Co-creating the Nazi POW camp sitcom may've put Al Ruddy on this forum, but his crowning show biz achievement was as the man who single-handedly got the Mario Puzo novel "The Godfather" made into a movie when most people in the industry thought it was impossible--he won the Oscar for best picture of 1972 and then won a second Oscar in 2004 for Clint Eastwood's "Million Dollar Baby," the longest period between best picture awards for producers--he kept a hand in television, among other things creating "Walker Texas Ranger"--after a brief illness on May 25:
https://www.thewrap.com/al-ruddy-oscar-winning-producer-godfather-dead-dies-obit/ the Paramount+ mini "The Offer" tells the story of the making of "The Godfather" from Mr. Ruddy's side, although in my mind Miles Teller's performance as Mr. Ruddy was outshone by Juno Temple as his sassy and ubercompetent secretary, complete with a perfect Noo Yawk accent (Temple's a Brit, remember). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/053549fe-ec6f-4e9f-a1c6-1fb8ed5c4406n%40googlegroups.com.
