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People Are Funny (1946) -- Two rivaling radio producers try to get the same sponsor. So they try to overtop each other with new ideas.
"Alias Smith and Jones" (1971): Season 2: Episode 17 -- A bank owner charges Heyes and Curry with robbery.
The Palm Beach Story (1942) -- An inventor needs cash to develop his big idea. His wife, who loves him, decides to raise it for him by divorcing him and marrying a millionaire.
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947) -- Twenty years after his triumphs as a freshman on the football field, Harold is a mild-mannered clerk who dreams about marrying the girl at the desk down the aisle...
"Alias Smith and Jones" (1971): Season 2: Episode 10 -- Clementine Hale, a loveable con artist, tries to blackmail the boys into helping her in a $50,000 swindle.

Overview

Date of Death:
3 July 1986, North Hollywood, California, USA more
Mini Biography:
Rudy Vallee started his career as a saxophone player and singer and later... more
Trivia:
Co-wrote his long-time theme song, "Vagabond Lover," which was also the... more
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Alternate Names:
U.S.C.G.R. Lieutenant Rudy Vallee | Rudy Vallée

Filmography

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Actor:
  1. "Santa Barbara" .... Elderly Con (1 episode, 1984)
        - Episode #1.106 (1984) TV episode .... Elderly Con
  2. The Perfect Woman (1981) (TV)

  3. "CHiPs" .... Arthur Forbinger (1 episode, 1979)
    ... aka CHiPs Patrol (USA: syndication title)
        - Pressure Point (1979) TV episode .... Arthur Forbinger
  4. Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976) .... Autograph hound
    ... aka Won Ton Ton (USA: poster title)
  5. "Ellery Queen" .... Alvin Winer (1 episode, 1976)
    ... aka The Adventures of Ellery Queen
        - The Adventure of the Tyrant of Tin Pan Alley (1976) TV episode .... Alvin Winer
  6. Sunburst (1975) .... Proprietor
    ... aka Slashed Dreams (USA: video title)
  7. "Alias Smith and Jones" .... Winford Fletcher (2 episodes, 1971-1972)
        - The Man Who Broke the Bank at Red Gap (1972) TV episode .... Winford Fletcher
        - Dreadful Sorry Clementine (1971) TV episode .... Winford Fletcher
  8. "Night Gallery" .... Dr. Francis Deeking (1 episode, 1971)
    ... aka Rod Serling's Night Gallery (USA: alternative title)
        - A Fear of Spiders/Junior/Marmalade Wine/The Academy (1971) TV episode .... Dr. Francis Deeking

  9. "Petticoat Junction" .... Herbert A. Smith (1 episode, 1969)
        - But I've Never Been in Erie, PA (1969) TV episode .... Herbert A. Smith
  10. The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968) (voice) .... Opening Narrator
    ... aka The Night They Invented Striptease
  11. Live a Little, Love a Little (1968) .... Louis Penlow
  12. "Death Valley Days" (1 episode, 1968)
    ... aka Call of the West (USA: syndication title)
    ... aka The Pioneers (USA: syndication title)
    ... aka Trails West (USA: syndication title)
    ... aka Western Star Theater (USA: syndication title)
        - The Friend (1968) TV episode
  13. Silent Treatment (1968)
  14. "Batman" .... Lord Marmaduke Ffogg (3 episodes, 1967)
        - The Bloody Tower (1967) TV episode .... Lord Marmaduke Ffogg
        - The Foggiest Notion (1967) TV episode .... Lord Marmaduke Ffogg
        - The Londinium Larcenies (1967) TV episode .... Lord Marmaduke Ffogg
  15. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967) .... J.B. Biggley
    ... aka How to Succeed in Business... (USA: short title)
  16. "On Broadway Tonight" (1964) TV series .... Host (unknown episodes)

  17. Hansel and Gretel (1958) (TV) .... Father
  18. "Kraft Television Theatre" (1 episode, 1958)
    ... aka Kraft Mystery Theatre (USA: new title)
    ... aka Kraft Theatre (USA: new title)
        - The Battle for Wednesday Night (1958) TV episode
  19. "The Jackie Gleason Show" (1 episode, 1956)
    ... aka The Honeymooners: The Lost Episodes (USA: rerun title)
        - Episode dated 29 September 1956 (1956) TV episode
  20. "Star Tonight" (1 episode, 1955)
        - Taste (1955) TV episode
  21. Ricochet Romance (1954) .... Worthington Higgenmacher
  22. The Admiral Was a Lady (1950) .... Peter Pedigrew (jukebox king)
  23. "Your Show of Shows" (1 episode, 1950)
    ... aka Sid Caesar's Show of Shows (UK: rerun title)
        - Episode dated 15 April 1950 (1950) TV episode

  24. Father Was a Fullback (1949) .... Mr. Roger 'Jess' Jessup
  25. The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949) .... Charles Hingleman
  26. Mother Is a Freshman (1949) .... John Heaslip
    ... aka Mother Knows Best (UK)
  27. My Dear Secretary (1949) .... Charles Harris (Harris Book Stores)
  28. Unfaithfully Yours (1948) .... August Henshler
  29. So This Is New York (1948) .... Herbert Daley
  30. I Remember Mama (1948) .... Dr. Johnson
  31. The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947) .... Tommy
    ... aka Bachelor Knight (UK)
  32. The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947) .... Lynn Sargent
    ... aka Mad Wednesday (USA: reissue title)
  33. The Fabulous Suzanne (1946) .... Hendrick Courtney Jr.
  34. People Are Funny (1946) .... Ormsby Jamison
  35. Man Alive (1945) .... Gordon Tolliver
  36. It's in the Bag! (1945) .... Rudy, A Singing Waiter (cameo appearance)
    ... aka The Fifth Chair (Australia) (UK)
  37. Happy Go Lucky (1943) .... Alfred Monroe
  38. The Palm Beach Story (1942) .... John D. Hackensacker III
  39. Time Out for Rhythm (1941) .... Daniel 'Danny' Collins
  40. Too Many Blondes (1941) .... Dick Kerrigan
  41. Take Me Back to My Boots and Saddle (1941) .... Vocalist

  42. Second Fiddle (1939) .... Roger Maxwell
    ... aka Irving Berlin's Second Fiddle
  43. Gold Diggers in Paris (1938) .... Terry Moore
    ... aka The Gay Impostors (UK)
  44. Sweet Music (1935) .... Skip Houston
  45. George White's Scandals (1934) .... Jimmy Martin
  46. The Musical Doctor (1932) .... Dr. Vallee
  47. Knowmore College (1932)
  48. Musical Justice (1931) .... Judge
  49. Campus Sweethearts (1930)

  50. The Vagabond Lover (1929) .... Rudy Bronson
Soundtrack:
  1. "The National Parks: America's Best Idea" (1 episode, 2009)
        - Going Home: 1920-1933 (2009) TV episode (performer: "Brother Can You Spare A Dime?")
  2. The Good Shepherd (2006) ("The Whiffenpoof Song (Baa! Baa! Baa!)")

  3. Nixon (1995) (performer: "STEIN SONG (UNIVERSITY OF MAINE)") (arranger: "STEIN SONG (UNIVERSITY OF MAINE)")
  4. King of the Hill (1993) (performer: "Kitty from Kansas City" (1921), "If I Had a Girl Like You" (1925), "You'll Do It Someday" (1929)) ("Kitty from Kansas City" (1921))
  5. Shining Through (1992) (writer: "Goodnight Sweetheart")
  6. My Own Private Idaho (1991) (performer: "Deep Night")
  7. Miller's Crossing (1990) (writer: "Goodnight, Sweetheart")

  8. City Heat (1984) (performer: "Let's Do It")
  9. Pennies from Heaven (1981) (performer: "LET'S PUT OUT THE LIGHTS AND GO TO SLEEP")

  10. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975) (performer: "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?", "There Is a Tavern in the Town (The Drunkard Song)")

  11. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) (lyrics: "Deep Night") (performer: "Deep Night")
  12. Go!!! (1967) (TV) (performer: "Mame")
  13. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967) (performer: "Been a Long Day" (uncredited), "Grand Old Ivy" (uncredited), "Brotherhood of Man" (uncredited))
    ... aka How to Succeed in Business... (USA: short title)

  14. The Helen Morgan Story (1957) (lyrics: "Deep Night" (uncredited)) (performer: "My Time Is Your Time" (uncredited))
    ... aka Both Ends of the Candle (UK)
    ... aka Why Was I Born? (USA: alternative title)
  15. Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955) (performer: "Have You Met Miss Jones") ("I Wanna Be Loved by You")

  16. The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949) (performer: "In the Gloaming" (1877) (uncredited))
  17. The Fabulous Suzanne (1946) (performer: "A Couple of Years Ago")
  18. Margie (1946) (performer: "MY TIME IS YOUR TIME")
  19. People Are Funny (1946) (lyrics: "Alouette") (performer: "Alouette")
  20. 11th. Naval District 'United States Coast Guard Band' (1944) (performer: "Ship Ahoy! (All the Nice Girls Love a Sailor)")
    ... aka United States Coast Guard Band (USA: short title)
  21. The Palm Beach Story (1942) (writer: "Goodnight Sweetheart") (performer: "Isn't It Romantic") ("Goodnight Sweetheart")
  22. Too Many Blondes (1941) (performer: "Whistle Your Blues To a Bluebird", "Don't Mind If I Do", "Let's Love Again", "The Man on the Flying Trapeze" (uncredited)) ("Let's Love Again")
  23. Susan and God (1940) (writer: "Goodnight, Sweetheart")
    ... aka The Gay Mrs. Trexel (UK)

  24. Second Fiddle (1939) (performer: "When Winter Comes", "I Poured My Heart Into A Song")
    ... aka Irving Berlin's Second Fiddle
  25. Gold Diggers in Paris (1938) (performer: "Daydreaming (All Night Long)", "The Latin Quarter", "I Wanna Go Back to Bali", "A Stranger in Paree")
    ... aka The Gay Impostors (UK)
  26. Sweet Music (1935) (performer: "Fare Thee Well, Annabelle", "Ev'ry Day", "The Good Green Acres Of Home", "Outside", "Selzer's Cigars", "Sweet Music", "There's A Diff'rent You In Your Heart")
  27. Change of Heart (1934) ("My Time Is Your Time" (1924) (uncredited))
  28. George White's Scandals (1934) (performer: "Sweet and Simple", "Hold My Hand", "My Dog Loves Your Dog", "Every Day Is Father's Day With Baby")
  29. International House (1933) ("Thank Heaven For You")
  30. The Musical Doctor (1932) (performer: "Keep a Little Song Handy", "Missin' All the Kissin' from My Alabamy Mammy Pains", "My Mammy")
  31. Rudy Vallee Melodies (1932) (lyrics: "DEEP NIGHT") (performer: "DEEP NIGHT", "A LITTLE KISS EACH MORNING", "STEIN SONG" (University of Maine song), "GOOD NIGHT, SWEETHEART", "KEEP A LITTLE SONG HANDY")
  32. Musical Justice (1931) (performer: "I'M ON THE JURY NOW", "A LITTLE KISS EACH MORNING", "DON'T TAKE MY BOOP-OOP-A-DOOP AWAY")
  33. Kitty from Kansas City (1931) (performer: "KANSAS CITY KITTY")
  34. Betty Co-ed (1931) (writer: "Betty Co-Ed") (performer: "Betty Co-Ed")

  35. Glorifying the American Girl (1929) (writer: "I'm Just a Vagabond Lover") (performer: "I'm Just a Vagabond Lover")
  36. The Vagabond Lover (1929) (writer: "I'm Just a Vagabond Lover") (performer: "I Love You, Believe Me, I Love You", "I'm Just a Vagabond Lover", "If You Were the Only Girl in the World", "Then I'll Be Reminded of You", "A Little Kiss Each Morning (A Little Kiss Each Night)")
  37. Radio Rhythm (1929) (performer: "Honey", "You're Just Another Memory", "You'll Do It Someday (So Why Not Now)")
  38. Baby Rose Marie the Child Wonder (1929) (writer: "Heigh-Ho, Everybody, Heigh-Ho!" (uncredited))
  39. Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees (1929) (performer: "Down The Night", "Deep Night", "Outside")
Self:
  1. "Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story" .... Himself (1 episode, 1987)
    ... aka The RKO Story: Tales from Hollywood (UK)
        - Birth of a Titan (1987) TV episode (also archive footage) .... Himself
  2. "The Alan Thicke Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1981)
    ... aka Fast Company (Canada: English title: recut version)
    ... aka Prime Cuts (Canada: English title: rerun title)
        - Episode dated 11 February 1981 (1981) TV episode .... Himself
  3. Men Who Rate a 10 (1980) (TV) .... Himself

  4. The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
  5. The 17th Annual Grammy Awards (1975) (TV) .... Himself
  6. "The Mike Douglas Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1973)
        - Episode dated 27 February 1973 (1973) TV episode .... Himself
  7. "The Chicago Teddy Bears" .... Himself (1 episode, 1971)
        - Tender Loving Kindness (1971) TV episode .... Himself
  8. "Here's Lucy" .... Himself (1 episode, 1970)
        - Lucy and Rudy Vallee (1970) TV episode .... Himself
  9. "He Said, She Said" .... Himself (1 episode, 1970)
        - Episode dated 13 June 1970 (1970) TV episode .... Himself
  10. "The Merv Griffin Show" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1968-1970)
        - Episode dated 5 June 1970 (1970) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode dated 2 January 1968 (1968) TV episode .... Himself
  11. The Phynx (1970) .... Himself
  12. "The Name of the Game" .... Himself (1 episode, 1970)
        - Island of Gold and Precious Stones (1970) TV episode .... Himself
  13. Preston Sturges - Porträt eines Hollywood-Regisseurs (1970) (TV) .... Himself

  14. Go!!! (1967) (TV) .... Himself
  15. "What's My Line?" .... Guest Panelist / ... (4 episodes, 1950-1964)
        - Episode dated 5 July 1964 (1964) TV episode .... Guest Panelist
        - Episode dated 26 November 1961 (1961) TV episode .... Himself - Mystery Guest
        - Episode dated 24 August 1958 (1958) TV episode .... Guest Panelist
        - Episode dated 12 November 1950 (1950) TV episode .... Mystery Guest
  16. "Pantomime Quiz" .... Guest Panelist (1 episode, 1963)
    ... aka Mike Stokey's Pantomime Quiz (USA: alternative title)
    ... aka Stump the Stars (USA: new title)
        - Episode dated 22 April 1963 (1963) TV episode .... Guest Panelist
  17. "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" .... Himself (1 episode, 1962)
    ... aka The Best of Carson (USA: rerun title)
        - Episode #1.1 (1962) TV episode .... Himself
  18. "Toast of the Town" .... Himself, Singer / ... (8 episodes, 1949-1962)
    ... aka The Ed Sullivan Show (USA: new title)
        - Episode #15.38 (1962) TV episode .... Singer
        - Episode #8.21 (1955) TV episode .... Himself
        - A Tribute to George White (1952) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode #4.2 (1950) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode #2.23 (1949) TV episode .... Himself, Singer
          (3 more)

  19. "The George Gobel Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1959)
        - Episode #6.2 (1959) TV episode .... Himself
  20. "The Garry Moore Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1959)
        - Episode #1.14 (1959) TV episode .... Himself
  21. "The Red Skelton Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1958)
    ... aka The Red Skelton Hour (USA: new title)
        - Clem Sings (1958) TV episode .... Himself
  22. "The Patrice Munsel Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1958)
        - Episode #1.18 (1958) TV episode .... Himself
  23. "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour" .... Himself (1 episode, 1957)
    ... aka The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show
    ... aka We Love Lucy (USA: syndication title)
        - Lucy Takes a Cruise to Havana (1957) TV episode .... Himself
  24. "December Bride" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1956-1957)
        - Vallee's Protoge (1957) TV episode .... Himself
        - The Rudy Vallee Show (1956) TV episode .... Himself
  25. The Helen Morgan Story (1957) .... Himself
    ... aka Both Ends of the Candle (UK)
    ... aka Why Was I Born? (USA: alternative title)
  26. "Tonight!" .... Himself - Guest Host (2 episodes, 1956)
    ... aka Knickerbocker Beer Show (USA: summer title)
    ... aka The Knickerbocker Beer Presents The Steve Allen Show (USA: second season title)
    ... aka The Steve Allen Show (USA: second season title)
    ... aka Tonight (USA: syndication title)
    ... aka Tonight Starring Steve Allen (USA: alternative title)
        - Vallee Guest Host (1956) TV episode .... Himself - Guest Host
        - Rudy Vallee Guest Host (1956) TV episode .... Himself - Guest Host
  27. "Shower of Stars" .... Himself (1 episode, 1955)
    ... aka Chrysler Shower of Stars
        - Gold Records (1955) TV episode .... Himself
  28. Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955) .... Himself
  29. "The Colgate Comedy Hour" .... Himself - Singer (1 episode, 1955)
    ... aka Colgate Summer Comedy Hour (USA: summer title)
    ... aka Colgate Variety Hour (USA: sixth season title)
    ... aka Michael Todd Revue (USA: subtitle)
        - Episode #6.5 (1955) TV episode .... Himself - Singer
  30. The Ford 50th Anniversary Show (1953) (TV) .... Himself
  31. "Songs for Sale" .... Himself (1 episode, 1952)
        - Episode dated 8 March 1952 (1952) TV episode .... Himself

  32. 11th. Naval District 'United States Coast Guard Band' (1944) (as Lieutenant Rudy Vallee, U.S.C.G.R.) .... Himself - band director
    ... aka United States Coast Guard Band (USA: short title)
  33. Screen Snapshots Series 23, No. 1: Hollywood in Uniform (1943) .... Himself
    ... aka Screen Snapshots, No. 1, Series 23 (USA: review title)
  34. Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 6 (1942) .... Himself
  35. Picture People No. 2: Hollywood Sports (1941) .... Himself
  36. Rodeo Dough (1940) .... Himself
  37. Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 9: Sports in Hollywood (1940) .... Himself, Tennis Fan

  38. For Auld Lang Syne (1938) (uncredited) .... Himself - Master of Ceromonies that introduces Benny Goodman Orchestra and Dick Powell's song
    ... aka For Auld Lang Syne #3 (USA: series title)
  39. Breakdowns of 1938 (1938) (uncredited) .... Himself (Gold Diggers in Paris outtakes)
  40. Broadway Highlights No. 2 (1935) .... Himself
  41. Paramount Headliner: Broadway Highlights No. 1 (1935) .... Himself
  42. A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio (1935) (uncredited) .... Himself
  43. Hollywood on Parade No. B-9 (1934) .... Himself
  44. International House (1933) .... Himself
  45. Rudy Vallee Melodies (1932) .... Himself
  46. Kitty from Kansas City (1931) .... Himself
  47. Betty Co-ed (1931) .... Himself
  48. The Stein Song (1930) .... Himself
    ... aka The Stein Maine Song

  49. Glorifying the American Girl (1929) .... Himself (Revue Scenes)
  50. Radio Rhythm (1929) .... Himself
  51. Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees (1929) .... Himself
Archive Footage:
  1. Hollywood Singing and Dancing: 1920s - The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (2008) (V) .... Himself
  2. "Broadway: The American Musical"
        - Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin': 1943-1960 (2004) TV episode .... Himself
  3. "Biography"
        - Richard Pryor: Comic on the Edge (1996) TV episode .... Himself
  4. Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons (1995) .... Himself
  5. The Best of Gleason 3 (1989) (TV) .... Himself
  6. "American Masters"
        - Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer (1989) TV episode .... Himself
  7. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975) .... Himself
  8. Hollywood My Home Town (1965) .... Himself
  9. "The DuPont Show of the Week"
        - Laughter USA (1961) TV episode .... Himself
  10. Screen Snapshots: Spike Jones in Hollywood (1953) .... Himself
  11. The Great American Broadcast (1941) (uncredited) .... Himself - Opening Montage


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Other Works:
Print ad for Philco Radios. (1933) more
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