Al Ruddy Dies: Oscar-Winning ‘The Godfather’ & ‘Million Dollar Baby’ Producer Was 94
Al Ruddy Dies: Oscar-Winning ‘The Godfather’ & ‘Million Dollar Baby’ Producer Was 94
Al Ruddy has died. The Oscar-Winning 'Godfather' and 'Million Dollar Baby' producer was 94
deadline.com
Albert S. Ruddy, who earned two Best Picture Oscars for producing The Godfather and Million Dollar Baby and co-created TV shows including Walker, Texas Ranger and Hogan’s Heroes, died May 25 at UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center after a brief illness, a family spokesman said. He was 94.
Al Ruddy Dies: Oscar-Winning ‘The Godfather’ & ‘Million Dollar Baby’ Producer Was 94
Al Ruddy has died. The Oscar-Winning 'Godfather' and 'Million Dollar Baby' producer was 94
deadline.com
Ruddy is one of nine producers ever to earn two or more Best Picture Oscars, and has the distinction of winning them with the largest interval in between — 32 years.
Before his big-screen success, Ruddy co-created with Bernie Fein Hogan’s Heroes, the decidedly iconoclastic sitcom about life for Allied prisoners in a Nazi POW camp. Starring Bob Crane and a memorable supporting cast, it ran for six seasons and remained popular in syndication. Ruddy had been developing a Hogan’s Heroes sequel series just before the Covid pandemic.
