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