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
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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.![deadline.com](/forum/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fdeadline.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F05%2FAl-Ruddy.jpg%3Fw%3D1024&hash=5a8d363895415e68812bf2ca0d51bc40&return_error=1)
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
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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.