel (UK)
- 24. Second Fiddle (1939)   (performer: "When Winter Comes", "I Poured My Heart Into A Song") 1939 - 6.6 (88)
AKAs:
  • Irving Berlin's Second Fiddle
- 25. Gold Diggers in Paris (1938)   (performer: "Daydreaming (All Night Long)", "The Latin Quarter", "I Wanna Go Back to Bali", "A Stranger in Paree") 1938 - 6.5 (83)
AKAs:
  • The Gay Impostors (UK)
- 26. Sweet Music (1935) (performer: "Fare Thee Well, Annabelle", "Ev'ry Day", "The Good Green Acres Of Home", "Outside", "Selzer's Cigars", "Sweet Music", "There's A Diff'rent You In Your Heart") 1935 - 6.3 (8)
- 27. Change of Heart (1934) ("My Time Is Your Time" (1924) (uncredited)) 1934 - 5.9 (73)
- 28. George White's Scandals (1934) (performer: "Sweet and Simple", "Hold My Hand", "My Dog Loves Your Dog", "Every Day Is Father's Day With Baby") 1934 - 6.0 (13)
- 29. International House (1933) ("Thank Heaven For You") 1933 - 7.1 (497)
- 30. The Musical Doctor (1932) (performer: "Keep a Little Song Handy", "Missin' All the Kissin' from My Alabamy Mammy Pains", "My Mammy") 1932 - 6.0 (17)
- 31. 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") 1932 - 6.3 (29)
- 32. Musical Justice (1931) (performer: "I'M ON THE JURY NOW", "A LITTLE KISS EACH MORNING", "DON'T TAKE MY BOOP-OOP-A-DOOP AWAY") 1931 - 6.6 (17)
- 33. Kitty from Kansas City (1931) (performer: "KANSAS CITY KITTY") 1931 - 6.9 (33)
- 34. Betty Co-ed (1931) (writer: "Betty Co-Ed") (performer: "Betty Co-Ed") 1931 - 7.0 (20)
- 35. Glorifying the American Girl (1929) (writer: "I'm Just a Vagabond Lover") (performer: "I'm Just a Vagabond Lover") 1929 - 7.2 (340)
- 36. 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)") 1929 - 5.7 (77)
- 37. Radio Rhythm (1929) (performer: "Honey", "You're Just Another Memory", "You'll Do It Someday (So Why Not Now)") 1929 - 6.0 (7)
- 38. Baby Rose Marie the Child Wonder (1929) (writer: "Heigh-Ho, Everybody, Heigh-Ho!") 1929 - 6.6 (40)
- 39. Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees (1929) (performer: "Down The Night", "Deep Night", "Outside") 1929 - -
Producer
Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Take Me Back to My Boots and Saddle (1941) (producer) 1941 - -
Self
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. "Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story" (1987)   Himself (1 episode, 1987) 1987 - 8.7 (60)
AKAs:
  • The RKO Story: Tales from Hollywood (UK)
1 TV episode:
- 2. "The Alan Thicke Show" (1980)   Himself (1 episode, 1981) 1981 - 4.2 (6)
AKAs:
  • Fast Company (Canada: English title: recut version)
  • Prime Cuts (Canada: English title: rerun title)
1 TV episode:
- 3. Men Who Rate a 10 (1980) (TV) Himself 1980 - 6.4 (6)
- 4. The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979) (TV) (uncredited) Himself 1979 - 6.8 (130)
- 5. The 17th Annual Grammy Awards (1975) (TV) Himself 1975 - -
- 6. "The Mike Douglas Show" (1961)   Himself (1 episode, 1973) 1973 - 7.6 (80)
1 TV episode:
- 7. "The Chicago Teddy Bears" (1971)   Himself (1 episode, 1971) 1971 - -
1 TV episode:
- 8. "Here's Lucy" (1968)   Himself (1 episode, 1970) 1970 - 6.7 (173)
1 TV episode:
- 9. "He Said, She Said" (1969)   Himself (1 episode, 1970) 1970 - 5.0 (7)
1 TV episode:
- 10. "The Merv Griffin Show" (1962)   Himself (2 episodes, 1968-1970) 1970 - 7.3 (95)
2 TV episodes:
- 11. The Phynx (1970) Himself 1970 - 4.7 (36)
- 12. "The Name of the Game" (1968)   Himself (1 episode, 1970) 1970 - 8.0 (113)
1 TV episode:
- 13. Preston Sturges - Porträt eines Hollywood-Regisseurs (1970) (TV) Himself 1970 - -
- 14. Go!!! (1967) (TV) Himself 1967 - -
- 15. "What's My Line?" (1950)   Guest Panelist / 3 characters not shown (4 episodes, 1950-1964) 1964 - 8.9 (268)
4 TV episodes:
- 16. "Pantomime Quiz" (1947)   Guest Panelist (1 episode, 1963) 1963 - 8.9 (21)
AKAs:
  • Mike Stokey's Pantomime Quiz (USA: alternative title)
  • Stump the Stars (USA: new title)
1 TV episode:
- 17. "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1962)   Himself (1 episode, 1962) 1962 - 8.3 (463)
AKAs:
  • The Best of Carson (USA: rerun title)
1 TV episode:
- 18. "Toast of the Town" (1948)   Himself, Singer / 3 characters not shown (8 episodes, 1949-1962) 1962 - 8.4 (100)
AKAs:
  • The Ed Sullivan Show (USA: new title)
8 TV episodes: 3 episodes not shown.
- 19. "The George Gobel Show" (1954)   Himself (1 episode, 1959) 1959 - 6.4 (15)
1 TV episode:
- 20. "The Garry Moore Show" (1958)   Himself (1 episode, 1959) 1959 - 7.3 (30)
1 TV episode:
- 21. "The Red Skelton Show" (1951)   Himself (1 episode, 1958) 1958 - 8.2 (165)
AKAs:
  • The Red Skelton Hour (USA: new title)
1 TV episode:
- 22. "The Patrice Munsel Show" (1956)   Himself (1 episode, 1958) 1958 - -
1 TV episode:
- 23. "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour" (1957)   Himself (1 episode, 1957) 1957 - 8.6 (160)
AKAs:
  • The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show
  • We Love Lucy (USA: syndication title)
1 TV episode:
- 24. "December Bride" (1954)   Himself (2 episodes, 1956-1957) 1957 - 7.9 (48)
2 TV episodes:
- 25. The Helen Morgan Story (1957)   Himself 1957 - 6.2 (183)
AKAs:
  • Both Ends of the Candle (UK)
  • Why Was I Born? (USA: alternative title)
- 26. "Tonight!" (1953)   Himself - Guest Host (2 episodes, 1956) 1956 - 9.7 (15)
AKAs:
  • Knickerbocker Beer Show (USA: summer title)
  • The Knickerbocker Beer Presents The Steve Allen Show (USA: second season title)
  • The Steve Allen Show (USA: second season title)
  • Tonight (USA: syndication title)
  • Tonight Starring Steve Allen (USA: alternative title)
2 TV episodes:
- 27. "Shower of Stars" (1954)   Himself (1 episode, 1955) 1955 - 6.7 (15)
AKAs:
  • Chrysler Shower of Stars
1 TV episode:
- 28. Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955) Himself 1955 - 5.2 (150)
- 29. "The Colgate Comedy Hour" (1950)   Himself - Singer (1 episode, 1955) 1955 - 7.8 (140)
AKAs:
  • Colgate Summer Comedy Hour (USA: summer title)
  • Colgate Variety Hour (USA: sixth season title)
  • Michael Todd Revue (USA: subtitle)
1 TV episode:
- 30. The Ford 50th Anniversary Show (1953) (TV) Himself 1953 - 7.4 (8)
- 31. "Songs for Sale" (1950)   Himself (1 episode, 1952) 1952 - -
1 TV episode:
- 32. 11th. Naval District 'United States Coast Guard Band' (1944)   (as Lieutenant Rudy Vallee, U.S.C.G.R.) Himself - band director 1944 - -
AKAs:
  • United States Coast Guard Band (USA: short title)
- 33. Screen Snapshots Series 23, No. 1: Hollywood in Uniform (1943)   Himself 1943 - 5.1 (16)
AKAs:
  • Screen Snapshots, No. 1, Series 23 (USA: review title)
- 34. Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 6 (1942) Himself 1942 - 7.4 (9)
- 35. Picture People No. 2: Hollywood Sports (1941) Himself 1941 - -
- 36. Rodeo Dough (1940) Himself 1940 - 6.3 (32)
- 37. Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 9: Sports in Hollywood (1940) Himself, Tennis Fan 1940 - -
- 38. For Auld Lang Syne (1938)   (uncredited) Himself - Master of Ceromonies that introduces Benny Goodman Orchestra and Dick Powell's song 1938 - 8.0 (37)
AKAs:
  • For Auld Lang Syne #3 (USA: series title)
- 39. Breakdowns of 1938 (1938) (uncredited) Himself (Gold Diggers in Paris outtakes) 1938 - 7.3 (48)
- 40. Broadway Highlights No. 2 (1935) Himself 1935 - -
- 41. Paramount Headliner: Broadway Highlights No. 1 (1935) Himself 1935 - -
- 42. A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio (1935) (uncredited) Himself 1935 - 6.2 (48)
- 43. Hollywood on Parade No. B-9 (1934) Himself 1934 - -
- 44. International House (1933) Himself 1933 - 7.1 (497)
- 45. Rudy Vallee Melodies (1932) Himself 1932 - 6.3 (29)
- 46. Kitty from Kansas City (1931) Himself 1931 - 6.9 (33)
- 47. Betty Co-ed (1931) Himself 1931 - 7.0 (20)
- 48. The Stein Song (1930)   Himself 1930 - 6.0 (6)
AKAs:
  • The Stein Maine Song
- 49. Glorifying the American Girl (1929) Himself (Revue Scenes) 1929 - 7.2 (340)
- 50. Radio Rhythm (1929) Himself 1929 - 6.0 (7)
- 51. Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees (1929) Himself 1929 - -

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Other Works:
Print ad for Philco Radios. (1933) more
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