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Charles Ruggles
Charles Ruggles

Charles Ruggles

ActingBorn February 8, 1886Died December 23, 1970 (age 84)Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography

Charles Ruggles had one of the longest careers in Hollywood, lasting more than 60 years and encompassing more than 100 films. He made his film debut in 1914 in The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914) and worked steadily after that. He was memorably paired with Mary Boland in a series of comedies in the early 1930s, and was one of the standouts in the all-star comedy If I Had a Million (1932), as a harried, much-put-upon man who finally goes berserk in a china shop. Ruggles' slight stature and distinctive mannerisms - his fluttery, jumpy manner of speaking, his often befuddled look whenever events seemed about to overwhelm him, which was often - endeared him to generations of moviegoers. Memorable as Maj. Applegate the big-game hunter in the classic screwball comedy Bringing Up Baby (1938). Many will remember him as the narrator of the "Aesop's Fables" segment of the animated cartoon The Bullwinkle Show (1961). He was the brother of director Wesley Ruggles.

Filmography

1976
Bob Hope's World of Comedy

as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)

Movie
1967
Carousel

as The Starkeeper / Dr. Selden

Movie
1966
Follow Me, Boys!

as John Everett Hughes

Movie
1966
The Ugly Dachshund

as Dr. J. L. Pruitt

Movie
1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as Governor Callahan

TV
1964
Bewitched

as Mr. Caldwell

TV
1964
I'd Rather Be Rich

as Dr. Charles Crandall

Movie
1963
Burke's Law

as Mr. Gregory

TV
1963
Vacation Playhouse

as Eli Harcourt

TV
1963Movie
1963
Son of Flubber

as Judge Murdock

Movie
1961
The Pleasure of His Company

as Mackenzie Savage

Movie
1961
The Parent Trap

as Charles McKendrick

Movie
1961
All in a Night's Work

as Dr. Warren Kingsley, Sr

Movie
1960
The Andy Griffith Show

as John Canfield

TV
1960
Aesop and Son

as Aesop (voice)

TV
1959
The Bullwinkle Show

as Aesop (voice)

TV
1956
Eloise

as Murphy

Movie
1954
The World of Mr. Sweeney

as Cicero P. Sweeney

TV
1953
Ben and Me

as Ben Franklin (voice)

Movie
1949
The Ruggles

as Charles Ruggles

TV
1949
Look for the Silver Lining

as Caro "Pop" Miller

Movie
1949
The Lovable Cheat

as Claude Mercadet

Movie
1948Movie
1947
Ramrod

as Ben Dickason

Movie
1947
It Happened on Fifth Avenue

as Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor

Movie
1947
My Brother Talks to Horses

as Richard Pennington Roeder

Movie
1947
The Perfect Marriage

as Dale Williams, Sr.

Movie
1946
Gallant Journey

as Jim Montgomery

Movie
1946
A Stolen Life

as Freddie Linley

Movie
1945
Incendiary Blonde

as Cherokee Jim

Movie
1945
Bedside Manner

as Dr. J.H. 'Doc' Fredericks

Movie
1944
The Doughgirls

as Stanley Slade

Movie
1944
3 Is a Family

as Sam Whitaker

Movie
1944Movie
1944
The Road to Victory

as Mr. Ames (uncredited)

Movie
1944Movie
1943
Dixie Dugan

as Pa Dugan

Movie
1942
Friendly Enemies

as Heinrich Block

Movie
1941
The Perfect Snob

as Dr. Edgar Mason (as Charlie Ruggles)

Movie
1941
Go West, Young Lady

as Jim Pendergast

Movie
1941
The Parson of Panamint

as Chuckawalla Bill Redfield

Movie
1941
Model Wife

as Milo Everett

Movie
1941
Honeymoon for Three

as Harvey Wilson

Movie
1940Movie
1940
No Time for Comedy

as Philo Swift

Movie
1940Movie
1940
Maryland

as Dick Piper

Movie
1940
Opened by Mistake

as Buzz Nelson

Movie
1940
The Farmer's Daughter

as Nicksie North

Movie
1939
Balalaika

as Nicki Popoff

Movie
1939
Night Work

as Homer C. Fitch

Movie
1939
Invitation to Happiness

as Henry 'Pop' Hardy

Movie
1939
Sudden Money

as Sweeney J. Patterson

Movie
1939
Boy Trouble

as Homer C. Fitch

Movie
1938
His Exciting Night

as Adam Tripp

Movie
1938
Service de Luxe

as Robinson

Movie
1938
Breaking the Ice

as Sam Terwilliger

Movie
1938Movie
1938Movie
1938
Bringing Up Baby

as Major Applegate

Movie
1937
Exclusive

as Tod Swain

Movie
1937
Turn Off the Moon

as J. Elliott Dinwiddy

Movie
1936
Mind Your Own Business

as Orville Shanks

Movie
1936
Wives Never Know

as Homer Bigelow

Movie
1936
Hollywood Boulevard

as Charles Ruggles - Actor - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)

Movie
1936
Yours for the Asking

as Sunbather (uncredited)

Movie
1936Movie
1936
Early to Bed

as Chester Beatty

Movie
1936
The Preview Murder Mystery

as Himself (Uncredited)

Movie
1936
Anything Goes

as Rev. Dr. Moon

Movie
1935
The Big Broadcast of 1936

as Wilbur Sealingsworth

Movie
1935
No More Ladies

as Edgar Holden

Movie
1935
People Will Talk

as Henry Wilton

Movie
1935
Ruggles of Red Gap

as Egbert Floud

Movie
1934
The Pursuit of Happiness

as Aaron Kirkland

Movie
1934
Friends of Mr. Sweeney

as Asaph 'Ace' Holliday

Movie
1934
Murder in the Private Car

as Godfrey D. Scott

Movie
1934
Melody in Spring

as Warren Blodgett

Movie
1934
Six of a Kind

as J. Pinkham Whinney (as Charlie Ruggles)

Movie
1933
Alice in Wonderland

as March Hare

Movie
1933
Girl Without a Room

as Vergil Crock

Movie
1933
Good-bye Love

as Oswald Groggs

Movie
1933
Mama Loves Papa

as Wilbur Todd

Movie
1933
Melody Cruise

as Pete Wells

Movie
1933
Terror Aboard

as Blackie Witherspoon

Movie
1933
Murders in the Zoo

as Peter Yates

Movie
1932
Madame Butterfly

as Lieutenant Barton

Movie
1932
If I Had a Million

as Henry Peabody

Movie
1932Movie
1932Movie
1932
The Night of June 13

as Philo Strawn (as Charlie Ruggles)

Movie
1932
70,000 Witnesses

as Johnny Moran

Movie
1932
Love Me Tonight

as Viscount Gilbert de Varèze

Movie
1932
Make Me a Star

as Charles Ruggles (uncredited)

Movie
1932
This Is the Night

as Bunny West

Movie
1932Movie
1932
This Reckless Age

as Goliath Whitney (as Charlie Ruggles)

Movie
1931
Husband's Holiday

as Clyde Saunders

Movie
1931
The Beloved Bachelor

as Jerry Wells

Movie
1931Movie
1931
The House That Shadows Built

as (archive footage)

Movie
1931
The Girl Habit

as Charlie Floyd

Movie
1931
Honor Among Lovers

as Monty Dunn

Movie
1930
Charley's Aunt

as Fancourt Babberley

Movie
1930
Her Wedding Night

as Bertie Bird

Movie
1930
Queen High

as T. Boggs Johns

Movie
1930Movie
1930
Roadhouse Nights

as Willie Bindbugel

Movie
1929Movie
1929
The Lady Lies

as Charlie Tayler

Movie
1929
Gentlemen of the Press

as Charlie Haven

Movie
1923
The Heart Raider

as Gaspard McMahon (an insurance clerk)

Movie
1915
Peer Gynt

as The Button Molder

Movie
1915
The Majesty of the Law

as Lawrence Evans

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayFebruary 8, 1886
Day of DeathDecember 23, 1970
Place of BirthLos Angeles, California, USA
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