Rudolf Nuude (25 June 1909, in

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– 2 September 1980, in

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) was an

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n actor. From 1931 to 1936 he worked at the Narva Theatre, and from 1936 to 1938 and again from 1949 to 1968 at the

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. From 1938 to 1942, he was engaged as an actor at the Tallinn Workers' Theatre, and from 1942 to 1949 at the

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. He was the uncle of the weightlifter and singer

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Selected filmography

* 1947: ''

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'' (feature film; role: Ants Kuslap, Major of the Soviet Army) * 1951: ''

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'' (feature film; role: Maasalu) * 1955: ''Jahid merel'' (feature film; role: Bobrov) * 1955: ''Andruse õnn'' (feature film; role: Rannap) * 1959: ''Juunikuu päevad'' (feature film; role: Prants) * 1959: ''Vallatud kurvid'' (feature film; role: Coach) * 1959: ''Kutsumata külalised'' (feature film; role: Andres) * 1960: ''Perekond Männard'' (feature film; role: Karl Neider) * 1960: ''Näitleja Joller'' (television film; role: Johannes) * 1961: ''Ohtlikud kurvid'' (feature film; role: Coach) * 1962: ''Ühe katuse all'' (feature film; role: Jaagup) * 1962: '' Jääminek'' (feature film; role: Arvo) * 1963: ''

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'' (feature film; role: Ronk) * 1965: ''Me olime 18 aastased'' (feature film; role: Policeman)

References

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