Basil Ruysdael

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.

  • Title: Basil Ruysdael
  • Popularity: 2.216
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1888-07-23
  • Place of Birth: Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
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  • Also Known As: Basil Milspaugh Ruysdael, Basil Spaulding Millspaugh
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Basil Ruysdael Movies

  • 1960
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    The Story of Ruth

    The Story of Ruth

    7.3 1960 HD

    Ruth is one of two Moabite women who marry the sons of Elimelech and Naomi. When Elimelech and sons Mahlon and Chillion die, leaving Naomi a widow...

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  • 1929
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    The Cocoanuts

    The Cocoanuts

    6.473 1929 HD

    During the Florida land boom, the Marx Brothers run a hotel, auction off some land and thwart a jewel robbery.

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  • 1955
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    Blackboard Jungle

    Blackboard Jungle

    6.9 1955 HD

    Richard Dadier is a teacher at North Manual High School, an inner-city school where many of the pupils frequently engage in anti-social behavior....

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  • 1949
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    The File on Thelma Jordon

    The File on Thelma Jordon

    6.5 1949 HD

    Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with a troubled past. When Thelma becomes a suspect in...

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  • 1955
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    Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier

    Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier

    6.405 1955 HD

    Legends (and myths) from the life of famed American frontiersman Davy Crockett are depicted in this feature film edited from television episodes....

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  • 1949
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    Colorado Territory

    Colorado Territory

    6.8 1949 HD

    After escaping from jail, outlaw Wes McQueen is convinced by his old partner in crime to do one last heist.

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  • 1950
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    One Way Street

    One Way Street

    5.1 1950 HD

    After stealing a gangster's money and his girlfriend, a doctor heads for a small village in Mexico to hide out.

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  • 1951
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    The Scarf

    The Scarf

    5.5 1951 HD

    A man who is believed to have murdered a woman, escapes from the insane asylum to find if he was the one to actually kill her using the scarf she was...

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  • 1956
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    Diane

    Diane

    5.7 1956 HD

    Asked by Francis I to tutor his son, Diane de Poitiers becomes the future King Henry II's mistress in 1500s France.

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  • 1950
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    Broken Arrow

    Broken Arrow

    6.655 1950 HD

    Indian scout Tom Jeffords is sent out to stem the war between the Whites and Apaches in the late 1870s. He learns that the Indians kill only to...

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  • 1952
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    Carrie

    Carrie

    6.4 1952 HD

    Carrie's dreams of adventure in the big city are quickly squashed as she discovers all that awaits her there is a bleak life of grueling and poorly...

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  • 1955
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    The Violent Men

    The Violent Men

    6.372 1955 HD

    A former Union Army officer plans to sell out to Anchor Ranch and move east with his fiancée, but the low price offered by Anchor's crippled...

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  • 1956
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    These Wilder Years

    These Wilder Years

    6.3 1956 HD

    A man tries to find a son he gave up for adoption years ago.

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  • 1950
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    Gambling House

    Gambling House

    6.1 1950 HD

    A gambler faces deportation when he gets mixed up with murder.

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  • 1959
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    The Horse Soldiers

    The Horse Soldiers

    7 1959 HD

    A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes...

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  • 1958
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    The Last Hurrah

    The Last Hurrah

    7.1 1958 HD

    In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle,...

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  • 1938
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    The Romance of Iron and Steel

    The Romance of Iron and Steel

    1 1938 HD

    Armco presents a promotional film that follows the process of turning iron ore into steel.

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  • 1955
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    Davy Crockett Goes to Congress

    Davy Crockett Goes to Congress

    10 1955 HD

    The second of five programs about Davy Crockett involves him being bored with life, so he and Georgie plan to resettle their families and file their...

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  • 1950
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    High Lonesome

    High Lonesome

    5.1 1950 HD

    When a sudden spurt of murders occurs in the Big Bend country, suspicion immediately falls on a young drifter who just moved to the area.

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  • 1951
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    Half Angel

    Half Angel

    5.6 1951 HD

    Nurse Nora Gilpin plans are to marry building contractor Tim McCarey and settle down. But one night a sleepwalking Nora slips into a provocative...

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  • 1955
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    Pearl of the South Pacific

    Pearl of the South Pacific

    6.4 1955 HD

    Two beachcombers with a yacht join woman-with-a-past Rita on a quest for black pearls on a secret island. Arrived, they find another white man has...

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  • 1949
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    Come to the Stable

    Come to the Stable

    6.3 1949 HD

    Two nuns arrive unannounced in the small New England town of Bethlehem, where they recruit various townspeople to help them build a children's...

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  • 1952
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    Boots Malone

    Boots Malone

    7.5 1952 HD

    An agent for horse jockeys faces his greatest challenge.

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  • 1951
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    Raton Pass

    Raton Pass

    4.8 1951 HD

    Raton Pass is a curious western based on the rules of Community Property. Dennis Morgan and Patricia Neal portray a recently married husband and...

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  • 1954
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    The Shanghai Story

    The Shanghai Story

    4.8 1954 HD

    Shanghai, China. The last expatriate Westerners still living in the city are imprisoned in a hotel by the communist authorities in order to find the...

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  • 1956
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    Jubal

    Jubal

    6.7 1956 HD

    Jubal Troop is a cowboy who is found in a weakened condition, without a horse. He is given shelter at Shep Horgan's large ranch, where he quickly...

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  • 1940
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    The Archives

    The Archives

    6 1940 HD

    A Washington Parade reel....

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  • 1949
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    Pinky

    Pinky

    7.1 1949 HD

    Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school. Pinky tells her...

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  • 1943
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    Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

    Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

    8 1943 HD

    A man of mystery known only as Doctor Terror recounts seven stories from his casebook of personal encounters with evil and the supernatural.

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  • 1949
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    The Doctor and the Girl

    The Doctor and the Girl

    6 1949 HD

    Dr. Michael Corday, a recent graduate of the Harvard Medical School, is the son of Dr. John Corday, an eminent New York City surgeon who has a...

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  • 1951
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    People Will Talk

    People Will Talk

    7.1 1951 HD

    Successful and well-liked, Dr. Noah Praetorius becomes the victim of a witchhunt at the hands of Professor Elwell, who disdains Praetorius's...

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  • 1954
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    Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter

    Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter

    6.5 1954 HD

    Davy Crockett seeks a truce with his Indian foes.

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  • 1951
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    My Forbidden Past

    My Forbidden Past

    5.7 1951 HD

    An 1890s New Orleans heiress tries to buy a married doctor's love with her tainted family fortune.

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  • 1934
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    Dealers in Death

    Dealers in Death

    1 1934 HD

    This documentary film is a pacifistic polemic that presents the argument that the world's largest munitions works, principally those in Europe, work...

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  • 1957
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    Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

    7.6 1957 HD

    The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.

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  • 1953
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    General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

    6 1953 HD

    General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was...

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  • 1959
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    Black Saddle

    Black Saddle

    6 1959 HD

    Black Saddle is an American Western television series starring Peter Breck that aired 44 episodes on ABC from January 10, 1959 to May 6, 1960. The...

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