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Rudy Bond

Rudy Bond

Actor · 1912 – 1982 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

Movies23

  • Movie8.7

    The Godfather

    1972 · 23K votes

  • Movie8.6

    12 Angry Men

    1957 · 10K votes

  • Movie7.8

    On the Waterfront

    1954 · 1.8K votes

  • Movie7.6

    A Streetcar Named Desire

    1951 · 1.5K votes

  • Movie7.5
  • Movie7.0

    Run Silent, Run Deep

    1958 · 196 votes

  • Movie4.1

    Hercules in New York

    1970 · 361 votes

  • Movie6.7

    The Rose

    1979 · 138 votes

  • Movie6.3

    BUtterfield 8

    1960 · 99 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Middle of the Night

    1959 · 39 votes

  • Movie6.9

    Nightfall

    1956 · 107 votes

  • Movie5.4

    Miss Sadie Thompson

    1953 · 30 votes

  • Movie4.9
  • Movie7.3

    Stand by Your Man

    1981 · 3 votes

  • Movie6.1
  • Movie6.2

    The Brothers Rico

    1957 · 40 votes

  • Movie5.2

    The Hard Man

    1957 · 9 votes

  • Movie5.9

    Because They're Young

    1960 · 7 votes

  • Movie5.9

    The Super Cops

    1974 · 26 votes

  • Movie6.6

    Bang the Drum Slowly

    1956 · 10 votes

  • Movie

    Skag

    1980

  • Movie6.6

    The Mountain Road

    1960 · 12 votes

  • Movie5.0

    Law and Disorder

    1974 · 12 votes

Series15

  • TV7.5

    Quincy, M.E.

    1976 · 123 votes

  • TV7.6

    The Rockford Files

    1974 · 133 votes

  • TV5.4

    Studio One

    1948 · 13 votes

  • TV5.7

    Naked City

    1958 · 13 votes

  • TV6.3

    The Defenders

    1961 · 11 votes

  • TV7.3

    Kojak

    1973 · 154 votes

  • TV6.5

    Baretta

    1975 · 42 votes

  • TV7.1

    McMillan & Wife

    1971 · 27 votes

  • TV8.3

    Arrest and Trial

    1963 · 4 votes

  • TV7.2

    Petrocelli

    1974 · 27 votes

  • TV8.0

    Play of the Week

    1959 · 1 votes

  • TV6.7

    Lux Video Theatre

    1950 · 7 votes

  • TV8.6
  • TV10.0

    New York Confidential

    1959 · 1 votes

  • TV6.3

    Playwrights '56

    1955 · 4 votes