Most who enter the entertainment industry have been shiftless dreamers with visions of Hollywood stardom plaguing their minds. Not so with producer Albert Ruddy, who was on a path to becoming a chemical engineer when he had a chance meeting with studio mogul Jack Warner. Born in Montreal and raised in New York, Ruddy attended Brooklyn Tech, then earned a scholarship to City College of New York where he studied chemical engineering. He later graduated from the University of California’s School of Architecture and moved back east to pursue a career in construction. It was then that Ruddy met
