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Basil Ruysdael
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Basil Ruysdael (July 24, 1888 - October 10, 1960) was an American film actor and opera singer.
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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 |
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Most Rating | 4.517 |
Birthday | 1888-07-23 |
Place of Birth | Jersey City, New Jersey, USA |
Also Known As | Basil Milspaugh Ruysdael, Basil Spaulding Millspaugh, |
![The Cocoanuts](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/xfiyCaWDfftKHzft2MKxAFFwHYL.jpg)
1929
![The Cocoanuts](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/xfiyCaWDfftKHzft2MKxAFFwHYL.jpg)
The Cocoanuts
6.5/105
During the Florida land boom, the Marx Brothers run a hotel, auction off some land and thwart a jewel robbery.
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![Blackboard Jungle](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/vPGvWlsMg4niyuGCSzvAiyjYNWC.jpg)
1955
![Blackboard Jungle](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/vPGvWlsMg4niyuGCSzvAiyjYNWC.jpg)
Blackboard Jungle
6.9/144
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. Dadi...
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![Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/7IFRrsQdaaUJaemg2z35fshzswd.jpg)
1955
![Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/7IFRrsQdaaUJaemg2z35fshzswd.jpg)
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
6.4/100
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![Colorado Territory](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/sliBPULxtTEit14lFJYLSeHO679.jpg)
1949
![Colorado Territory](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/sliBPULxtTEit14lFJYLSeHO679.jpg)
Colorado Territory
6.831/62
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![The File on Thelma Jordon](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/sPGWc8F0IolxlpfSuOJ8AcvKQLg.jpg)
1949
![The File on Thelma Jordon](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/sPGWc8F0IolxlpfSuOJ8AcvKQLg.jpg)
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6.5/57
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![The Scarf](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/4Zd6CptQgAKbQlMaGq3qGKPJTZ3.jpg)
1951
![The Scarf](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/4Zd6CptQgAKbQlMaGq3qGKPJTZ3.jpg)
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5.5/12
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![One Way Street](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/kn6l5fBct9hK3WWX5POyPRMrAJt.jpg)
1950
![One Way Street](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/kn6l5fBct9hK3WWX5POyPRMrAJt.jpg)
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4.9/23
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![The Violent Men](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/v56QMbVu29FCPffQGkkw31Gxuzj.jpg)
1955
![The Violent Men](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/v56QMbVu29FCPffQGkkw31Gxuzj.jpg)
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6.3/42
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![Broken Arrow](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/1gafYQCpDxtfIj7HYBNs4Z3m4oW.jpg)
1950
![Broken Arrow](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/1gafYQCpDxtfIj7HYBNs4Z3m4oW.jpg)
Broken Arrow
6.657/188
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![Carrie](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/hif1GraUbvlocgqtrwYMaybsGcJ.jpg)
1952
![Carrie](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/hif1GraUbvlocgqtrwYMaybsGcJ.jpg)
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6.5/35
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![These Wilder Years](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/5s6N2U0itOZwpvWpztjQkWdzyIp.jpg)
1956
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6.3/13
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![Gambling House](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/vc3HDYEZxMUgni3Nfbr7eEwkZjQ.jpg)
1950
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6.1/15
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![The Horse Soldiers](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/kLBwk5ppNsA0DizEocXClTi1Lmx.jpg)
1959
![The Horse Soldiers](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/kLBwk5ppNsA0DizEocXClTi1Lmx.jpg)
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7/225
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![The Last Hurrah](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/yM0BC9XLB67494CNcKQVB43lBuG.jpg)
1958
![The Last Hurrah](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/yM0BC9XLB67494CNcKQVB43lBuG.jpg)
The Last Hurrah
7.1/53
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![High Lonesome](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/f84rykmRoqqxN336rgKGYue0dkR.jpg)
1950
![High Lonesome](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/f84rykmRoqqxN336rgKGYue0dkR.jpg)
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5.1/8
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![Come to the Stable](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/5S8e0COr9OmIeuy9nGL6x0H1oda.jpg)
1949
![Come to the Stable](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/5S8e0COr9OmIeuy9nGL6x0H1oda.jpg)
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6.4/21
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![Pearl of the South Pacific](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/c8YcUg4BGwsQbwC68XyK0i9M7Zj.jpg)
1955
![Pearl of the South Pacific](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/c8YcUg4BGwsQbwC68XyK0i9M7Zj.jpg)
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6.4/10
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![Boots Malone](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/eUBOPUgW0mIxJHzGzotstw5qtTD.jpg)
1952
![Boots Malone](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/eUBOPUgW0mIxJHzGzotstw5qtTD.jpg)
Boots Malone
7.5/3
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![Raton Pass](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/aq7WYgVcMBdhiol0YRnmV5sJ99.jpg)
1951
![Raton Pass](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/aq7WYgVcMBdhiol0YRnmV5sJ99.jpg)
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4.8/10
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![The Shanghai Story](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/KQS7PhniHa3ULmtYMzu40Q80VN.jpg)
1954
![The Shanghai Story](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/KQS7PhniHa3ULmtYMzu40Q80VN.jpg)
The Shanghai Story
4.8/9
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 s...
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![Jubal](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/kmxuxREFLJfmeJhv9CnoOZpKS7D.jpg)
1956
![Jubal](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/kmxuxREFLJfmeJhv9CnoOZpKS7D.jpg)
Jubal
6.7/73
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![The Archives](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
1940
![The Archives](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
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6/1
A Washington Parade reel....
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![Pinky](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/lnEfFcsKpIkwM60lPBKDV4IYSET.jpg)
1949
![Pinky](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/lnEfFcsKpIkwM60lPBKDV4IYSET.jpg)
Pinky
7.2/42
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![The Doctor and the Girl](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/f7wqPkWextUSJA8tx0yH2DtnOKi.jpg)
1949
![The Doctor and the Girl](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/f7wqPkWextUSJA8tx0yH2DtnOKi.jpg)
The Doctor and the Girl
6/6
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![People Will Talk](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/rZoFQn1hV6h5kSLxayf5SGjOMIS.jpg)
1951
![People Will Talk](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/rZoFQn1hV6h5kSLxayf5SGjOMIS.jpg)
People Will Talk
7.1/80
Successful and well-liked, Dr. Noah Praetorius becomes the victim of a witchhunt at the hands of Professor Elwell, who disdains Praetorius's unorthodo...
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![Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/jSpGZaevW7npRt0Ajzif5nOuKD4.jpg)
1954
![Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/jSpGZaevW7npRt0Ajzif5nOuKD4.jpg)
Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter
6.5/3
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![My Forbidden Past](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/jUmuhlOf4KoI87czkVwo0z51vyK.jpg)
1951
![My Forbidden Past](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/jUmuhlOf4KoI87czkVwo0z51vyK.jpg)
My Forbidden Past
5.7/18
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![Dealers in Death](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
1934
![Dealers in Death](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
Dealers in Death
0/0
This documentary film is a pacifistic polemic that presents the argument that the world's largest munitions works, principally those in Europe, work i...
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![The Story of Ruth](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/4MPqitAdH1WC52AOMZStTc6bRMX.jpg)
1960
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The Story of Ruth
7.3/43
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![Diane](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/t61tZcGo4JG7arcCAdKIeL3qFKk.jpg)
1956
![Diane](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/t61tZcGo4JG7arcCAdKIeL3qFKk.jpg)
Diane
5.7/8
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![The Romance of Iron and Steel](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/4Agy3CIjLze8zoQNOpx2OjyF8mF.jpg)
1938
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The Romance of Iron and Steel
0/0
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![Davy Crockett Goes to Congress](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/yHTVKvDwklISSF8icTgdE772Kp1.jpg)
1955
![Davy Crockett Goes to Congress](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/yHTVKvDwklISSF8icTgdE772Kp1.jpg)
Davy Crockett Goes to Congress
10/1
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 c...
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![Half Angel](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/tXK5mfKkf26nQzdM3rNljr0rXpT.jpg)
1951
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Half Angel
5.6/5
Nurse Nora Gilpin plans are to marry building contractor Tim McCarey and settle down. But one night a sleepwalking Nora slips into a provocative dress...
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![Dr. Terror's House of Horrors](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/uqty2t6QGj1i0P8EdMXxJ759CwT.jpg)
1943
![Dr. Terror's House of Horrors](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/uqty2t6QGj1i0P8EdMXxJ759CwT.jpg)
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
8/2
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