Albert Ruddy

Albert S. Ruddy (born March 28, 1930) is a two time Academy Award winning Canada-born producer. Ruddy was born in Montreal and raised in New York City with his mother. Ruddy attended Brooklyn Tech before earning a scholarship to allow him to study chemical engineering at City College of New York. He graduated from the School of Architecture at the University of Southern California and then he worked in the construction industry on the east coast.... more

Albert S. Ruddy (born March 28, 1930) is a two time Academy Award winning Canada-born producer. Ruddy was born in Montreal and raised in New York City with his mother. Ruddy attended Brooklyn Tech before earning a scholarship to allow him to study chemical engineering at City College of New York. He graduated from the School of Architecture at the University of Southern California and then he worked in the construction industry on the east coast. After a short stint at Warner Brothers, brought about by a chance meeting with Jack Warner, Ruddy moved on to become a programmer trainee at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica, California. Returning to entertainment, Ruddy was a television writer at Universal Studios, but left when Marlon Brando Sr., father of the legendary actor, hired him to produce Wild Seed in 1965. With this one film completed, Ruddy co-created Hogan's Heroes (CBS, 1965-1971), and when the show's five year run was over, Ruddy produced his second film, Making It (1970),... less