Rudy de Luca Biography

Fast Facts

• In 1977, he won an award from the Writers Guild of America for Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen, which he shared with Mel Brooks, Ron Clark and Barry Levinson, for "Silent Movie․"
• Started his career writing for comedy television series like "The Tim Conway Show" and "The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine․"
• Best known for collaborating with filmmaker Mel Brooks
• Served as Barry Levinson's writing partner when the two broke into feature films
• His involvement with films is usually as a supporting actor or a comedy writer
• Critic Roger Ebert gave "Silent Movie," which De Luca had a hand in writing, four stars
• Received special thanks in the credits of the short "Spaceballs: The Documentary․"