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 Fleishmanns Yeast Hour (where he was hated by his cast and crew due to his explosive ego-driven personality). In the early 1930s 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 Fleischmanns 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-60s Broadway hit How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying was filmed in 1967 with him in his original Broadway role.

Films indisponible à partir de Rudy Vallee

International House

Himself

Film 1933

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

Lynn Sargent

Film 1947

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Jasper B. Biggley

Film 1967

The Palm Beach Story

John D. Hackensacker III

Film 1942

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

Tommy Chamberlain

Film 1947

I Remember Mama

Dr. Johnson

Film 1948

The Admiral Was a Lady

Peter Pedigrew

Film 1950

Second Fiddle

Roger Maxwell

Film 1939

The Phynx

Rudy Vallee

Film 1970

Live a Little, Love a Little

Louis Penlow

Film 1968

My Dear Secretary

Charles Harris

Film 1948

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

Charles Hingleman

Film 1949

Hansel and Gretel

Father

Film 1958

Time Out for Rhythm

Daniel 'Danny' Collins

Film 1941

So This Is New York

Herbert Daley

Film 1948

Slashed Dreams

Proprietor

Film 1975

Mother Is a Freshman

John Heaslip

Film 1949

Father Was a Fullback

Mr. Jessup

Film 1949

Rudy Vallee Melodies

Self

Film 1932

Betty Co-ed

Himself

Film 1931

Glorifying the American Girl

Self

Film 1929

George White's Scandals

Jimmy Martin

Film 1934

Happy Go Lucky

Alfred Monroe

Film 1943

11th. Naval District "United States Coast Guard Band"

Himself - Bandleader

Film 1944

The Vagabond Lover

Rudy Bronson

Film 1929

Sweet Music

Skip Houston

Film 1935

Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

Self (archive footage)

Film 1995

Man Alive

Gordon Tolliver

Film 1945

Going Hollywood: The '30s

(archive footage)

Film 1984

The Helen Morgan Story

Himself

Film 1957

The Golden Twenties

Self (archive footage)

Film 1950

Rodeo Dough

Rudy Vallee

Film 1940

It's in the Bag!

Rudy Vallee

Film 1945

Gentlemen Marry Brunettes

Rudy Vallee

Film 1955

Too Many Blondes

Dick Kerrigan

Film 1941

Men Who Rate a 10

Self

Film 1980

Hollywood on Parade No. B-9

Self

Film 1934

Ricochet Romance

Worthington Higgenmacher

Film 1954

A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio

Himself (uncredited)

Film 1935

Breakdowns of 1938

Rudy (archive footage) (uncredited)

Film 1938

Things You Never See on the Screen

Self

Film 1935

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Self (archive footage)

Film 1975

Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform

Himself

Film 1943

Jazz Ball

Self (archive footage)

Film 1956

Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

Film 1942

Kitty from Kansas City

Singer with Handlebar Moustache

Film 1931

Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do

Self (archive footage)

Film 2015

The Musical Doctor

Dr. Vallee

Film 1932

The Night They Raided Minsky's

Opening Narrator (voice)

Film 1968

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Autograph Hound

Film 1976

Séries TV indisponible à partir de Rudy Vallee

CHiPs

Arthur Forbinger

Tv 1977

December Bride

Tv 1954

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Self

Tv 1950

Batman

Lord Marmaduke Ffogg

Tv 1966

Alias Smith and Jones

Tv 1971

Petticoat Junction

Tv 1963

The Merv Griffin Show

Self

Tv 1962

Night Gallery

Tv 1970

The Chicago Teddy Bears

Tv 1971

Your Show of Shows

Tv 1950

The Mike Douglas Show

Self - Co-Host

Tv 1961

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

Tv 1962

The Ed Sullivan Show

Self

Tv 1948

The Name of the Game

Myron Lesser

Tv 1968

Kraft Television Theatre

Bromley

Tv 1947

What's My Line?

Self

Tv 1950

The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood

Self

Tv 1987

What's My Line?

Self - Panelist

Tv 1950

Ellery Queen

Alvin Winer

Tv 1975