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Godfather producer Al Ruddy dead at 94: Hollywood icon, who co-created Hogan's Heroes and worked on Million Dollar Baby, was featured in The Offer...

as Clint Eastwood, Al Pacino, Miles Teller and Hilary Swank pay tribute By Heidi Parker For Dailymail.com Published: 18:41, 28 May 2024 | Updated: 19:33, 28 May 2024 e-mail 24 shares 12 View comments The Oscar-winning The Godfather producer Al Ruddy has died at the age of 94 after a brief illness, it was shared on Tuesday. His work had recently come to light in the smash hit series The Offer, where Miles Teller played Ruddy as he put together the epic Francis Ford Coppola gangster movie The Godfather from 1972.



Ruddy also worked on the Clint Eastwood -directed movie Million Dollar Baby starring Hilary Swank in 2004. And long before his success in movies, Al co-created the TV classic, Hogan's Heroes, which ran for six seasons. Ruddy passed away on May 25 at the UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center in Los Angeles after a brief illness, a family spokesman said.

Ruddy earned two Best Picture Oscars for producing The Godfather and Million Dollar Baby. Clint Eastwood, Al Pacino , Miles Teller and Hilary Swank have shared tributes. The Oscar-winning The Godfather producer Al Ruddy has died after a brief illness at the age of 94, it was shared on Tuesday.

Seen in 1979 Ruddy (left) and actor Marlon Brando on the set of The Godfather, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, in Little Italy, New York City, 1972 From left, James Caan, Brando, Franci.

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