Acting · Island Pond, Vermont, USA · Born July 28, 1901
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.
MovieChita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
2015
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBetty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
1995
as Self (archive footage)
TVThe RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
1987
as Self
MovieGoing Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
MovieThe Perfect Woman
1981
as Tock
MovieMen Who Rate a 10
1980
as Self
TVCHiPs
1977
as Arthur Forbinger
MovieWon Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976
as Autograph Hound
TVEllery Queen
1975
as Alvin Winer
MovieBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
MovieSlashed Dreams
1975
as Proprietor
The Chicago Teddy Bears
1971
TVAlias Smith and Jones
1971
TVNight Gallery
1970
as Dr. Francis Deeking
MovieThe Phynx
1970
as Rudy Vallee
MovieThe Night They Raided Minsky's
1968
as Opening Narrator (voice)
MovieLive a Little, Love a Little
1968
as Louis Penlow
TVHere's Lucy
1968
as Rudy Vallee
TVThe Name of the Game
1968
as Myron Lesser
MovieHow to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
1967
as J. B. Biggley
TVBatman
1966
as Lord Marmaduke Ffogg
TVPetticoat Junction
1963
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self - Co-Host
Hansel and Gretel
1958
as Father
TVThe Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957
as Rudy Vallee
MovieThe Helen Morgan Story
1957
as Self
MovieJazz Ball
1956
as Self (archive footage)
MovieGentlemen Marry Brunettes
1955
as Rudy Vallee
MovieRicochet Romance
1954
as Worthington Higgenmacher
TVDecember Bride
1954
TVThe Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
MovieThe Admiral Was a Lady
1950
as Peter Pedigrew
MovieThe Golden Twenties
1950
as Self (archive footage)
TVYour Show of Shows
1950
TVWhat's My Line?
1950
as Self
MovieFather Was a Fullback
1949
as Mr. Jessup
MovieThe Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949
as Charles Hingleman
MovieMother Is a Freshman
1949
as John Heaslip
MovieUnfaithfully Yours
1948
as August Henshler
MovieMy Dear Secretary
1948
as Charles Harris
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
MovieSo This Is New York
1948
as Herbert Daley
MovieI Remember Mama
1948
as Dr. Johnson
MovieThe Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947
as Tommy
TVKraft Television Theatre
1947
as Bromley
MovieThe Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947
as Lynn Sargent
MovieThe Fabulous Suzanne
1946
as Hendrick Courtney Jr.
MoviePeople Are Funny
1946
as Ormsby Jamison
MovieMan Alive
1945
as Gordon Tolliver
MovieIt's in the Bag!
1945
as Rudy Vallee
Movie11th. Naval District "United States Coast Guard Band"
1944
as Himself - Bandleader
MovieScreen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform
1943
as Himself
MovieHappy Go Lucky
1943
as Alfred Monroe
MovieHedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
MovieThe Palm Beach Story
1942
as John D. Hackensacker III
Too Many Blondes
1941
as Dick Kerrigan
MovieTime Out for Rhythm
1941
as Daniel 'Danny' Collins
MovieRodeo Dough
1940
as Rudy Vallee
MovieSecond Fiddle
1939
as Roger Maxwell
MovieBreakdowns of 1938
1938
as Rudy (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieGold Diggers in Paris
1938
as Terry Moore
MovieThings You Never See on the Screen
1935
as Self
MovieSweet Music
1935
as Skip Houston
MovieA Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio
1935
as Himself (uncredited)
MovieHollywood on Parade No. B-9
1934
as Self
MovieGeorge White's Scandals
1934
as Jimmy Martin
MovieInternational House
1933
as Himself
The Musical Doctor
1932
as Dr. Vallee
MovieRudy Vallee Melodies
1932
as Self
MovieKitty from Kansas City
1931
as Singer with Handlebar Moustache
MovieBetty Co-ed
1931
as Himself
Campus Sweethearts
1930
MovieGlorifying the American Girl
1929
as Self
MovieThe Vagabond Lover
1929
as Rudy Bronson
Radio Rhythm
1929
as Rudy Vallee
MovieLydia
as Barker
