Basil Ruysdael

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Basil Ruysdael (July 24, 1888 - October 10, 1960) was an American film actor and opera singer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Basil Ruysdael, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. He started his career as a baritone singer for the Metropolitan Opera Company in the early 1900's and appeared on the New York stage in 1918. Moving to California in 1923, he was a voice teacher for many actors. Encouraged to try acting himself, he made his big screen debut in "Cocoanuts" (1929). For the next 30 years he was a frequent character performer in films to include "Come to the Stable" (1949), "Broken Arrow" (1950), "People Will Talk" (1951), "The Last Hurrah" (1958) and "The Horse Soldiers" (1960). He also did voice over in "101 Dalmatians" (1961) and appeared on the TV shows "Perry Mason", "Official Detective", "Father knows Best" and "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color. He at the age of 72 of complications following surgery.

Known For: Acting

Born: Jersey City, New Jersey, USA, 1888-07-23

Died: 1960-10-10

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1929	The Cocoanuts	Detective Hennessy	64
2	1934	Dealers in Death	Narrator	0
3	1938	The Romance of Iron and Steel	Narrator	0
4	1940	The Archives	Narrator	60
5	1943	Dr. Terror's House of Horrors	Narrator	80
6	1945	Clippers at War	Narrator (voice)	0
7	1949	Colorado Territory	Dave Rickard ('The Old Man')	70
8	1949	Come to the Stable	The Bishop	64
9	1949	Pinky	Judge Walker	71
10	1949	The Doctor and the Girl	Dr. Francis I. Garard	57
11	1949	The File on Thelma Jordon	Judge Jonathan David Hancock	66
12	1950	One Way Street	Father Moreno	52
13	1950	Broken Arrow	Gen. Oliver Howard	67
14	1950	High Lonesome	'Horse' Davis	51
15	1950	Gambling House	Judge Ravinek	61
16	1951	The Scarf	Cyrus Barrington	57
17	1951	Raton Pass	Pierre Challon	48
18	1951	My Forbidden Past	Dean Cazzley	57
19	1951	Half Angel	Dr. Jackson	56
20	1951	People Will Talk	Dean Lyman Brockwell	71
21	1952	Boots Malone	Preacher Cole	75
22	1952	Carrie	Mr. Fitzgerald	64
23	1954	The Shanghai Story	Rev. Hollingsworth	48
24	1954	Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter	General Jackson	65
25	1955	The Violent Men	Tex Hinkleman	65
26	1955	Davy Crockett Goes to Congress	Andrew Jackson	100
27	1955	Blackboard Jungle	Prof. A.R. Kraal	69
28	1955	Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier	Gen. / President Andrew Jackson	64
29	1955	Pearl of the South Pacific	Tuan Michael	61
30	1956	Diane	Chamberlain	58
31	1956	Jubal	Shem Hoktor	68
32	1956	These Wilder Years	Judge	63
33	1958	The Last Hurrah	The Episcopal Bishop	71
34	1959	The Horse Soldiers	The Reverend (Jefferson Military Academy)	69
35	1960	The Story of Ruth	Shammah	73

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1929