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Charles Ruggles
Born · February 8, 1886
Died · December 23, 1970 (84 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Bio
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.
Carousel
The Starkeeper / Dr. Selden
0.0
1967
Follow Me, Boys!
John Everett Hughes
6.6
1966
The Ugly Dachshund
Dr. J. L. Pruitt
6.6
1966
Bewitched
Mr. Caldwell · (1 episode)
7.9
1964
I'd Rather Be Rich
Dr. Charles Crandall
5.8
1964
Vacation Playhouse
Eli Harcourt · (1 episode)
0.0
1963
Papa's Delicate Condition
Anthony Ghio
5.4
1963
Son of Flubber
Judge Murdock
5.9
1963
The Pleasure of His Company
Mackenzie Savage
6.2
1961
The Parent Trap
Charles McKendrick
7.0
1961
All in a Night's Work
Dr. Warren Kingsley, Sr
5.9
1961
The Andy Griffith Show
John Canfield · (1 episode)
7.6
1960
The Bullwinkle Show
Aesop (voice) · (815 episodes)
6.9
1959
Eloise
Murphy
0.0
1956
The World of Mr. Sweeney
Cicero P. Sweeney · (1 episode)
0.0
1954
Ben and Me
Ben Franklin (voice)
6.8
1953
Look for the Silver Lining
Caro "Pop" Miller
5.7
1949
The Lovable Cheat
Claude Mercadet
3.0
1949
Give My Regards to Broadway
Toby Helper
7.0
1948
Ramrod
Ben Dickason
6.4
1947
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor
7.1
1947
My Brother Talks to Horses
Richard Pennington Roeder
6.0
1947
The Perfect Marriage
Dale Williams, Sr.
4.0
1947
Gallant Journey
Jim Montgomery
6.1
1946
A Stolen Life
Freddie Linley
6.4
1946
Incendiary Blonde
Cherokee Jim
5.1
1945
Her Favorite Patient
Dr. J.H. 'Doc' Fredericks
5.8
1945
The Doughgirls
Stanley Slade
7.0
1944
3 Is a Family
Sam Whitaker
0.0
1944
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
Mr. Otis Skinner
7.3
1944
The Road to Victory
Mr. Ames (uncredited)
5.5
1944
The Shining Future
Mr. Ames
4.0
1944
Dixie Dugan
Pa Dugan
5.0
1943
Friendly Enemies
Heinrich Block
5.8
1942
The Perfect Snob
Dr. Edgar Mason (as Charlie Ruggles)
6.3
1941
Go West, Young Lady
Jim Pendergast
6.9
1941
The Parson of Panamint
Chuckawalla Bill Redfield
5.0
1941
Model Wife
Milo Everett
0.0
1941
Honeymoon for Three
Harvey Wilson
5.8
1941
The Invisible Woman
George
5.7
1940
No Time for Comedy
Philo Swift
5.4
1940
Public Deb No. 1
Milburn
4.2
1940
Maryland
Dick Piper
6.2
1940
Opened by Mistake
Buzz Nelson
0.0
1940
The Farmer's Daughter
Nickie North
5.0
1940
Balalaika
Nicki Popoff
4.2
1939
Night Work
Homer C. Fitch
7.0
1939
Invitation to Happiness
Henry 'Pop' Hardy
0.0
1939
Sudden Money
Sweeney J. Patterson
5.0
1939
Boy Trouble
Homer C. Fitch
5.0
1939
His Exciting Night
Adam Tripp
3.0
1938
Service de Luxe
Robinson
6.5
1938
Breaking the Ice
Sam Terwilliger
4.8
1938
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
Charles Ruggles
6.0
1938
Hollywood Handicap
Himself
4.5
1938
Bringing Up Baby
Horace Applegate
7.5
1938
Exclusive
Tod Swain
6.0
1937
Turn Off the Moon
J. Elliott Dinwiddy
0.0
1937
Mind Your Own Business
Orville Shanks
0.0
1936
Wives Never Know
Homer Bigelow
0.0
1936
Hollywood Boulevard
Charles Ruggles - Actor - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
2.5
1936
Yours for the Asking
Sunbather
1.0
1936
Hearts Divided
Henry
5.0
1936
Early to Bed
Chester R. Beatty
7.0
1936
The Preview Murder Mystery
Cameo Appearance as Himself at Preview (Uncredited)
6.0
1936
Anything Goes
Rev. Dr. Moon
5.4
1936
The Big Broadcast of 1936
Wilbur Sealingsworth
5.4
1935
No More Ladies
Edgar Holden
5.1
1935
People Will Talk
Henry Wilton
3.0
1935
Ruggles of Red Gap
Egbert Floud
7.0
1935
The Pursuit of Happiness
Aaron Kirkland
5.8
1934
Friends of Mr. Sweeney
Asaph 'Ace' Holliday
6.0
1934
Murder in the Private Car
Godfrey D. Scott
5.4
1934
Melody in Spring
Warren Blodgett
6.0
1934
Six of a Kind
J. Pinkham Whinney (as Charlie Ruggles)
5.8
1934
Alice in Wonderland
March Hare
6.1
1933
Girl Without a Room
Vergil Crock
5.3
1933
Good-bye Love
Oswald Groggs
5.5
1933
Mama Loves Papa
Wilbur Todd
0.0
1933
Melody Cruise
Pete Wells
5.2
1933
Terror Aboard
Blackie Witherspoon
6.0
1933
Murders in the Zoo
Peter Yates
5.8
1933
Madame Butterfly
Lieutenant Barton
5.5
1932
If I Had a Million
Henry Peabody
6.5
1932
Evenings for Sale
Bimpfl
6.0
1932
Trouble in Paradise
The Major
7.4
1932
The Night of June 13
Philo Strawn (as Charlie Ruggles)
7.0
1932
70,000 Witnesses
Johnny Moran
4.8
1932
Love Me Tonight
Viscount Gilbert de Varèze
6.6
1932
Make Me a Star
Charles Ruggles (uncredited)
5.5
1932
This Is the Night
Bunny West
5.6
1932
One Hour with You
Adolph
6.5
1932
This Reckless Age
Goliath Whitney (as Charlie Ruggles)
5.0
1932
Husband's Holiday
Clyde Saunders
0.0
1931
The Beloved Bachelor
Jerry Wells
0.0
1931
The Smiling Lieutenant
Max
6.9
1931
The House That Shadows Built
(archive footage)
7.0
1931
The Girl Habit
Charlie Floyd
0.0
1931
Honor Among Lovers
Monty Dunn
5.7
1931
Charley's Aunt
Fancourt Babberley
5.0
1930
Her Wedding Night
Bertie Bird
6.0
1930
Queen High
T. Boggs Johns
6.0
1930
Young Man of Manhattan
Shorty Ross
5.2
1930
Roadhouse Nights
Willie Bindbugel
4.5
1930
The Battle of Paris
Zizi
6.0
1929
The Lady Lies
Charlie Tayler
5.0
1929
Gentlemen of the Press
Charlie Haven
5.0
1929
The Heart Raider
Gaspard McMahon (an insurance clerk)
0.0
1923
The Reform Candidate
0.0
1915
Peer Gynt
The Button Molder
0.0
1915
The Majesty of the Law
Lawrence Evans
0.0
1915