Bobby Rydell

Actor Apr 26 (died age 79) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 1948–2023 (75 year career)

6.1 avg rating

Biography

A 1960s pop "teen idol" whose most notable film role was in Bye Bye Birdie in 1963 opposite Ann-Margret. He died April 5, 2022 of pneumonia.

Known For

Film

The Comedian

Bobby Rydell

Film

Bye Bye Birdie

Hugo Peabody

Film

Combat!

Mickey Shay

Film

Because They're Young

Self - Vocalist (uncredited)

Film

The Facts of Life

7.1 1979

Film

Marco Polo Junior Versus the Red Dragon

Marco Polo Jr. (voice)

Film

Disneyland After Dark

7.0 1962

Film

Clown Alley

Seltzer Water Clown

Filmography

Acting (22)

Movies (10)

The Philly Sound... Heard 'Round the World

2023

as Self

The Comedian

2016

as Bobby Rydell

5.7

Wildwood Days

2004

as Self

Dick Clark's Good Old Days Part II

1978

6.0

That Lady from Peking

1975

as Buddy Foster

1.0

Marco Polo Junior Versus the Red Dragon

1972

as Marco Polo Jr. (voice)

6.3

Clown Alley

1966

as Seltzer Water Clown

10.0

Bye Bye Birdie

1963

as Hugo Peabody

5.9

Disneyland After Dark

1962

7.0

Because They're Young

1960

as Self - Vocalist (uncredited)

5.5

Television (12)

The Facts of Life

Malibu U

as Self

Hullabaloo

as Self

Shindig!

as Self - Singer

Vacation Playhouse

as Bobby Day

Combat!

as Mickey Shay

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

The Dick Clark Show

as Self

American Bandstand

as Self

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Texaco Star Theater