Jimmy Ruffin(1936-2014)

Jimmy Ruffin was born on 7 May 1936 in Collinsville, Mississippi, USA. He was an actor, known for Breakfast on Pluto (2005), Forever Mine (1999) and JAG (1995). He died on 17 November 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Known for

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6.7

TV Series

8.4

TV Series

Heartbreakers at the BBC: Volume 2
TV Special
- performer: "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted"
- 2024
The Burial
7.1
- performer: "Stand by Me"
- 2023
For All Mankind
8.1
TV Series
- performer: "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted"
- 2019
Big Little Lies
8.4
TV Series
- performer: "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted"
- 2019
My Mad Fat Diary
8.4
TV Series
- performer: "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" (uncredited)
- 2013
Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon
7.2
- performer: "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted"
- 2011
Femme Fatales
5.9
TV Series
- performer: "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" (edited version)
- 2011
Later... With Jools Holland
8.2
TV Series
- performer: "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" (uncredited)
- 2009
EastEnders
4.8
TV Series
- performer: "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" (uncredited)
- 2006
Breakfast on Pluto
7.2
- performer: "Tell Me What You Want"
- writer: "Tell Me What You Want"
- 2005
Phoenix Nights
8.6
TV Series
- performer: "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" (uncredited)
- 2001
Forever Mine
5.3
- performer: "What Becomes of the Broken-Hearted"
- 1999
Drop the Dead Donkey
8.0
TV Series
- performer: "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted"
- 1998
JAG
6.7
TV Series
- performer: "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted"
- 1998
The Wonder Years
8.3
TV Series
- performer: "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" (uncredited)
- 1990

Trivia
Was offered the chance to sing with The Temptations, but he politely declined and suggested his younger brother, David Ruffin. David then sang some of The Temptations' classic songs, including "Beauty's Only Skin Deep", "Ain't Too Proud To Beg" and, most notably, "My Girl".