Charles Ruggles

Charles Ruggles

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.

Acting

1976

Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Movie

Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)

1966

Follow Me, Boys!
Movie

John Everett Hughes

1966

The Ugly Dachshund
Movie

Dr. J. L. Pruitt

1964

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Tv

Governor Callahan

1964

Bewitched
Tv

Mr. Caldwell

1964

I'd Rather Be Rich
Movie

Dr. Charles Crandall

1963

Burke's Law
Tv

Mr. Gregory

1963

1963

Son of Flubber
Movie

Judge Murdock

1961

The Parent Trap
Movie

Charles McKendrick

1961

All in a Night's Work
Movie

Dr. Warren Kingsley, Sr

1960

Aesop and Son
Tv

Aesop (voice)

1959

1954

1953

Ben and Me
Movie

Ben Franklin (voice)

1949

1949

The Lovable Cheat
Movie

Claude Mercadet

1947

Ramrod
Movie

Ben Dickason

1947

It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Movie

Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor

1946

A Stolen Life
Movie

Freddie Linley

1945

1945

Bedside Manner
Movie

Dr. J.H. 'Doc' Fredericks

1944

The Doughgirls
Movie

Stanley Slade

1944

The Road to Victory
Movie

Mr. Ames (uncredited)

1943

1941

Model Wife
Movie

Milo Everett

1941

1940

Maryland
Movie

Dick Piper

1939

Balalaika
Movie

Nicki Popoff

1939

Sudden Money
Movie

Sweeney J. Patterson

1938

Breaking the Ice
Movie

Sam Terwilliger

1938

Bringing Up Baby
Movie

Horace Applegate

1937

1937

Turn Off the Moon
Movie

J. Elliott Dinwiddy

1936

Yours for the Asking
Movie

Sunbather (uncredited)

1936

Early to Bed
Movie

Chester R. Beatty

1936

Anything Goes
Movie

Rev. Dr. Moon

1935

The Big Broadcast of 1936
Movie

Wilbur Sealingsworth

1935

1935

1934

Friends of Mr. Sweeney
Movie

Asaph 'Ace' Holliday

1934

Six of a Kind
Movie

J. Pinkham Whinney (as Charlie Ruggles)

1933

1933

Terror Aboard
Movie

Blackie Witherspoon

1932

Madame Butterfly
Movie

Lieutenant Barton

1932

1932

Love Me Tonight
Movie

Viscount Gilbert de Varèze

1932

Make Me a Star
Movie

Charles Ruggles (uncredited)

1932

This Reckless Age
Movie

Goliath Whitney (as Charlie Ruggles)

1930

Charley's Aunt
Movie

Fancourt Babberley

1929

The Lady Lies
Movie

Charlie Tayler

Infos

Full Name
Charles Ruggles
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
2/8/1886
Date of Death
12/23/1970
Also Known As

Charlie Ruggles

Charles Sherman Ruggles