Basil Ruysdael
Birthday: 1888-07-23
Deathday: 1960-10-10
Birthplace: Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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Basil Ruysdael (July 24, 1888 - October 10, 1960) was an American film actor and opera singer.
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He started his career as a baritone singer for the Metropolitan Opera Company in the early 1900's and appeared on the New York stage in 1918. Moving to California in 1923, he was a voice teacher for many actors. Encouraged to try acting himself, he made his big screen debut in "Cocoanuts" (1929). For the next 30 years he was a frequent character performer in films to include "Come to the Stable" (1949), "Broken Arrow" (1950), "People Will Talk" (1951), "The Last Hurrah" (1958) and "The Horse Soldiers" (1960). He also did voice over in "101 Dalmatians" (1961) and appeared on the TV shows "Perry Mason", "Official Detective", "Father knows Best" and "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color. He at the age of 72 of complications following surgery.
Credits
| Year | Title | Character | |
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1960-06-17 | The Story of Ruth | Shammah |
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1959-06-11 | The Horse Soldiers | The Reverend (Jefferson Military Academy) |
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1958-12-31 | The Last Hurrah | The Episcopal Bishop |
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1956-08-17 | These Wilder Years | Judge |
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1956-02-25 | Jubal | Shem Hoktor |
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1956-01-12 | Diane | Chamberlain |
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1955-09-16 | Pearl of the South Pacific | Tuan Michael |
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1955-05-25 | Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier | Gen. / President Andrew Jackson |
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1955-03-25 | Blackboard Jungle | Prof. A.R. Kraal |
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1955-01-26 | The Violent Men | Tex Hinkleman |
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1955-01-26 | Davy Crockett Goes to Congress | Andrew Jackson |
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1954-12-15 | Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter | General Jackson |
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1954-09-01 | The Shanghai Story | Rev. Hollingsworth |
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1952-07-17 | Carrie | Mr. Fitzgerald |
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1952-01-11 | Boots Malone | Preacher Cole |
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1951-08-29 | People Will Talk | Dean Lyman Brockwell |
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1951-05-05 | Half Angel | Dr. Jackson |
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1951-04-25 | My Forbidden Past | Dean Cazzley |
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1951-04-07 | Raton Pass | Pierre Challon |
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1951-04-06 | The Scarf | Cyrus Barrington |
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1950-12-27 | Gambling House | Judge Ravinek |
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1950-09-01 | High Lonesome | 'Horse' Davis |
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1950-08-01 | Broken Arrow | General Oliver |
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1950-04-01 | One Way Street | Father Moreno |
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1949-11-04 | The File on Thelma Jordon | Judge Jonathan David Hancock |
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1949-09-29 | The Doctor and the Girl | Dr. Francis I. Garard |
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1949-09-28 | Pinky | Judge Walker |
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1949-07-27 | Come to the Stable | The Bishop |
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1949-06-11 | Colorado Territory | Dave Rickard ('The Old Man') |
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1929-05-23 | The Cocoanuts | Detective Hennessy |