Herbert Rudley

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Herbert Rudley (March 22, 1910 – September 9, 2006) was an American character actor who appeared on stage, films and on television.

Early life

Rudley was born in 1910 in

Rudley and Keenan Wynn joined forces in the mid-1940s to create Players Production, a small theater venue in Los Angeles with the goal of presenting revivals of plays.^[4]

Rudley was also a playwright who, along with Fanya Lawrence, created the farce Adam Ate the Apple.^[5]

Film

In 1940 Rudley appeared in the

Rudley played a doctor who resuscitates a presumably executed convict in Decoy, and conversely played a nearly executed doctor who is thought dead and resuscitated by Basil Rathbone in The Black Sleep.

Television

On television, Rudley appeared both in dramas, often as military men, and comedies. He appeared on seven episodes of the CBS series "You Are There" hosted by Walter Cronkite. He also appeared on My Friend Flicka.

In 1956, he played the lead character “Emmett Eagan” in the episode “The Man Who Would Be Marshall” on the TV Western

In 1957, he appeared in the role of Sam Brennan in some early episodes of

He made four guest appearances on Perry Mason between 1958-1962 including the part of murderer George Durrell in 1958’s “The Case of the Prodigal Parent” and as Edward Nelson in the 1960 episode "The Case of the Gallant Grafter".^{[citation needed]} He was one of only eleven actors to play all three pivotal roles in Perry Mason episodes—victim, defendant and murderer.

In 1959, he appeared as John McAuliffe on

In 1973, Rudley guest starred in one episode of Griff. From 1967 through 1969 he co-starred as Herb Hubbard for two seasons on NBC-TV's