Rudy Bond

Rudy Bond

Rudolph Bond (October 10, 1912 – March 29, 1982) was an American actor who was active from 1947 until his death. His work spanned Broadway, Hollywood and US television. Bond was introduced to the world of acting at the age of 16. He was playing basketball with a group of friends when Julie Sutton, the director of a city amateur acting group (Neighborhood Players, which performed in the same building as the basketball area) approached the group and asked if anybody wanted to be in an upcoming play. He volunteered, and acted in several plays before leaving Philadelphia to join the United States Army. He spent four years in the army, was wounded while serving in World War II, and returned to Philadelphia upon his discharge. He continued acting in the Neighborhood Players until 1945, when he won second prize in the John Golden Award for Actors, which allowed him to enroll in Elia Kazan's Actor's Studio in New York City. Kazan got him a substantial role in two stage productions. After his success in the second (A Streetcar Named Desire), he was invited to Hollywood to recreate his stage role in the movie version. In 1951 he appeared in "Romeo and Juliet" at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York and in 1960 he toured in "Fiorello" (which starred Tom Bosley). He spent the next thirty years bouncing between California and New York, and between movie and television work.

  • Title: Rudy Bond
  • Popularity: 3.875
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1912-10-10
  • Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Rudy Bond Movies

  • 1981
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    Stand by Your Man

    Stand by Your Man

    7 1981 HD

    The rags-to-riches tale of country western queen, Tammy Wynette, from her impoverished childhood to country's First Lady and her two rocky marriages...

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  • 1954
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    On the Waterfront

    On the Waterfront

    7.919 1954 HD

    Terry Malloy is a kindhearted dockworker, and former boxer, who is tricked by his corrupt bosses into leading his friend to death. After falling in...

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  • 1951
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    A Streetcar Named Desire

    A Streetcar Named Desire

    7.612 1951 HD

    A fading southern belle moves in with her sister in New Orleans where her ferocious brother-in-law takes stabs at her sanity.

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  • 1981
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    The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic

    The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic

    9.3 1981 HD

    The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic is a reduced, 386-minute version of the 1977 television miniseries, "Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The...

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  • 1956
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    Nightfall

    Nightfall

    6.803 1956 HD

    An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.

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  • 1957
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    The Brothers Rico

    The Brothers Rico

    6.2 1957 HD

    Eddie Rico, the erstwhile bookkeeper for a big Mafia boss, is now making a living as an honest merchant in Florida with his family. Things go sour...

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  • 1953
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    Miss Sadie Thompson

    Miss Sadie Thompson

    5.2 1953 HD

    Sadie Thompson winds up stranded on an island and while her boat is being quarantined, she manages to stir up the blood of every marine on the base.

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  • 1972
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    The Godfather

    The Godfather

    8.7 1972 HD

    Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito...

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  • 1957
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    The Hard Man

    The Hard Man

    4.8 1957 HD

    A Texas Ranger turns deputy sheriff; a woman wants him to kill her cattle-baron husband.

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  • 1958
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    Portrait of a Murderer

    Portrait of a Murderer

    9 1958 HD

    Based on a true story, Donald Bashor robs and bludgeons two women to their deaths. While committing the crimes he maintans a normal existence with...

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  • 1957
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    The Defender (Studio One)

    The Defender (Studio One)

    7.2 1957 HD

    The pilot for the television series, "The Defenders." The story of Walter and Kenneth Pearson, a father-and-son legal team. Broadcast as two segments...

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  • 1960
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    Because They're Young

    Because They're Young

    5.5 1960 HD

    Director Paul Wendkos' 1960 film adaptation of the controversial novel "Harrison High", about an idealistic young high-school teacher dealing with...

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  • 1974
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    The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

    The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

    7.462 1974 HD

    In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?

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  • 1980
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    Skag

    Skag

    1 1980 HD

    Pete "Skag" Skagska is a 56-year-old union foreman of a Pittsburgh steel mill until a crippling stroke forces him to stay home and try to put his...

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  • 1960
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    BUtterfield 8

    BUtterfield 8

    6.3 1960 HD

    Gloria Wandrous, a promiscuous fashion model, falls in love with Weston Liggett, the hard drinking son of a working class family who has married into...

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  • 1960
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    The Mountain Road

    The Mountain Road

    6.4 1960 HD

    In 1944, in eastern part of China, U.S.Army Major Baldwin and his volunteer team of demolition engineers are left behind the retreating Chinese...

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  • 1958
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    Run Silent, Run Deep

    Run Silent, Run Deep

    7 1958 HD

    The captain of a submarine sunk by the Japanese during WWII is finally given a chance to skipper another sub after a year of working a desk job. His...

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  • 1956
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    Bang the Drum Slowly

    Bang the Drum Slowly

    6.3 1956 HD

    A pitcher of a major-league baseball team finds out that his teammate and pal is desperately trying to hide that he is dying of a terminal disease so...

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  • 1974
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    The Super Cops

    The Super Cops

    6 1974 HD

    The true story of two New York City cops. Greenberg & Hantz fought the system, became detectives and were known on the streets as "Batman &...

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  • 1970
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    Hercules in New York

    Hercules in New York

    4.128 1970 HD

    Hercules is sent from Mount Olympus to modern-day Manhattan, where he takes up professional wrestling before getting mixed up with a gang of mobsters.

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  • 1959
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    Middle of the Night

    Middle of the Night

    7 1959 HD

    Jerry Kingsley is a wealthy garment manufacturer left lonely in his 50s when his wife dies. Despite the difference in their ages, he strikes up a...

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  • 1970
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    Move

    Move

    4.6 1970 HD

    A young playwright who writes porno novels to overcome a writer's block, lives the fantasies of one of his books, while trying to move with his wife...

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  • 1957
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    12 Angry Men

    12 Angry Men

    8.546 1957 HD

    The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of...

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  • 1971
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    Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?

    Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?

    4.7 1971 HD

    A hit pop songwriter, who cannot love himself or others, spends his days with various women flying his plane, and dropping in to the world around him.

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  • 1979
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    The Rose

    The Rose

    6.7 1979 HD

    Rock-and-roll singer Mary Rose Foster's romantic relationships and mental health are continuously imperilled by the demands of life on the road.

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  • 1976
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    Quincy, M.E.

    Quincy, M.E.

    7.5 1976 HD

    Los Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations.

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  • 1975
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    Baretta

    Baretta

    6.4 1975 HD

    Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a milder version of a successful 1973–74...

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  • 1958
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    Naked City

    Naked City

    5.3 1958 HD

    Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the...

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  • 1973
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    Kojak

    Kojak

    6.942 1973 HD

    A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.

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  • 1963
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    Arrest and Trial

    Arrest and Trial

    7 1963 HD

    Arrest and Trial is a 90-minute American crime/legal drama series that ran during the 1963-1964 season on ABC, airing Sundays from 8:30-10 p.m....

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  • 1948
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    Studio One

    Studio One

    4.727 1948 HD

    An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One,...

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  • 1974
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    The Rockford Files

    The Rockford Files

    7.5 1974 HD

    Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit,...

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  • 1950
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    Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

    6 1950 HD

    Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original...

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  • 1974
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    Petrocelli

    Petrocelli

    6.957 1974 HD

    Petrocelli is an American legal drama which ran for two seasons on NBC from September 11, 1974 to March 31, 1976. Tony Petrocelli is an...

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  • 1959
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    New York Confidential

    New York Confidential

    1 1959 HD

    New York Confidential is a British-American crime drama series that aired from 1958 to 1959. The series aired in syndicated in the United States and...

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  • 1955
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    Playwrights '56

    Playwrights '56

    6 1955 HD

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  • 1961
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    The Defenders

    The Defenders

    6.2 1961 HD

    The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized...

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  • 1961
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    The Defenders

    The Defenders

    6.2 1961 HD

    The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized...

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  • 1958
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    Naked City

    Naked City

    5.3 1958 HD

    Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the...

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  • 1971
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    McMillan & Wife

    McMillan & Wife

    7.3 1971 HD

    McMillan & Wife is a lighthearted American police procedural that aired on NBC from September 17, 1971 to April 24, 1977. Starring Rock Hudson and...

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  • 1973
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    Kojak

    Kojak

    6.942 1973 HD

    A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.

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  • 1948
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    Studio One

    Studio One

    4.727 1948 HD

    An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One,...

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  • 1948
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    Studio One

    Studio One

    4.727 1948 HD

    An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One,...

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  • 1959
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    Play of the Week

    Play of the Week

    1 1959 HD

    This syndicated anthology series staged a different play every week covering all genres, dramas, comedies, musicals, fantasies, mysteries, et al,...

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  • 1977
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    Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television

    Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television

    8.5 1977 HD

    An adaptation of Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather and The Godfather: Part II, re-edited in chronological order with additional footage not seen...

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