Actor
Rudy Vallee
Biography

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 considere ...

Known For
Acting
2015 -- Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do | Self (archive footage)
1995 -- Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons | Self (archive footage)
1984 -- Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage)
1980 -- Men Who Rate a 10 | Self
1976 -- Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood | Autograph Hound
1975 -- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage)
1975 -- Slashed Dreams | Proprietor
1970 -- The Phynx | Rudy Vallee
1968 -- The Night They Raided Minsky's | Opening Narrator (voice)
1968 -- Live a Little, Love a Little | Louis Penlow
1967 -- How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | Jasper B. Biggley
1958 -- Hansel and Gretel | Father
1957 -- The Helen Morgan Story | Himself
1956 -- Jazz Ball | Self (archive footage)
1955 -- Gentlemen Marry Brunettes | Rudy Vallee
1954 -- Ricochet Romance | Worthington Higgenmacher
1950 -- The Admiral Was a Lady | Peter Pedigrew
1950 -- The Golden Twenties | Self (archive footage)
1949 -- Father Was a Fullback | Mr. Jessup
1949 -- The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend | Charles Hingleman
1949 -- Mother Is a Freshman | John Heaslip
1948 -- Unfaithfully Yours | August Henshler
1948 -- My Dear Secretary | Charles Harris
1948 -- So This Is New York | Herbert Daley
1948 -- I Remember Mama | Dr. Johnson
1947 -- The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer | Tommy Chamberlain
1947 -- The Sin of Harold Diddlebock | Lynn Sargent
1946 -- The Fabulous Suzanne | Hendrick Courtney Jr.
1946 -- People Are Funny | Ormsby Jamison
1945 -- Man Alive | Gordon Tolliver
1945 -- It's in the Bag! | Rudy Vallee
1944 -- 11th. Naval District "United States Coast Guard Band" | Himself - Bandleader
1943 -- Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform | Himself
1943 -- Happy Go Lucky | Alfred Monroe
1942 -- Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 |
1942 -- The Palm Beach Story | John D. Hackensacker III
1941 -- Too Many Blondes | Dick Kerrigan
1941 -- Time Out for Rhythm | Daniel 'Danny' Collins
1940 -- Rodeo Dough | Rudy Vallee
1939 -- Second Fiddle | Roger Maxwell
1938 -- Breakdowns of 1938 | Rudy (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938 -- Gold Diggers in Paris | Terry Moore
1935 -- Things You Never See on the Screen | Self
1935 -- Sweet Music | Skip Houston
1935 -- A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio | Himself (uncredited)
1934 -- Hollywood on Parade No. B-9 | Self
1934 -- George White's Scandals | Jimmy Martin
1933 -- International House | Himself
1932 -- The Musical Doctor | Dr. Vallee
1932 -- Rudy Vallee Melodies | Self
1931 -- Kitty from Kansas City | Singer with Handlebar Moustache
1931 -- Betty Co-ed | Himself
1929 -- Glorifying the American Girl | Self
1929 -- The Vagabond Lover | Rudy Bronson
1929 -- Radio Rhythm | Rudy Vallee
Copyright 2025 © Cinever