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.
Himself
Film 1933
Lynn Sargent
Film 1947
Jasper B. Biggley
Film 1967
John D. Hackensacker III
Film 1942
Tommy Chamberlain
Film 1947
Dr. Johnson
Film 1948
Peter Pedigrew
Film 1950
Roger Maxwell
Film 1939
Rudy Vallee
Film 1970
Louis Penlow
Film 1968
Charles Harris
Film 1948
Charles Hingleman
Film 1949
Father
Film 1958
Daniel 'Danny' Collins
Film 1941
Herbert Daley
Film 1948
Proprietor
Film 1975
John Heaslip
Film 1949
Mr. Jessup
Film 1949
Self
Film 1932
Himself
Film 1931
Self
Film 1929
Jimmy Martin
Film 1934
Alfred Monroe
Film 1943
Himself - Bandleader
Film 1944
Rudy Bronson
Film 1929
Skip Houston
Film 1935
Self (archive footage)
Film 1995
Gordon Tolliver
Film 1945
(archive footage)
Film 1984
Himself
Film 1957
Self (archive footage)
Film 1950
Rudy Vallee
Film 1940
Rudy Vallee
Film 1945
Rudy Vallee
Film 1955
Dick Kerrigan
Film 1941
Self
Film 1980
Self
Film 1934
Worthington Higgenmacher
Film 1954
Himself (uncredited)
Film 1935
Rudy (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film 1938
Self
Film 1935
Self (archive footage)
Film 1975
Himself
Film 1943
Self (archive footage)
Film 1956
Film 1942
Singer with Handlebar Moustache
Film 1931
Self (archive footage)
Film 2015
Dr. Vallee
Film 1932
Opening Narrator (voice)
Film 1968
Autograph Hound
Film 1976
Arthur Forbinger
Tv 1977
Tv 1954
Self
Tv 1950
Lord Marmaduke Ffogg
Tv 1966
Tv 1971
Tv 1963
Self
Tv 1962
Tv 1970
Tv 1971
Tv 1950
Self - Co-Host
Tv 1961
Self
Tv 1962
Self
Tv 1948
Myron Lesser
Tv 1968
Bromley
Tv 1947
Self
Tv 1950
Self
Tv 1987
Self - Panelist
Tv 1950
Alvin Winer
Tv 1975