Rudy Sooter
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.
Cast a Long Shadow
(Musician (uncredited))
The Fargo Kid
(Bass player)
Three Godfathers
(Musician (uncredited))
The Fugitive Sheriff
(Bassist (uncredited))
Seven Ways from Sundown
Bullet Code
(Guitarist (uncredited))
Utah Trail
(Bandleader / Singer)
Riders of Pasco Basin
(Singer / Guitar Player)
Short Grass
(Banjo Player (uncredited))
The Unknown Ranger
(Bass Player (uncredited))
The Feud of the Trail
(Bass Player)
Hollywood Round-Up
(Presentation Musician)
Frontier Pony Express
(Bassist)
Headin' for the Rio Grande
(Cowboy)
Destry Rides Again
(Bass Player (uncredited))
The Marshal Of Mesa City
(Bassist (uncredited))
Rollin' Westward
(Bass player)
The Hallelujah Trail
(Miner (uncredited))
Inherit the Wind
(Courtroom Reporter (uncredited))
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
(Statehood Audience Member (uncredited))
The Roaming Cowboy
(Musician Cowhand)
Saddle Mountain Roundup
(Guitar Player)
Cheyenne Rides Again
(Barfly)
Trailing Trouble
(Guitarist)
Winners of the West
(Workman)
In Old Monterey
(Bass Player)
Sundown on the Prairie
(Guitar Player)
Sunset Serenade
(Bagley Ranch Hand)
Fugitive Valley
(Whip Rider)
Underground Rustlers
(Guitar Player Toby)
Thunder River Feud
(Guitar Player)
Texas Trouble Shooters
(Barfly)
Billy the Kid Trapped
(Barfly)
King of the Cowboys
(Camp Guitarist)
Texas
(Musician)
Moonlight on the Range
(Musician)
Thunder Mountain
(Townsman (uncredited))
Sergeants 3
(Barfly (uncredited))
Law of the Timber
(Lumberjack (uncredited))
Top Gun
(Townsman (uncredited))