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Ruby-Spears
Ruby-Spears, or Ruby-Spears Productions/Enterprises, was an American TV animation studio founded in 1977 by Scooby-Doo creators Joe Ruby and Ken Spears; sold to Taft in 1981, library to Turner in 1991, closed 1996.
Ruco Chan (陈展鹏)
Ruco Chan (陳展鵬, Chan Chin-pang, born 1977) is a Hong Kong TVB actor and singer, nicknamed 煎Pan, a former ATV artiste and table tennis player who won the 2016 TVB Best Actor award for A Fist Within Four Walls.
Rudaali (रुदाली)
Rudaali (रुदाली), also Rudali, is Kalpana Lajmi's 1993 Hindi drama adapted from Mahasweta Devi's short story, starring Dimple Kapadia as Shanichari, a Rajasthani professional mourner who cannot cry; it won Kapadia the National Film Award for Best Actress.
Rudderless
Rudderless is a 2014 American musical drama, William H. Macy's directorial debut, starring Billy Crudup as a grieving father who forms a band from his dead son's demo tapes; Sundance closing night film.
Rudhiram (രുധിരം)
Rudhiram (രുധിരം) is a 2024 Malayalam psychological survival-revenge thriller, Jisho Lon Antony's directorial debut, starring Raj B Shetty as Dr Mathew Rosy and Aparna Balamurali as Swathy; released 13 December 2024, 124 minutes, U/A, Rising Sun Studios, mixed reviews.
Rudhramadevi (film)
Rudhramadevi (రుద్రమదేవి) is a 2015 Telugu-language 3D biographical action film by Gunasekhar starring Anushka Shetty as the Kakatiya queen Rudrama Devi, with Allu Arjun and Rana Daggubati; India's first historical stereoscopic 3D film, released 9 October 2015.
Rudolf Benesh
Rudolf Benesh (1916–1975) was a British accountant and amateur painter who, with his wife Joan, devised Benesh Movement Notation, now used by over 50 dance organizations.
Rudolf Laban
Rudolf Laban (1879–1958) was a dancer, choreographer, and movement theorist born in Bratislava who created Labanotation, a dance notation system still taught and certified today.
Rudolf Nureyev
Rudolf Nureyev (Рудольф Нуреев, 1938-1993) was a Soviet Kirov Ballet dancer who defected in Paris in 1961, partnered Margot Fonteyn at The Royal Ballet, led the Paris Opera Ballet 1983-1989, and restaged Petipa classics still danced there.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) is a Rankin/Bass stop-motion Christmas TV special, first aired on NBC December 6, 1964, narrated by Burl Ives, and the longest continuously running U.S. Christmas special.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys is a 2001 direct-to-video CGI sequel to the 1964 Rankin/Bass special, made by GoodTimes Entertainment, directed by William R. Kowalchuk, with the Toy Taker villain voiced by Rick Moranis.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie is a 1998 American animated Christmas musical, GoodTimes Entertainment's first theatrical feature, directed by William R. Kowalchuk Jr. with Kathleen Barr, John Goodman, and Whoopi Goldberg; it earned only about $113,484 of its $10 million budget.
Rudolph Valentino
Rudolph Valentino (Rodolfo Guglielmi), Italian-born 1895-1926 silent film star, Hollywood's leading male sex symbol, the "Latin Lover" of The Sheik and The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse; died aged 31 in August 1926.
Rudolph Walker
Rudolph Walker CBE (born 28 September 1939, San Juan, Trinidad) is a Trinidadian-born British actor who played Bill Reynolds in Love Thy Neighbour (1972–76) and has played Patrick Trueman in EastEnders since 2001; OBE 2006, CBE 2020.
Rudra: The Edge of Darkness
Rudra: The Edge of Darkness is a 2022 Hindi-language Disney+ Hotstar crime thriller, an official remake of BBC's Luther, starring Ajay Devgn as DCP Rudraveer Singh of Mumbai Police's Special Crimes Unit, directed by Rajesh Mapuskar, six episodes, released 4 March 2022.
Rudraveena (రుద్రవీణ) (1988 film)
Rudraveena (రుద్రవీణ), 1988 Telugu musical drama by K. Balachander starring Chiranjeevi, Gemini Ganesan, and Shobana; a caste-and-art conflict film that flopped commercially but won three National Film Awards including the Nargis Dutt Award.
Rudy (film)
Rudy is a 1993 American biographical sports drama directed by David Anspaugh and written by Angelo Pizzo, starring Sean Astin as Notre Dame walk-on Daniel Ruettiger. Notable for being filmed on Notre Dame's campus and for its fictionalized portrayal of coach Dan Devine.
Rudy Mancuso
Rudy Mancuso (Rodolfo Mancuso, born 1992) is an American filmmaker, musician, and YouTube creator with 10.54 million Vine followers, known for musical comedy videos and for the 2024 Prime Video film Musica.
Rudy Pankow
Rudy Pankow, born 1997 in Ketchikan, Alaska, is an American actor known as JJ Maybank in Netflix's Outer Banks (2020-2024), Young Sam in Uncharted (2022), Erwin in Accidental Texan, and Scotty in Reminders of Him (2026).
Rudy Ray Moore
Rudy Ray Moore (Rudolph Frank Moore, 1927-2008), American comedian, singer, and filmmaker called the "king of the party records" and Godfather of Rap, creator of the Dolemite character in profane 1970s comedy albums and self-financed blaxploitation films.
Rudy Reyes (actor)
Rudy Reyes (Rodolfo Reyes, born 1971), former Force Recon Marine and scout sniper who played himself in HBO's Generation Kill (2008); later Force Blue co-founder, SAS: Who Dares Wins and Special Forces instructor, author of Hero Living.
Rudy Youngblood
Rudy Youngblood, also known as Rudy Gonzalez, is an American actor born 1982, of reported Comanche and Cree descent, best known as Jaguar Paw in Mel Gibson's Apocalypto (2006); later credits include Beatdown, Wind Walkers, and Hell on the Border.
Rue Bennett
Rue Bennett (Ruby Bennett), protagonist and narrator of HBO's Euphoria played by Zendaya, a biracial teen navigating drug addiction, grief, and bipolar disorder; created by Sam Levinson from his own addiction experience; dies of an overdose in the season 3 finale.
Rue McClanahan
Rue McClanahan (Eddi-Rue McClanahan, 1934–2010), American actress and comedian; Blanche Devereaux on The Golden Girls, Vivian on Maude, Aunt Fran on Mama's Family; 1987 Emmy winner.
Ruffa Gutierrez
Ruffa Gutierrez (Sharmaine Ruffa Rama Gutierrez), Filipina actress, host, and Binibining Pilipinas World 1993 titleholder, second runner-up at Miss World 1993; played Imelda Marcos in Maid in Malacañang and Martyr or Murderer.
Rufus Hound
Rufus Hound, born Robert James Blair Simpson in 1979, is an English comedian, actor, and presenter known for Celebrity Juice, Mock the Week, the CBBC sitcom Hounded, and West End roles in One Man, Two Guvnors, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and The Wind in the Willows.
Rufus Jones (actor)
Rufus Jones (born 1975, London) is an English actor and writer, David Wilkes in W1A, Dr. Foggerty in Hunderby, and creator-star of Channel 4's Home; not the musician or Rufus Sewell.
Rufus Sewell
Rufus Frederik Sewell, British actor born 1967 in Twickenham, trained at Central School of Speech and Drama; known for Middlemarch, Arcadia, Rock 'n' Roll (Olivier), The Man in the High Castle, Victoria, Scoop's Prince Andrew, and Hal Wyler in The Diplomat.
Ruggero Deodato
Ruggero Deodato (1939-2022), Italian director nicknamed Monsieur Cannibal, made Cannibal Holocaust (1980), the controversial Amazon-set precursor of found-footage horror that led to his arrest on snuff-film suspicions.
Rugrats
Rugrats is a Nickelodeon animated series created by Klasky, Csupo, and Germain, premiering August 11, 1991, following babies led by Tommy Pickles; nine seasons, three films, and a 2021 CGI Paramount+ revival.