Albert S. Ruddy, 94, Dies; Producer’s First Oscar Was for ‘The Godfather’
The presence of Mr. Ruddy at the news conference so enraged Charles Bluhdorn, the combustible chairman of Gulf & Western, Paramount’s parent, that he fired him. But when Mr. Bluhdorn told Francis Ford Coppola, the director, and Robert Evans, the studio’s vice president of production, to find another producer, Mr. Coppola intervened. “Al Ruddy’s the … Read more