
Known for
Acting
Born
July 28, 1901
Birthplace
Island Pond, Vermont, USA
Died
July 6, 1986 (aged 84)
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...
TBA
as Barker
2015
as Self (archive footage)
1995
as Self (archive footage)
1987
1984
as (archive footage)
1981
as Tock
1980
as Self
1977
1976
as Autograph Hound
1975
1975
as Self (archive footage)
1975
as Proprietor
1971
1971
1970
1970
as Rudy Vallee
1968
as Opening Narrator (voice)
1968
as Louis Penlow
1968
1968
1967
as J. B. Biggley
1966
1963
1962
1962