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May 28, 2024 · NEW YORK (AP) — Albert S. Ruddy, a colorful, Canadian-born producer and writer who won Oscars for "The Godfather" and "Million Dollar Baby," developed the raucous prison-sports comedy "The Longest Yard" and helped create the hit sitcom "Hogan's Heroes," has died at age 94. Ruddy died “peacefully” Saturday at the UCLA Medical Center ...
Albert S. Ruddy. Producer: Million Dollar Baby. Albert Stotland Ruddy is a Canadian-American film and television producer. He is known for producing The Godfather (1972) and Million Dollar Baby (2004), both of which won him the Academy Award for Best Picture, as well as co-creating the CBS sitcom Hogan's Heroes (1965 - 1971).
Jan 28, 2022 · The Godfather’s myriad dangers and obstacles might have led a producer with more experience than Ruddy to steer clear of the project. But due to a mix of bravado and naivete, Ruddy was the ideal ...
Oct 4, 2022 · Al Ruddy. Al Ruddy, (94) is the producer of The Godfather (1972), which is now regarded as a classical gangster movie, yet he was not part of the production of other Godfather installments. The Canadian-born’s leaving the production is linked to being fired as a result of his involvement with the mafia despite other reasons given in his tell ...
May 31, 2024 · Albert S. Ruddy, who found early success in television as a creator of “Hogan’s Heroes,” the situation comedy about Allied prisoners outwitting their bumbling Nazi captors in a P.O.W. camp, and then became a movie producer who won Oscars for “The Godfather” and “Million Dollar Baby,” died on Saturday in Los Angeles. He was 94.
Sep 1, 2021 · (L-R) Albert S. Ruddy, Tom Rosenberg AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill. In 2003, during my second tour as a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, I joined colleague Claudia Eller in writing about Ruddy’s ...
May 28, 2024 · Al Ruddy, two-time Oscar winner for producing “The Godfather” and “Million Dollar Baby,” died May 25 at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. Ruddy was also co-creator of “Hogan’s Heroes ...
