Rudy Sooter

Biography

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.

Known For

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Inherit the Wind

The Hallelujah Trail

Destry Rides Again

Texas

Top Gun

Three Godfathers

King of the Cowboys

All Movies (40)

• The Hallelujah Trail1965 · as Miner (uncredited)
• The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance1962 · as Statehood Audience Member (uncredited)
• Sergeants 31962 · as Barfly (uncredited)
• Seven Ways from Sundown1960
• Inherit the Wind1960 · as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
• Cast a Long Shadow1959 · as Musician (uncredited)
• Top Gun1955 · as Townsman (uncredited)
• Short Grass1950 · as Banjo Player (uncredited)
• Thunder Mountain1947 · as Townsman (uncredited)
• King of the Cowboys1943 · as Camp Guitarist
• Sunset Serenade1942 · as Bagley Ranch Hand
• Texas Trouble Shooters1942 · as Barfly
• Billy the Kid Trapped1942 · as Barfly
• Thunder River Feud1942 · as Guitar Player
• Law of the Timber1941 · as Lumberjack (uncredited)
• Underground Rustlers1941 · as Guitar Player Toby
• Texas1941 · as Musician
• Saddle Mountain Roundup1941 · as Guitar Player
• Fugitive Valley1941 · as Whip Rider
• The Fargo Kid1940 · as Bass player
• Winners of the West1940 · as Workman
• Bullet Code1940 · as Guitarist (uncredited)
• Riders of Pasco Basin1940 · as Singer / Guitar Player
• Destry Rides Again1939 · as Bass Player (uncredited)
• The Marshal Of Mesa City1939 · as Bassist (uncredited)
• In Old Monterey1939 · as Bass Player
• Frontier Pony Express1939 · as Bassist
• Rollin' Westward1939 · as Bass player
• Sundown on the Prairie1939 · as Guitar Player
• Utah Trail1938 · as Bandleader / Singer
• Hollywood Round-Up1937 · as Presentation Musician
• Trailing Trouble1937 · as Guitarist
• Moonlight on the Range1937 · as Musician
• The Feud of the Trail1937 · as Bass Player
• Cheyenne Rides Again1937 · as Barfly
• The Roaming Cowboy1937 · as Musician Cowhand
• Headin' for the Rio Grande1936 · as Cowboy
• The Fugitive Sheriff1936 · as Bassist (uncredited)
• The Unknown Ranger1936 · as Bass Player (uncredited)
• Three Godfathers1936 · as Musician (uncredited)