---
name: "Rudy Vallee"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rudy-vallee"
fi1m_id: "rudy-vallee"
imdb_id: "nm0884964"
tmdb_id: 83452
wikidata_id: "Q973228"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "28 July 1901"
died: "6 July 1986"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T03:15:34.070898+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Rudy Vallee

## Identity

Rudy Vallee

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rudy-vallee
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rudy-vallee
- **IMDb ID:** nm0884964
- **TMDB ID:** 83452
- **Wikidata ID:** Q973228
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Vall%C3%A9e, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q973228, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0884964/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/83452

Actor. Born 28 July 1901 in Island Pond, Vermont, USA. Died 6 July 1986.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 28 July 1901, Island Pond, Vermont, USA
- **Died:** 6 July 1986
- **Also known as:** Hubert Prior Vallée
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Vall%C3%A9e, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q973228, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0884964/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/83452

## Biography

Rudy Vallee, born Hubert Prior Vallée, was an American singer, saxophonist, bandleader and actor. He began his career performing on saxophone and as a singer, forming the Connecticut Yankees and gaining national popularity through radio variety shows in the late 1920s and 1930s.

Vallee appeared in dozens of films, often in supporting comic or character roles later in his career. He played John D. Hackensacker III in Preston Sturges's *The Palm Beach Story* (1942) and reprised his Broadway role as J. B. Biggley in the 1967 film of *How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying*.

He died in Los Angeles in 1986.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, britannica.com, encyclopedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Palm Beach Story* (1942), Fi1m 80, as John D. Hackensacker III — [page](https://film.one/film/the-palm-beach-story.md)

## Complete filmography (56)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Going Hollywood: The '30s* (1984), as (archive footage)
- *The Perfect Woman* (1981), as Tock
- *CHiPs* (1977), series, as Arthur Forbinger
- *Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood* (1976), as Autograph Hound
- *Ellery Queen* (1975), series, as Alvin Winer
- *Slashed Dreams* (1975), as Proprietor
- *The Chicago Teddy Bears* (1971), series, Actor
- *Alias Smith and Jones* (1971), series, Actor
- *Night Gallery* (1970), series, as Dr. Francis Deeking
- *The Phynx* (1970), as Rudy Vallee
- *The Night They Raided Minsky's* (1968), as Opening Narrator (voice)
- *Live a Little, Love a Little* (1968), as Louis Penlow
- *Here's Lucy* (1968), series, as Rudy Vallee
- *The Name of the Game* (1968), series, as Myron Lesser
- *How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying* (1967), as J. B. Biggley
- *Batman* (1966), series, as Lord Marmaduke Ffogg
- *Petticoat Junction* (1963), series, Actor
- *Hansel and Gretel* (1958), as Father
- *The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour* (1957), series, as Rudy Vallee
- *Gentlemen Marry Brunettes* (1955), as Rudy Vallee
- *Ricochet Romance* (1954), as Worthington Higgenmacher
- *December Bride* (1954), series, Actor
- *The Admiral Was a Lady* (1950), as Peter Pedigrew
- *Your Show of Shows* (1950), series, Actor
- *Father Was a Fullback* (1949), as Mr. Jessup
- *The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend* (1949), as Charles Hingleman
- *Mother Is a Freshman* (1949), as John Heaslip
- *Unfaithfully Yours* (1948), as August Henshler
- *My Dear Secretary* (1948), as Charles Harris
- *So This Is New York* (1948), as Herbert Daley
- *I Remember Mama* (1948), as Dr. Johnson
- *The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer* (1947), as Tommy
- *The Unfaithful* (1947), Lyricist
- *Kraft Television Theatre* (1947), series, as Bromley
- *The Sin of Harold Diddlebock* (1947), as Lynn Sargent
- *The Fabulous Suzanne* (1946), as Hendrick Courtney Jr.
- *People Are Funny* (1946), as Ormsby Jamison
- *Man Alive* (1945), as Gordon Tolliver
- *It's in the Bag!* (1945), as Rudy Vallee
- *Happy Go Lucky* (1943), as Alfred Monroe
- *Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6* (1942), Actor
- *The Palm Beach Story* (1942), as John D. Hackensacker III — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-palm-beach-story.md)
- *Too Many Blondes* (1941), as Dick Kerrigan
- *Time Out for Rhythm* (1941), as Daniel 'Danny' Collins
- *Rodeo Dough* (1940), as Rudy Vallee
- *Second Fiddle* (1939), as Roger Maxwell
- *Breakdowns of 1938* (1938), as Rudy (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *Gold Diggers in Paris* (1938), as Terry Moore
- *Sweet Music* (1935), as Skip Houston
- *George White's Scandals* (1934), as Jimmy Martin
- *The Musical Doctor* (1932), as Dr. Vallee
- *Kitty from Kansas City* (1931), as Singer with Handlebar Moustache
- *Campus Sweethearts* (1930), Actor
- *The Vagabond Lover* (1929), as Rudy Bronson, Songs
- *Radio Rhythm* (1929), as Rudy Vallee
- *Lydia*, as Barker

## Gallery

- ![Rudy Vallee](https://film.one/media/person/3859171/gallery-3ab67e1b06af.jpg) Rudy Vallee — Bain News Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Rudyvallee.jpg/1280px-Rudyvallee.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Taken from the October, 1929 edition of Photoplay Magazine.](https://film.one/media/person/3859171/gallery-7bca18ef0e08.png) Taken from the October, 1929 edition of Photoplay Magazine. — Photoplay, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/Photoplay_-_1929.10_-_38_-_Rudy_Vallee.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Fay Webb was married to Vallee from 1931-1936.](https://film.one/media/person/3859171/gallery-0a67add9a5bc.jpg) Fay Webb was married to Vallee from 1931-1936. — Uncredited, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Fay_Webb_and_Rudy_Vall%C3%A9e_-_Radio_Digest%2C_October_1931.jpg/1280px-Fay_Webb_and_Rudy_Vall%C3%A9e_-_Radio_Digest%2C_October_1931.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rudy Vallee at the Casa Marina Hotel C 1950. Jeff Broadhead Collection.](https://film.one/media/person/3859171/gallery-a16b8cf3e38f.jpg) Rudy Vallee at the Casa Marina Hotel C 1950. Jeff Broadhead Collection. — Florida Keys--Public Libraries, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Casa_Marina%2C_Key_West%2C_Florida_-_Rudy_Vallee.jpg/1280px-Casa_Marina%2C_Key_West%2C_Florida_-_Rudy_Vallee.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rudy Vallee](https://film.one/media/person/3859171/gallery-93a8e7904057.jpg) Rudy Vallee — Image via TMDB
- ![Rudy Vallee](https://film.one/media/person/3859171/gallery-de9e2dccfe7e.jpg) Rudy Vallee — Image via TMDB
- ![Rudy Vallee](https://film.one/media/person/3859171/gallery-910f7c4588a5.jpg) Rudy Vallee — Image via TMDB

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