Rudy Sooter
Actor
June 17, 1904 — June 9, 1991 (86 years)
Rudy Sooter was born in British Columbia on June 17th, 1905 and died on June 9th, 1991.
He was known for playing the recurring role of bartender Rudy in the American Western TV series Gunsmoke.
Rudy first became known for his country and western music as a songwriter and performer. Bob Nolan and Roy Rogers were in his band before he formed the Sons of the Pioneers. Sooter regularly worked on radio and became a musician and bandleader for B-western projects.
He began his career in 1930, appearing in the film Trailing Trouble, starring Hoot Gibson and Margaret Quimby.
Later in his career, Sooter appeared in numerous films Mostly Westerns such as The Unknown Ranger (1936), Rhythm of the Saddle (1938), Destry Rides Again (1939), Bad Man from Red Butte (1940), Texas Trouble Shooters (1942), Gunning for Vengeance (1946), Short Grass (1950), Top Gun (1955), The Oklahoman (1957), One Foot in Hell (1960) and Apache Uprising (1965). He also appeared in very many television programs, including Bonanza, Wanted Dead or Alive, Rawhide, Bat Masterson, Wagon Train, Have Gun – Will Travel and Death Valley Days.
Sooter died on June 9, 1991, at the age of 85.
He was known for playing the recurring role of bartender Rudy in the American Western TV series Gunsmoke.
Rudy first became known for his country and western music as a songwriter and performer. Bob Nolan and Roy Rogers were in his band before he formed the Sons of the Pioneers. Sooter regularly worked on radio and became a musician and bandleader for B-western projects.
He began his career in 1930, appearing in the film Trailing Trouble, starring Hoot Gibson and Margaret Quimby.
Later in his career, Sooter appeared in numerous films Mostly Westerns such as The Unknown Ranger (1936), Rhythm of the Saddle (1938), Destry Rides Again (1939), Bad Man from Red Butte (1940), Texas Trouble Shooters (1942), Gunning for Vengeance (1946), Short Grass (1950), Top Gun (1955), The Oklahoman (1957), One Foot in Hell (1960) and Apache Uprising (1965). He also appeared in very many television programs, including Bonanza, Wanted Dead or Alive, Rawhide, Bat Masterson, Wagon Train, Have Gun – Will Travel and Death Valley Days.
Sooter died on June 9, 1991, at the age of 85.
Movies & Shows on Plex
Filmography
| 1967 | Cimarron Strip · as Musician |
| 1967 | Thunder Alley · as Bar Patron |
| 1966 | Billy the Kid Versus Dracula · as TownsmanOn Plex |
| 1965 | Apache Uprising · as Townsman |
| 1965 | The Loner · as Barfly |
| 1965 | The Big Valley · as Townsman |
| 1965 | The Bounty Killer · as TownsmanOn Plex |
| 1965 | The Hallelujah Trail · as Miner (uncredited) |
| 1965 | Branded · as Townsman |
| 1964 | Law of the Lawless · as Townsman |
| 1962 | The Virginian · as Barfly |
| 1962 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance · as Statehood Audience Member (uncredited) |
| 1962 | Sergeants 3 · as Barfly (uncredited) |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | Outlaws · as Barfly |
| 1960 | Inherit the Wind · as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited) |
| 1960 | One Foot in Hell · as Cantina Barfly |
| 1960 | Overland Trail · as Barfly |
| 1959 | The Jayhawkers! · as Jayhawker |
| 1959 | The Alaskans · as Townsman |
| 1959 | Bonanza · as TownsmanOn Plex |
| 1959 | The Deputy · as Townsman |
| 1959 | Cast a Long Shadow · as Musician (uncredited) |
| 1959 | Rawhide · as Courtroom Spectator |
| 1958 | Bat Masterson · as TownsmanOn Plex |
| 1958 | Lawman · as Townsman |
| 1958 | Bronco · as Townsman |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive · as BarflyOn Plex |
| 1957 | Colt .45 · as Townsman |
| 1957 | Zorro (1957) · as Tavern Patron |
| 1957 | Maverick · as Townsman |
| 1957 | Perry Mason · as Prisoner |
| 1957 | Wagon Train · as Wagon Train Member |
| 1957 | Sugarfoot · as Trial Spectator |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel · as Townsman |
| 1957 | The Oklahoman · as Townsman At Barn Dance |
| 1955 | Top Gun · as Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke · as Townsman |
| 1952 | Death Valley Days · as BarflyOn Plex |
| 1951 | Silver Canyon · as EnlisteeOn Plex |
| 1950 | Short Grass · as Banjo Player (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Down Dakota Way · as Townsman |
| 1949 | Stampede · as SettlerOn Plex |
| 1949 | Home in San Antone · as Musician |
| 1948 | Fury at Furnace Creek · as Townsman |
| 1948 | Western Heritage · as Barfly |
| 1948 | Check Your Guns · as Barfly |
| 1947 | Thunder Mountain · as Townsman (uncredited)On Plex |
| 1946 | Bad Bascomb · as Gang Member |
| 1946 | Gunning for Vengeance · as Trailsmen Bass Player |
| 1944 | The Falcon Out West · as Cowboy Singer |
| 1943 | The Desperadoes · as Townsman |
| 1943 | King of the Cowboys · as Camp GuitaristOn Plex |
| 1943 | Sagebrush Law · as Cowhand |
| 1943 | Fighting Frontier · as Guitar Player |
| 1942 | Sunset Serenade · as Bagley Ranch HandOn Plex |
| 1942 | Texas Trouble Shooters · as Barfly |
| 1942 | Juke Girl · as Guitar Player |
| 1942 | Billy the Kid Trapped · as BarflyOn Plex |
| 1942 | Thunder River Feud · as Guitar Player |
| 1941 | Law of the Timber · as Lumberjack (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Underground Rustlers · as Guitar Player Toby |
| 1941 | Texas · as Musician |
| 1941 | Saddle Mountain Roundup · as Guitar Player |
| 1941 | Fugitive Valley · as Whip Rider |
| 1941 | Hands Across the Rockies · as Townsman |
| 1941 | The Pioneers · as Guitar |
| 1941 | Tumbledown Ranch in Arizona · as Cowhand |
| 1940 | The Fargo Kid · as Bass Player |
| 1940 | Winners of the West · as Workman |
| 1940 | Prairie Law · as Guitar Player |
| 1940 | Bad Man from Red Butte · as Musician |
| 1940 | If I Had My Way · as Bass Player |
| 1940 | Bullet Code · as Guitarist (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Riders of Pasco Basin · as Singer / Guitar Player |
| 1940 | Rhythm of the Rio Grande · as Musician |
| 1939 | Destry Rides Again · as Bass Player (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Reno · as Musician |
| 1939 | The Marshal of Mesa City · as Bassist (uncredited) |
| 1939 | In Old Monterey · as Bass PlayerOn Plex |
| 1939 | Blue Montana Skies · as Band MemberOn Plex |
| 1939 | Frontier Pony Express · as Bassist |
| 1938 | Rhythm of the Saddle · as Guitar PlayerOn Plex |
| 1938 | Prairie Moon · as GuitaristOn Plex |
| 1938 | Billy the Kid Returns · as Bass And Guitar PlayerOn Plex |
| 1938 | Man from Music Mountain · as SteveOn Plex |
| 1938 | Utah Trail · as Bandleader / Singer |
| 1938 | Under Western Stars · as TownsmanOn Plex |
| 1938 | Topa Topa · as Guitar Player |
| 1938 | The Old Barn Dance · as Colorado Hillbillies Band MemberOn Plex |
| 1937 | Springtime in the Rockies · as Gene's Bassist |
| 1937 | Hollywood Round-Up · as Presentation Musician |
| 1937 | Law for Tombstone · as Ranger |
| 1937 | Moonlight on the Range · as Musician |
| 1937 | Heroes of the Alamo · as Musician |
| 1937 | Rustlers' Valley · as Bass Player |
| 1937 | Riders of the Rockies · as Bass Player |
| 1937 | Sing, Cowboy, Sing · as Bass Player |
| 1937 | Hittin' the Trail · as Guitar Player - Texas Tornadoes Band |
| 1937 | Trouble in Texas · as Lem Waters - Bandleader |
| 1937 | Hit the Saddle · as Bass Fiddle Player |
| 1937 | The Feud of the Trail · as Bass Player |
| 1937 | Round-Up Time in Texas · as Guitarist |
| 1937 | The Roaming Cowboy · as Musician Cowhand |
| 1937 | Cheyenne Rides Again · as Barfly |
| 1936 | Headin' for the Rio Grande · as Cowboy |
| 1936 | Empty Saddles · as Bass Player |
| 1936 | The Big Show · as Musician With Beverly Hill Billies BandOn Plex |
| 1936 | The Three Mesquiteers · as Bass Player |
| 1936 | The Riding Avenger · as Henchman Musician |
| 1936 | Three Godfathers · as Musician (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Frontier Justice · as Jailed Musician |