Rudy Bond

Birthday: 1912-10-10
Deathday: 1982-03-29
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

Year Title Character
1981-05-13 Stand by Your Man Grandfather
1981-03-24 The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic Carmine Cuneo
1980-01-06 Skag
1979-11-07 The Rose Monty
1974-10-02 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three Police Commissioner
1974-03-20 The Super Cops Policeman (uncredited)
1972-03-14 The Godfather Cuneo
1971-06-15 Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? Newsdealer
1970-07-31 Move Detective Sawyer
1970-02-23 Hercules in New York Ship Captain
1960-11-04 BUtterfield 8 Big Man (uncredited)
1960-06-15 The Mountain Road Sergeant Miller
1960-04-01 Because They're Young Chris
1959-05-20 Middle of the Night Gould
1958-03-27 Run Silent, Run Deep Sonarman 1st Class Cullen
1958-02-27 Portrait of a Murderer Bartender Eddie
1957-12-01 The Hard Man John Rodman
1957-09-01 The Brothers Rico Charlie Gonzales
1957-04-10 12 Angry Men Judge (uncredited)
1957-02-25 The Defender (Studio One) Peter D'Agostino
1956-11-09 Nightfall Red
1956-09-26 Bang the Drum Slowly Dutch
1954-06-22 On the Waterfront Moose
1953-12-23 Miss Sadie Thompson Pvt. Hodges
1951-09-19 A Streetcar Named Desire Steve