Charles Ruggles
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: February 8, 1886
Day of Death: December 23, 1970 (85 years old)
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
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Actor Rev. Dr. Moon
Anything Goes
Actor Henry
Hearts Divided
Actor Chester R. Beatty
Early to Bed
Actor Orville Shanks
Mind Your Own Business
Actor Himself (Uncredited)
The Preview Murder Mystery
Actor Charles Ruggles - Actor - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
Hollywood Boulevard
Actor Sunbather (uncredited)
Yours for the Asking
Actor Homer Bigelow
Wives Never Know
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1932
Actor The Major
Trouble in Paradise
Actor Viscount Gilbert de Varèze
Love Me Tonight
Actor Adolph
One Hour with You
Actor Lieutenant Barton
Madame Butterfly
Actor Bunny West
This Is the Night
Actor Henry Peabody
If I Had a Million
Actor Bimpfl
Evenings for Sale
Actor Philo Strawn (as Charlie Ruggles)
The Night of June 13
Actor Goliath Whitney (as Charlie Ruggles)
This Reckless Age
Actor Charles Ruggles (uncredited)
Make Me a Star
Actor Johnny Moran
70,000 Witnesses
