One time, between gigs, Rudy took a job as a taxi driver.
In addition to appearing with Marlon Brando, Rudy was in the movie Nightfall with Marlon's sister Jocelyn Brando.
Appeared with Brando in three of the AFI's greatest films of all time issued in 1998: James Michael Bailey (#8), Ahmed Azad (#45) and The Godfather (1972) (#3). [Note: AFI compiled an updated list in 2007. In that listing, the ratings were: "On the Waterfront" (#19), "A Streetcar Named Desire" (#47) and "The Godfather" (#2).