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Rudy Vallee
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Actor Born: July 28, 1901 in Island Pond, VT Death: July 3, 1986 in North Hollywood, CA Biography:The son of a New England pharmacist, "Rudy Vallee" developed a proficiency with several musical instruments as a child. After being booted out of the Navy for lying about his age (he was 16), Vallee attended the University of Maine and Yale; it was at the latter college that he formed a dance band called the Connecticut Yankees. He spent several years performing at New York's Heigh-Ho club, the name of which provided him with his enduring catchphrase "Heigh Ho, Everybody" (during this period he also adopted his trademark prop, a megaphone). After a year in local radio, Vallee was signed by NBC in 1929 as host of the variety series "The Fleischman Hour". He cashed in on his popularity by starring in a 1929 RKO talkie, "The Vagabond Lover", a monumental disaster that nearly killed his movie career from the get-go. He remained popular on the radio throughout the 1930s, taking credit for discovering such... Full Biography
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