Herbert Rudley
Gender: Male
Born: 22nd March 1910
Died: 9th September 2006
Nationality: United States of America
TV programs: The Mothers-in-Law, The Californians, Mona McCluskey, Michael Shayne, My Living Doll
Movies: The Seventh Cross, The Black Sleep, Rhapsody in Blue, Beloved Infidel, The Bravados, A Walk in the Sun, Follow that Dream, The Silver Chalice, The Jayhawkers!, Falling in Love Again, Casbah, You Are There: The American Revolution Prepares, Marriage Is a Private Affair, That Certain Feeling, Tonka
Herbert Rudley, (March 22, 1910 - September 9, 2006), was a prolific character actor who appeared on stage, in films and on television.
Rudley was born in 1910 (some sources say 1911) in Philadelphia, and attended Temple University. He left Temple after winning a scholarship to Eva Le Gallienne's Civic Repertory Theatre.
He began appearing on stage in 1926. His Broadway debut was in Did I Say No in 1931. He also appeared in stage productions of The Threepenny Opera, Abe Lincoln in Illinois and Macbeth.
In 1940, he appeared in the film version of Abe Lincoln in Illinois. For the next four decades he appeared in dozens of supporting film roles, including The Seventh Cross and Rhapsody in Blue, the film biography of George Gershwin in which he portrayed Ira Gershwin. He also appeared in A Walk in the Sun, Joan of Arc, and The Young Lions, in which he played an unsympathetic army officer.
On television, he appeared in both drama, often as a military person, and comedy. He also appeared on My Friend Flicka. In 1957, he guest starred as a Prussian cavalry officer in an episode of the syndicated western series, Boots and Saddles. From 1957-1959, he co-starred in the role of Sam Brennan in
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