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.
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime...
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A Streetcar Named Desire
as SteveA fading southern belle moves in with her sister in New Orleans where her ferocious...
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Hercules in New York
as Ship CaptainHercules is sent from Mount Olympus to modern-day Manhattan, where he takes up professional...
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On the Waterfront
as MooseA dim-witted yet kind-hearted boxer, Terry Malloy, who failed to succeed unintentionally lures a...
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The Rose
as MontyRock-and-roll singer Mary Rose Foster's romantic relationships and mental health are...
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Nightfall
as RedAn innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and...
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BUtterfield 8
as Big Man (uncredited)Gloria Wandrous, a promiscuous fashion model, falls in love with Weston Liggett, the hard...
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
as Police CommissionerIn New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's...
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Run Silent, Run Deep
as Sonarman 1st Class CullenThe captain of a submarine sunk by the Japanese during WWII is finally given a chance to skipper...
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Middle of the Night
as GouldJerry Kingsley is a wealthy garment manufacturer left lonely in his 60s when his wife dies....
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The Super Cops
as Policeman (uncredited)The true story of two New York City cops. Greenberg & Hantz fought the system, became...
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Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
as NewsdealerA hit pop songwriter, who cannot love himself or others, spends his days with various women...
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The Hard Man
as John RodmanA Texas Ranger turns deputy sheriff; a woman wants him to kill her cattle-baron husband.
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Miss Sadie Thompson
as Pvt. HodgesSadie Thompson winds up stranded on an island and while her boat is being quarantined, she...
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Bang the Drum Slowly
as DutchA pitcher of a major-league baseball team finds out that his teammate and pal is desperately...
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The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic
as Carmine CuneoThe Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic is a reduced, 386-minute version of the 1977...
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Skag
as uncreditedPete "Skag" Skagska is a 56-year-old union foreman of a Pittsburgh steel mill until a crippling...
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The Brothers Rico
as Charlie GonzalesEddie Rico, the erstwhile bookkeeper for a big Mafia boss, is now making a living as an honest...
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Stand by Your Man
as GrandfatherThe rags-to-riches tale of country western queen, Tammy Wynette, from her impoverished childhood...
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Because They're Young
as ChrisDirector Paul Wendkos' 1960 film adaptation of the controversial novel "Harrison High", about an...
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Move
as Detective SawyerA young playwright who writes porno novels to overcome a writer's block, lives the fantasies of...
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The Mountain Road
as Sergeant MillerIn 1944, in eastern part of China, U.S.Army Major Baldwin and his volunteer team of demolition...
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The Defender (Studio One)
as Peter D'AgostinoThe pilot for the television series, "The Defenders." The story of Walter and Kenneth Pearson, a...
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Portrait of a Murderer
as Bartender EddieBased on a true story, Donald Bashor robs and bludgeons two women to their deaths. While...
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The Rockford Files
as BennieCranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con...
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Quincy, M.E.
as uncreditedQuincy, M.E. is an American television series from Universal Studios pert in several of the...
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Studio One
as Mr. ManettaAn American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...
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Studio One
as EcclesAn American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...
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Studio One
as Peter D'AgostinoAn American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...
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Arrest and Trial
as uncreditedArrest and Trial is a 90-minute American crime/legal drama series that ran during the 1963-1964...
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Naked City
as Lt. Mike DanielsNaked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network....
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Naked City
as Lt. SpringerNaked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network....
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The Defenders
as Mr. ThompsonThe Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed...
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The Defenders
as Cy WrightThe Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed...
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Lux Video Theatre
as DetectiveLux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The...
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Play of the Week
as uncreditedThis syndicated anthology series staged a different play every week covering all genres, dramas,...
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Baretta
as uncreditedBaretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show...
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Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
as Carmine CuneoAn adaptation of Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather and The Godfather: Part II, re-edited in...
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McMillan and Wife
as ProprietorMcMillan & Wife is a lighthearted American police procedural that aired on NBC from September...
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Petrocelli
as uncreditedPetrocelli is an American legal drama which ran for two seasons on NBC from September 11, 1974...
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Kojak
as BenA bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New...
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Kojak
as JanitorA bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New...
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New York Confidential
as uncreditedNew York Confidential is a British-American crime drama series that aired from 1958 to...
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