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Basil Ruysdael

Basil Ruysdael

19 movies on Netflix

Biography

Basil Ruysdael, an American actor who also sang opera, worked as a bass-baritone at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, where he performed secondary roles in the German repertoire from 1910 to 1918 alongside singers Leo Slezak and Geraldine Farrar. In 1923 he moved to California, where he taught voice, with Lawrence Tibbett among his students. On Broadway he appeared in Robin Hood, Topsy and Eva and The Cocoanuts, and played Detective Hennessy in the 1925 stage production The Cocoanuts before reprising the part in the Marx Brothers film The Cocoanuts (1929). As a character actor he was seen in Pinky (1949), The File on Thelma Jordon (1949), Colorado Territory (1949), Broken Arrow (1950), People Will Talk (1951), Carrie (1952), Blackboard Jungle (1955), The Violent Men (1955), The Last Hurrah (1958) and The Horse Soldiers (1959). He portrayed Andrew Jackson in the 1955 Disney miniseries Davy Crockett, and his final screen appearance was in The Story of Ruth (1960).

72years old at death

  • Born Jersey City
  • Died Hollywood
  • Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
  • Also credited as Basil Spaulding Millspaugh

Movie Career

Films
19
Career span
31 years1929 to 1960

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  1. A change of course

    Before turning to acting, Ruysdael sang as a bass-baritone at the Metropolitan Opera in New York from 1910 to 1918, sharing the stage with stars such as Leo Slezak and Geraldine Farrar.

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  1. Broken Arrow1950 Drama, Romance, Westernas Gen. Oliver Howard

    IMDb rating 7.111K votes

  2. Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier1955 Adventure, Drama, Familyas Gen. / President Andrew Jackson

    IMDb rating 6.85.7K votes

  3. People Will Talk1951as Lyman Brockwell

    IMDb rating 7.37.9K votes

  4. Jubal1956as Shem Hoktor

    IMDb rating 7.15.0K votes

  5. Pinky1949as Judge Walker

    IMDb rating 7.23.8K votes

  6. Blackboard Jungle1955as Prof. A.R. Kraal

    IMDb rating 7.411K votes

  7. Carrie1952as Mr. Fitzgerald

    IMDb rating 7.33.2K votes

  8. The Cocoanuts1929as Detective Hennessy

    IMDb rating 6.89.0K votes

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John Ford directed two of these films, Delmer Daves two and Henry Koster two. Three actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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