Rudy Behlmer

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1926-10-13

Deathday 2019-09-27 (92 years old)

Place of Birth San Francisco, California, USA

Also Known As Rudolph Herman Behlmer, Rudy Behlmar

Rudy Behlmer

Biography

Rudy Behlmer (October 13, 1926 – September 27, 2019) was an American film historian and writer. He was an expert in the history and evolution of the motion picture industry. Behlmer began his career with KLAC-TV in Hollywood as a stage manager. At the beginning of the 1960s, Behlmer started researching and writing articles on various aspects of film history. One such project, a career piece on film producer David O. Selznick (Gone with the Wind, Rebecca), led to his book Memo from David O. Selznick (1972). It was followed by nine other books as well as numerous magazine articles and film music recording booklets. Behlmer also contributed to a wide variety of works about the Golden Age of Hollywood.

Known For

Actor

2007
2006
Stagecoach: A Story of Redemption

as Himself - Author-Film Historian

2005
Captain Blood: A Swashbuckler Is Born

as Self - Author & Film Historian

2005
The Adventures of Errol Flynn

as Self - Author and Film Historian

2002
2001
1993
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic

as Self - Film Historian

1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

Director