Name
Michael Ruud
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1944-10-07
Deathday
1999-09-21 (55 years old)
Place of Birth
Afton, Wyoming, United States
Biography
Michael Ruud (October 7, 1944 - September 21, 1999) was an American character actor. He graduated from the University of Utah with a Master of Fine Arts degree. He served as a sergeant in the Army from 1967-1969 during the Vietnam War. After his military service, Ruud found work in theater and film. One of his most memorable roles was as "Big Al Gateway" in Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988), in which his character attempted to fight Michael Myers while protecting the Lloyd sisters. He passed away on September 27, 1999, from a massive stroke in Murray, Utah.
Known For
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Ten years after his original massacre, the invalid Michael Myers awakens on Halloween Eve ...
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After being thrown out of her home, a young woman decides to disguise herself as a man to ...
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Based on an "actual event" that took place in 1943. About a US Navy Destroyer Escort that ...
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When his lover is accused of murder, a Salt Lake City family man is her eyewitness and his...
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A Vietnam veteran has to fight peacefully with words once more when the Air Force wants to...
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Three recent high school grads - star athlete Hancock, his cheerleader girlfriend, Mary, a...
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This film depict events from the Life and ministry of Jesus Christ as recorded in the New ...
- 1993 The Ballad of Little Jo as Russian Father
- 1981 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- 1985 Konrad as Joe
- 1978 Donner Pass: The Road to Survival
- 1978 The Time Machine
- 1981 The Adventures of Nellie Bly as Horrigan
- 1981 Incident at Crestridge as Yank Tabor
- 1994 Rockwell: A Legend of the Wild West as Brigham Young
- 1991 Love Kills as Wallet Man
- 1981 Nashville Grab as Drunk
- 1984 The Philadelphia Experiment as Truck Driver
- 1989 A More Perfect Union
- 1979 The Fall of the House of Usher
- 1980 Hangar 18 as George Turner
- 1979 Abraham's Sacrifice
- 1988 Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers as Big Al
- 1980 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow as Winthrop Palmer
- 1989 Tripwire as Trucker #3
- 1984 Solo as Sid Matthews
- 1993 Geronimo: An American Legend as Chaplain
- 1993 Red Rock West as Red Rock Bartender
- 1992 Double Jeopardy as Steve Krug
- 2000 The Testaments of One Fold and One Shepherd as Rabbi
- 1983 A Killer in the Family as Customer
- 1987 A Hobo's Christmas as Omaha John Boswell
- 1988 Promised Land as Cowboy in Casino
- 1977 The Incredible Rocky Mountain Race
- 1997 Divided by Hate as Harlan Sorenson
- 1986 Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills as Wagon Master
- 1984 Scorned and Swindled as Redneck
- 1997 The Ticket as Monte
- 1988 Stranger on My Land as Able
- 1993 The Buttercream Gang in: Secret of Treasure Mountain as Chief Monk / Marcus
- 1994 Touched by an Angel ( 1 episode ) as Lundy
- 1994 Touched by an Angel ( 1 episode ) as Mac
