{{Short description|American film producer and screenwriter (1930–2024)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox person | name = Albert S. Ruddy | image = Albert_S._Ruddy_in_The_77th_Annual_Academy_Awards_2005.jpg | caption = Ruddy at the 77th Academy Awards, 2005 | birth_name = Albert Stotland Ruddy | birth_date = {{birth date|1930|3|28}} | birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|05|25|1930|3|28}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | occupation = Film producer, screenwriter | years_active = 1965–2021 | alma_mater = City College of New York<br />University of Southern California | spouse = Françoise Ruddy (divorced)<br />{{marriage|Wanda McDaniel|1981}} | children = 2 }}
'''Albert Stotland Ruddy''' (March 28, 1930 – May 25, 2024) was a Canadian-born American producer and screenwriter of film and television.<ref name="McConnellArchives2010">{{cite book |title=100 Voices:An Oral History of Ayn Rand |last=McConnell |first=Scott |location=New York |publisher=New American Library |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-451-23130-7 |oclc=555642813 |page=[https://archive.org/details/100voicesoralhis0000mcco/page/427 427] |url=https://archive.org/details/100voicesoralhis0000mcco/page/427}}</ref> He was known for producing the films ''The Godfather'' (1972) and ''Million Dollar Baby'' (2004), both of which won him the Academy Award for Best Picture. He also co-created the CBS sitcom ''Hogan's Heroes'' (1965–71), and the action series ''Walker, Texas Ranger'' (1993–2001).<ref name="Grdn2024">{{cite news |last1=Gilbey |first1=Ryan |title=Albert Ruddy obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/jun/07/albert-s-ruddy-obituary |access-date=10 June 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=7 June 2024}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Albert S. Ruddy was born to Ruth (née Rudnikoff) Hertz, a clothing designer, and Hy Stotland, who made uniforms,<ref>{{cite journal |title=Albert S. Ruddy. |editor=Riggs, Thomas |isbn=978-1-4144-5710-9 |oclc=733291253 |journal=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television |date=2009 |volume=90 |publisher=Gale In Context: Biography |id={{Gale|K1609025124}}}}</ref><ref name="encyclopedia.com-ruddy-albert-s-1934">{{cite web |title=Ruddy, Albert S. 1934- (Al Ruddy) |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/ruddy-albert-s-1934-al-ruddy |website=Encyclopedia.com |access-date=July 15, 2022}}</ref> Jewish parents<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uT69BAAAQBAJ&q=albert%20%20Ruddy%20jew&pg=PA94|first=Robert W.|last=Rieber|title=Film, Television and the Psychology of the Social Dream|page=94|publisher=Springer|date=November 18, 2013|isbn=978-1-4614-7174-5}}</ref> in Montreal, and raised in New York City and in Miami Beach, Florida, by his mother after his parents divorced when he was 6.<ref> *{{cite news |title=Paid Notice: Deaths Hertz, Ruth Ruddy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/12/classified/paid-notice-deaths-hertz-ruth-ruddy.html |access-date=July 15, 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=February 12, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527232523/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/12/classified/paid-notice-deaths-hertz-ruth-ruddy.html |eissn=1553-8095 |issn=0362-4331 |oclc=1645522 |archive-date=May 27, 2015}} *{{cite news |title=Ruth Ruddy Hertz |url=https://variety.com/2003/scene/people-news/ruth-ruddy-hertz-1117881629/ |access-date=July 15, 2022 |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221200540/https://variety.com/2003/scene/people-news/ruth-ruddy-hertz-1117881629/ |work=Variety |place=Miami Beach |date=March 4, 2003}}</ref><ref name="Grdn2024"/> Ruddy attended Brooklyn Technical High School before earning a scholarship to allow him to study chemical engineering at City College of New York. In 1956, he graduated from the University of Southern California (USC) with a degree in architectural design.<ref>{{cite Q|Q112190722|last1=Seal |first1=Mark |isbn=978-1-9821-5859-0}}</ref><ref name="encyclopedia.com-ruddy-albert-s-1934"/>
==Career== While at USC, Ruddy accompanied his girlfriend, who was employed on one of Roger Corman's first movies, to Palm Springs and ended up becoming the art director for ''The Beast with a Million Eyes'' (1955).<ref name=ruddygoeshollywood /> For $50, he also designed a monster for the film.<ref name=ruddygoeshollywood />
Ruddy worked designing homes for a construction company, in Hackensack, New Jersey.<ref name="thestacksreader"/> This eventually led to him meeting Warner Brothers studio chief Jack L. Warner, who was impressed by Ruddy's knowledge and enthusiasm, and offered him a job in Los Angeles.<ref name=ruddygoeshollywood>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/al-ruddy-dead-godfather-million-dollar-baby-producer-1235909956/|title=Al Ruddy, Oscar-Winning Producer of 'The Godfather' and 'Million Dollar Baby,' Dies at 94|first=Mike|last=Barnes|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=May 28, 2024|access-date=May 28, 2024}}</ref><ref name="thestacksreader">{{cite news |last1=Pileggi |first1=Nicholas |author2-link=Nicholas Pileggi |title=The Making of "The Godfather"—Sort of a Home Movie |url=http://www.thestacksreader.com/the-making-of-the-godfather-sort-of-a-home-movie/ |access-date=June 8, 2022 |work=The New York Times Magazine |date=August 15, 1971 |issn=0028-7822 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211081245/http://www.thestacksreader.com/the-making-of-the-godfather-sort-of-a-home-movie/ |archive-date=December 11, 2020 |location=The Stacks Reader |format=Archive}}</ref>
After a short stint at Warner Brothers, Ruddy moved on to become a programmer trainee at the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California. Returning to entertainment, Ruddy became a television writer at Universal Studios, but left when Marlon Brando Sr., father of the actor Marlon Brando, hired him to produce ''Wild Seed'' (1965), which was produced by Brando Jr.'s Pennebaker Productions.<ref name=ruddygoeshollywood /><ref name="thestacksreader" />
With this film completed, Ruddy co-created with Bernard Fein ''Hogan's Heroes'' (CBS, 1965–1971), which was a critical and commercial success and ran for six seasons, despite network doubts about the suitability of WWII Nazis as comedic characters.<ref name=fleming>{{cite news|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141230212633/https://deadline.com/2013/03/hogans-heroes-rights-won-back-by-creators-al-ruddy-and-bernard-fein-theyre-plotting-new-movie-454636/ |archive-date=December 30, 2014 |url=https://deadline.com/2013/03/hogans-heroes-rights-won-back-by-creators-al-ruddy-and-bernard-fein-theyre-plotting-new-movie-454636/ |title='Hogan's Heroes' Rights Won Back By Creators Al Ruddy And Bernard Fein; They're Plotting New Movie |journal=Deadline Hollywood |date=March 15, 2013 |url-status=live|access-date=June 21, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Grdn2024"/> As the sitcom wound down its run, Ruddy returned to films, producing two comedies: ''Little Fauss and Big Halsy'' (1970), about two motorcycle racers, and ''Making It'' (1971), about a sexually triumphant high school student who beds the gerontophobic wife of his gym teacher.<ref name=THR>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/al-ruddy-dead-godfather-million-dollar-baby-producer-1235909956/|title=Al Ruddy, Oscar-Winning Producer of 'The Godfather' and 'Million Dollar Baby,' Dies at 94|first=Mike|last=Barnes|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=May 28, 2024|access-date=May 29, 2024}}</ref>
In 1972, he produced ''The Godfather'', an adaptation of Mario Puzo's novel. During the development of ''The Godfather'', Ruddy held secret meetings with Joseph Colombo, Colombo's son, and 1,500 delegates of the Italian-American Civil Rights League, which led to him gaining trust that the film would not stereotype or defame Italians.<ref name="thestacksreader" /><ref name="Grdn2024"/> His numerous meetings with Anthony Colombo proved very productive in gaining trust from the League and the Colombo Family.<ref name="thestacksreader" /> The film was a massive commercial and critical success and is regarded as one of the best films ever made, as well as a landmark of the gangster genre.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/what-is-the-godfather-effect-83473971/ |title=What is The Godfather Effect? |last=Gambino |first=Megan |date=January 31, 2012 |work=Smithsonian |access-date=September 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910061138/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/what-is-the-godfather-effect-83473971/ |archive-date=September 10, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> The film was nominated for eleven Academy Awards and won three – including Ruddy's first of two Oscars for Best Picture.
In 1974, Ruddy produced an adaptation of his own story treatment as ''The Longest Yard''.<ref name=THR/><ref name="Grdn2024"/> The film, which has been described as "the first successful modern sports movie", was very successful financially and was subsequently remade twice with Ruddy as executive producer (as ''Mean Machine'' (2001) and as ''The Longest Yard'' (2005).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/movies/longestyard |title=Sports Guy's Top Sports Movies: No. 3 |first=Bill |last=Simmons |work=ESPN|access-date=June 16, 2022}}</ref>
The following year, Ruddy produced director and animator Ralph Bakshi's satirical film ''Coonskin'' (1975).<ref name=THR /> The film was extremely controversial and initially received negative reviews, but it would eventually earn critical acclaim. It is one of director Quentin Tarantino's favorite movies.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Spitz |first1=Mark |title=They don't make them like Ralph Bakshi anymore: "Now, animators don't have ideas. They just like to move things around" |url=https://www.salon.com/2015/11/05/they_dont_make_them_like_ralph_bakshi_anymore_now_animators_dont_have_ideas_they_just_like_to_move_things_around/ |website=Salon |date=November 6, 2015 |publisher=Salon.com, LLC. |access-date=September 18, 2022}}</ref>
In 1976, he produced a western made-for-TV movie called ''The Macahans'', which was subsequently developed into the series ''How the West Was Won'' (1977–1979).<ref name=THR />
For some time, Ruddy worked with writer-philosopher Ayn Rand to produce her 1957 epic novel ''Atlas Shrugged'' as a movie, the rights to which he purchased in the mid-1970s, but the movie never moved beyond the planning stage. Rand demanded unprecedented final script approval, which Ruddy agreed to. Her friends pointed out to Rand that Ruddy could shoot the approved script but still leave all her speeches on the cutting room floor. Rand asked for final editing approval, which neither Ruddy nor the director had the power to give her, so she responded by withdrawing her support from the film and vowing to ensure that Ruddy was never involved in any adaptation of her novel.<ref name="McConnellArchives2010" />
Ruddy then started to work with Hong Kong's Golden Harvest, producing ''The Cannonball Run'' (1981), his second picture with Burt Reynolds, a hugely successful film at the box office that received mixed reviews by critics.<ref name="Grdn2024"/> Ruddy next produced two action films, ''Death Hunt'' (1981) starring Lee Marvin and Charles Bronson, and ''Megaforce'' (1982). Ruddy returned to produce ''Cannonball Run II'' (1984), which was another commercial success for the Rat-Pack-prominent cast, and featured a guest appearance by Frank Sinatra.<ref name=THR /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kilday |first1=Gregg |title=Film vets Ruddy, Grodnik, Hamilton hang Crazy Max shingle |work=Hollywood Reporter |issn=0018-3660 |date=May 15, 2008 |volume=404 |issue=43 |page=11 |ref=Gale Document Number: GALE A179735148 |quote=The Oscar-winning Ruddy (''Million Dollar Baby'') is no stranger to action films, also having produced ''The Cannonball Run'' and its sequel.}}</ref> The film also features a rare on-screen cameo by Ruddy in a scene spoofing his film ''The Godfather'', and including ''Godfather'' supporting actors Alex Rocco and Abe Vigoda.
In 1985, after leaving Golden Harvest, Ruddy and Andre Morgan set up the Ruddy Morgan Organization which produced films budgeted for the $8.5-16 million range, and arranged the financing and developing of "high-visibility" pictures the company placed up.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Frook|first=John Evan|date=November 19, 1993|title=Ruddy/Morgan team to lens 'Americal' pic|url=https://variety.com/1993/film/news/ruddy-morgan-team-to-lens-americal-pic-115962/|access-date=September 21, 2021|website=Variety}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=February 25, 1987|title=Ruddy-Morgan Has Three Pix For '87 From Diverse Coin|page=293|magazine=Variety}}</ref> Among their productions was the 1990 release ''Impulse'', directed by Sondra Locke.
In the early 1990s, with Leslie Greif, Paul Haggis and Christopher Canaan, he co-created the successful series ''Walker, Texas Ranger''.<ref name=THR /><ref name="Grdn2024"/> Also in 1992, he licensed the rights from Kevin McClory to make a ''James Bond'' television show, but Eon Productions blocked it, and winning the suit, ended any hopes of a television show.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Films: The Nineties|url=http://www.liner-notes.com/articles/bond/nineties.html|access-date=September 8, 2021|website=www.liner-notes.com}}</ref>
In 2004, Ruddy produced ''Million Dollar Baby'',<ref name="stage32-oscars">{{cite web |last1=Mirch |first1=Jason |title=Monday Motivation: Two Oscars Stories You Never Heard |url=https://www.stage32.com/blog/monday-motivation-two-oscars-stories-you-never-heard-1790 |website=Stage 32 |access-date=July 15, 2022 |language=en}}</ref> which earned him his second Oscar for Best Picture. He shared the award with fellow producers Paul Haggis, Tom Rosenberg, and Clint Eastwood. Eastwood had presented Ruddy with the Best Picture Oscar for ''The Godfather'' over 30 years earlier.<ref name="Grdn2024"/>
In 2006, he hired Alana Ribble, an emerging talent at the time, and later described their professional relationship as "kismet." Their collaboration continued until his death in 2024.<ref name="TheNYCjournal">{{cite news |last=McCurry |first=Alex |title=Powered by Purpose: Alana Ribble's Unscripted Hollywood Journey |url=https://thenycjournal.com/powered-by-purpose-alana-ribbles-unscripted-hollywood-journey |date=2025}}</ref>
In late 2015, it was announced that he had acquired the rights to Rand's ''Atlas Shrugged'' and would be making a movie for worldwide release.<ref name="NYT-20151101">{{cite news |last=Cieply |first=Michael |title=Producer of 'The Godfather' Lands Rights to 'Atlas Shrugged' Novel |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/02/business/media/producer-of-the-godfather-lands-rights-to-atlas-shrugged-novel.html |date=November 1, 2015 |work=The New York Times |eissn=1553-8095 |issn=0362-4331 |oclc=1645522 |access-date=January 16, 2016}}</ref>
In 2021, his daughter Alexandra Ruddy became co-principal at Albert S. Ruddy Productions.<ref>{{cite web |title=''California Business Search'' |url=https://bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov/api/report/GetImageByNum/122161110253144094124115175212001021111134183185 |website=California Secretary of State |access-date=June 8, 2022 |format=Corporation - Statement of Information |date=February 3, 2022 |quote=The California Business Search provides access to available information for corporations, limited liability companies and limited partnerships of record with the California Secretary of State, with free PDF copies of over 17 million imaged business entity documents, including the most recent imaged Statements of Information filed for Corporations and Limited Liability Companies.}}</ref>
==Personal life== Ruddy was married to and divorced from Francoise Ruddy,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/rajneesh/index.ssf/2011/04/part_one_it_was_worse_than_we.html |title=25 years after Rajneeshee commune collapsed, truth spills out - Part 1 of 5 |first=Les |last=Zaitz |date=April 14, 2011 |work=The Oregonian |access-date=August 6, 2022}}</ref> who was also Jewish.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://jewishjournal.com/judaism/obituaries/134500/ |title=Obituaries |date=October 29, 2014 |work=Jewish Journal |access-date=August 6, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oshoworld.com/Journey_to_the_Further_Shore/Ma_Prem_Hasya.asp |title=Osho World: Ma Prem Hasya |date=August 19, 2014 |access-date=December 19, 2015 |archive-date=December 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222102305/http://www.oshoworld.com/Journey_to_the_Further_Shore/Ma_Prem_Hasya.asp}}</ref> This was prior to her name change to Ma Prem Hasya as part of the Rajneeshpuram Commune in Central Oregon. Francoise saw him through the production of ''The Godfather'', even lending her name to the production company title. His second marriage, to the actor Kaye Farrington, also ended in divorce.<ref name="Grdn2024"/>
Ruddy later married Wanda McDaniel, the mother of his two children Alexandra and John, and an executive vice president for the Italian designer Giorgio Armani, where she is credited with helping to make Armani successful.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/29/style/fashion-hitches-a-ride-with-hollywood-s-shining-stars.html |title=Fashion Hitches a Ride With Hollywood's Shining Stars |last=Spindler |first=Amy M. |date=August 29, 1995 |work=The New York Times |eissn=1553-8095 |issn=0362-4331 |oclc=1645522 |access-date=August 6, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Grdn2024"/>
Ruddy was the subject of a 2013 documentary, ''Tough Ain't Enough: Conversations with Albert S. Ruddy''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Runnells |first1=Charles |title=Fort Myers Beach Film Fest celebrates 10 years |url=https://www.news-press.com/story/entertainment/2016/04/16/fort-myers-beach-film-fest-festival-anniversary/82608482/ |access-date=30 May 2024 |work=The News-Press}}</ref>
=== Death === Ruddy died at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles on May 25, 2024, at the age of 94, after a brief illness.<ref name=deadline>{{cite web|title=Al Ruddy Dies: Oscar-Winning 'The Godfather' & 'Million Dollar Baby' Producer Was 94|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Erik|last=Pedersen|date=May 28, 2024|access-date=May 28, 2024|url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/al-ruddy-dead-godfather-million-dollar-baby-1235942541/}}</ref>
== In popular culture == In the 2022 biographical drama miniseries ''The Offer,'' which dramatizes the making of ''The Godfather'' and was executive produced by Ruddy, he is played by Miles Teller.<ref name="THR" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Horton |first=Adrian |date=April 27, 2022 |title=The Offer review -- the making of The Godfather makes for hit-and-miss TV |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/apr/26/the-offer-review-the-making-of-the-godfather-makes-for-hit-and-miss-tv |work=The Guardian}}</ref>
==Filmography==
===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! rowspan="2" |Year ! rowspan="2" |Title ! colspan="4" |Functioned as ! rowspan="2" |Director ! rowspan="2" |Notes ! rowspan="2" |{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- ! Writer ! Producer !Exec.<br />Producer !Other |- |1955 |''The Beast with a Million Eyes'' |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} |David Kramarsky |Art Director | |- | 1965 || ''Wild Seed''||{{no}} || {{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |Brian G. Hutton |Also wrote song "That's Why"|| <ref name="THR" /> |- | 1970 || ''Little Fauss and Big Halsy''|| {{no}} || {{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |Sidney J. Furie | || <ref name="THR" /> |- | 1971 || ''Making It''|| {{no}} || {{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |John Erman | || <ref name="THR" /> |- | 1972 || ''The Godfather''|| {{no}} || {{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |Francis Ford Coppola | || <ref name="THR" /> |- | 1974 || ''The Longest Yard''|| {{partial|Story}} || {{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |Robert Aldrich | || <ref name="THR" /> |- | 1975 || ''Coonskin''|| {{no}} || {{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |Ralph Bakshi | || <ref name="THR" /> |- | 1978 || ''Matilda''|| {{yes}} || {{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |Daniel Mann | || <ref name="THR" /> |- | 1981||''The Cannonball Run''|| {{no}} || {{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |Hal Needham | ||<ref>{{cite news |last=Canby |first=Vincent |date=June 20, 1981 |title=Movie Review: ''The Cannonball Run'' |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9903EED61138F933A15755C0A967948260 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524082607/https://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/20/movies/cannonball-run-with-burt-reynolds.html |archive-date=May 24, 2015 |access-date=January 30, 2012 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |oclc=1645522 |eissn=1553-8095}}</ref> |- |1981 |''Death Hunt'' |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} |{{no}} |Peter R. Hunt | |<ref name="THR" /> |- | 1982 || ''Megaforce''|| {{yes}} || {{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |Hal Needham | || <ref name="THR" /> |- | rowspan="2" | 1984 || ''Lassiter''|| {{no}} || {{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |Roger Young | || <ref name="THR" /> |- | ''Cannonball Run II''|| {{yes}} || {{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |Hal Needham | || <ref name="THR" /> |- |1989 || ''Farewell to the King''|| {{no}} || {{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |John Milius | || <ref name="deadline" /> |- |1989 |''Speed Zone'' |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} |{{no}} |Jim Drake | |<ref name="deadline" /> |- | 1990 || ''Impulse''|| {{no}} || {{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |Sondra Locke | ||<ref name="deadline" /> |- | 1992 || ''Ladybugs''|| {{no}} || {{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |Sidney J. Furie | || <ref name="THR" /> |- | rowspan="2" | 1994 || ''Bad Girls''|| {{partial|Story}} || {{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |Jonathan Kaplan | || <ref name="THR" /> |- | ''The Scout''|| {{no}} || {{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |Michael Ritchie | || <ref name="THR" /> |- | 1996 || ''Heaven's Prisoners''|| {{no}} || {{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |Phil Joanou | || <ref name="THR" /> |- |2001 |''Mean Machine'' |{{partial|Story}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} |{{no}} |Barry Skolnick |Remake of ''The Longest Yard'' |<ref name="THR" /> |- | 2004 || ''Million Dollar Baby''|| {{no}} || {{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |Clint Eastwood | || <ref name="THR" /> |- |2005 |''The Longest Yard'' |{{partial|Story}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} |{{no}} |Peter Segal |Remake of ''The Longest Yard'' |<ref name="deadline" /> |- | 2006 || ''Cloud 9''|| {{yes}} || {{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |Harry Basil | || <ref name="THR" /> |- | 2008 || ''Camille'' || {{no}} || {{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |Gregory Mackenzie | || <ref name="THR" /> |- |2011 |''Blur'' |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} |John W. Kim |Special thanks | |- |2014 |''Sabotage'' |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} |{{no}} |David Ayer | |<ref name="THR" /> |- | 2019 || ''A Gunman's Curse''|| {{no}} || {{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |Ezequiel Martinez Jr. | || |- | 2021 || ''Cry Macho'' || {{no}} || {{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |Clint Eastwood | || <ref name="THR" /> |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! rowspan="2" |Year ! rowspan="2" |Title ! colspan="4" |Functioned as ! rowspan="2" |Notes ! rowspan="2" |{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- ! Creator ! Writer ! Producer !Exec.<br />Producer |- | 1963 | ''The Lloyd Bridges Show'' |{{no}}| |{{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |Wrote episode: "The Skippy Mannox Story" | |- | 1965−71 | ''Hogan's Heroes'' | {{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |Wrote episode "The Informer" | |- | 1971 | ''Thunderguys'' | {{no}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} |{{no}} | Television film | |- | rowspan="2" |1976 | ''How the West Was Won'' | {{yes|Developer}} | {{no}} |{{yes}} |{{no}} |29 episodes; produced the pilot |<ref name="THR" /> |- | ''Revenge for a Rape'' | {{no}} |{{partial|Story}} |{{no}} |{{no}} | rowspan="2" |Television film | |- | 1981 | ''Stockers'' | {{no}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} |{{no}} | |- | 1993−2001 | ''Walker, Texas Ranger'' | {{yes}} |{{no}} |{{partial|Executive}} |{{yes}} |executive produced 3 episodes|| <ref name="THR" /> |- |1998 |''Martial Law'' |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} |2 episodes |<ref name="THR" /> |- |2002 |''Flatland'' |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} |1 episode | |- |2021−24 |''Walker'' |{{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |Reboot of ''Walker, Texas Ranger'' | |- | {{center|{{TBA}}}} | ''The Bellinis'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{partial|Executive}} |{{yes}} | Television pilot | |}
'''TV films and miniseries''' {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title !Creator !Writer !Executive<br />Producer !Other !Director ! Notes ! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- |1976 |''Revenge for a Rape'' |{{no}} |{{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |Timothy Galfas | | |- | 1991 | ''Miracle in the Wilderness'' |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} | {{no}} |Kevin James Dobson | | |- | 1997 | ''Married to a Stranger'' |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} |{{no}} |Sidney J. Furie | | |- | 2000 | ''Running Mates'' |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |Ron Lagomarsino |Also actor; as "Fatcat" | |- | 2002 | ''Georgetown'' |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} |{{no}} |Scott Winant | |<ref name="deadline" /> |- |2005 |''Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire'' |{{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |Aaron Norris | | |- |2012 |''Hatfields & McCoys'' |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} |Kevin Reynolds |Special thanks | |- | 2022 | ''The Offer'' |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} | {{no}} |Dexter Fletcher<br />Adam Arkin<br />Gwyneth Horder-Payton | | |- |}
==Awards and honors== {| class="wikitable" |- align="center" ! Award ! Year ! Category ! Work ! Result |- | rowspan="2" |Academy Award |1973|| rowspan="2" | Best Picture |''The Godfather''||{{won}} |- |2005 | rowspan="3" |''Million Dollar Baby''||{{won}} |- | Billie Award |2005||Best Film||{{nom}} |- | Broadcast Film Critics Association Award |2005|| Best Picture||{{nom}} |- |Bronze Wrangler | 1976||Fictional Television Drama|| ''How The West Was Won''||{{won}} |- |César Award |2005||Best Foreign Film |''Million Dollar Baby''||{{won}} |- | rowspan="2" | David di Donatello |1973|| rowspan="2" | Best Foreign Film |''The Godfather''||{{won}} |- |2005 | rowspan="2" |''Million Dollar Baby''||{{won}} |- |ESPY Award |2005||Best Sports Movie||{{nom}} |- | rowspan="3" |Golden Globe Award | 1973|| Best Motion Picture – Drama||''The Godfather''||{{won}} |- |1975|| Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy||''The Longest Yard''||{{won}} |- |2005|| Best Motion Picture – Drama |''Million Dollar Baby''||{{nom}} |- | rowspan="3" |Golden Raspberry Award | 1983||Worst Picture||''Megaforce''||{{nom}} |- |1985 |Worst Picture|| rowspan="2" | ''Cannonball Run II''||{{nom}} |- |1985 | Worst Screenplay||{{nom}} |- | Phoenix Film Critics Society Award |2004||Best Film|| rowspan="3" | ''Million Dollar Baby''||{{nom}} |- |Producers Guild of America Award |2005||Best Theatrical Motion Picture||{{nom}} |- | National Board of Review Award |2005||Best Film||{{nom}} |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name |id=0748665 |name=Albert S. Ruddy}} * [http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2009/03/godfather200903 "The Godfather Wars" Vanity Fair] * [http://www.masshysteriafilms.com/management.html#albert Profile from Mass Hysteria Entertainment] * [https://www.facebook.com/Ruddy-Morgan-Organization-557029621027349/ Ruddy Morgan Organization]
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