Rudy Sooter

Birthday: 1904-06-17
Deathday: 1991-06-09
Birthplace: Oklahoma, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

Rudy Sooter was born in British Columbia on June 17th, 1905 and died on June 9th, 1991.

He was known for playing the recurring role of bartender Rudy in the American Western TV series Gunsmoke.

Rudy first became known for his country and western music as a songwriter and performer. Bob Nolan and Roy Rogers were in his band before he formed the Sons of the Pioneers. Sooter regularly worked on radio and became a musician and bandleader for B-western projects.

He began his career in 1930, appearing in the film Trailing Trouble, starring Hoot Gibson and Margaret Quimby.

Later in his career, Sooter appeared in numerous films Mostly Westerns such as The Unknown Ranger (1936), Rhythm of the Saddle (1938), Destry Rides Again (1939), Bad Man from Red Butte (1940), Texas Trouble Shooters (1942), Gunning for Vengeance (1946), Short Grass (1950), Top Gun (1955), The Oklahoman (1957), One Foot in Hell (1960) and Apache Uprising (1965). He also appeared in very many television programs, including Bonanza, Wanted Dead or Alive, Rawhide, Bat Masterson, Wagon Train, Have Gun – Will Travel and Death Valley Days.

Sooter died on June 9, 1991, at the age of 85.

Credits

	Year	Title	Character
	1965-06-23	The Hallelujah Trail	Miner (uncredited)
	1962-04-13	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance	Statehood Audience Member (uncredited)
	1962-02-10	Sergeants 3	Barfly (uncredited)
	1960-09-25	Seven Ways from Sundown
	1960-07-07	Inherit the Wind	Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
	1959-08-24	Cast a Long Shadow	Musician (uncredited)
	1955-12-01	Top Gun	Townsman (uncredited)
	1950-12-24	Short Grass	Banjo Player (uncredited)
	1947-06-01	Thunder Mountain	Townsman (uncredited)
	1943-04-09	King of the Cowboys	Camp Guitarist
	1942-09-14	Sunset Serenade	Bagley Ranch Hand
	1942-06-12	Texas Trouble Shooters	Barfly
	1942-02-27	Billy the Kid Trapped	Barfly
	1942-01-09	Thunder River Feud	Guitar Player
	1941-12-19	Law of the Timber	Lumberjack (uncredited)
	1941-11-21	Underground Rustlers	Guitar Player Toby
	1941-10-09	Texas	Musician
	1941-08-29	Saddle Mountain Roundup	Guitar Player
	1941-07-30	Fugitive Valley	Whip Rider
	1940-12-06	The Fargo Kid	Bass player
	1940-07-02	Winners of the West	Workman
	1940-04-12	Bullet Code	Guitarist (uncredited)
	1940-04-04	Riders of Pasco Basin	Singer / Guitar Player
	1939-11-30	Destry Rides Again	Bass Player (uncredited)
	1939-11-03	The Marshal Of Mesa City	Bassist (uncredited)
	1939-08-14	In Old Monterey	Bass Player
	1939-04-11	Frontier Pony Express	Bassist
	1939-03-01	Rollin' Westward	Bass player
	1939-02-08	Sundown on the Prairie	Guitar Player
	1938-08-12	Utah Trail	Bandleader / Singer
	1937-11-06	Hollywood Round-Up	Presentation Musician
	1937-08-27	Trailing Trouble	Guitarist
	1937-06-10	Moonlight on the Range	Musician
	1937-03-01	The Feud of the Trail	Bass Player
	1937-02-01	Cheyenne Rides Again	Barfly
	1937-01-04	The Roaming Cowboy	Musician Cowhand
	1936-12-20	Headin' for the Rio Grande	Cowboy
	1936-10-19	The Fugitive Sheriff	Bassist (uncredited)
	1936-09-15	The Unknown Ranger	Bass Player (uncredited)
	1936-03-06	Three Godfathers	Musician (uncredited)