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Charles Ruggles

Name in Native Language: "Charlie Ruggles" (English/EN)
Actor / Musician | * 02/08/1886 († 84, 12/23/1970) | Los Angeles, California (United States of America (USA))
Charles Sherman Ruggles (February 8, 1886 – December 23, 1970) was an American comic character actor. In a career spanning six decades, Ruggles appeared in close to 100 feature films, often in mild-mannered and comic roles. He was also the elder brother of director, producer, and silent film actor Wesley Ruggles (1889–1972). ()

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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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Romance / Love | Drama

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In this comedy of an Englishman stranded in a sea of barbaric Americans, Marmaduke Ruggles, a gentleman's gentleman and butler to an Earl is lost in a poker game to an uncouth American cattle baron. R ...

Ruggles of Red Gap

NR

1935 | 3.6/5 | 1h 30min
Comedy
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Two identical twin sisters, separated at birth by their parents' divorce, are reunited years later at a summer camp, where they scheme to bring their parents back together. The girls, one of whom has ...

The Parent Trap

G

1961 | 3.6/5 | 2h 9min
Comedy, Kids & Family
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Ruth Raymond works on the switchboard and her boyfriend is John Blake. It has taken 14 years, but a detective named Murray has found her and confirmed. ...

Murder in the Private Car

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1934 | 2.8/5 | 1h 3min
Mystery, Romance / Love
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A New Yorker hobo moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house with him. Before he knows it, he is living with the actual home owners. ...

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

NR

1947 | 3.6/5 | 1h 56min
Comedy, Music, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Charles Ruggles

Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Movies with Charles Ruggles as Actor(107)

as The Starkeeper / Dr. Selden1967 Carousel
as John Everett Hughes1966 Follow Me, Boys!
as Dr. J. L. Pruitt1966 The Ugly Dachshund
as Self (archive footage)1965 Hollywood My Home Town
as Dr. Charles Crandall1964 I'd Rather Be Rich
as Anthony Ghio1963 Papa's Delicate Condition
as himself1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up
as Judge Murdock1963 Son of Flubber
as Dr. Warren Kingsley, Sr1961 All in a Night's Work
as Charles McKendrick1961 The Parent Trap
as Mackenzie Savage1961 The Pleasure of His Company
as Murphy1956 Eloise
as Ben Franklin (voice)1953 Ben and Me
as Claude Mercadet1949 The Lovable Cheat
as Caro "Pop" Miller1949 Look for the Silver Lining
as Toby Helper1948 Give My Regards to Broadway
as Richard Pennington Roeder1947 My Brother Talks to Horses
as Dale Williams, Sr.1947 The Perfect Marriage
as Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor1947 It Happened on Fifth Avenue
as Ben Dickason1947 Ramrod
as Jim Montgomery1946 Gallant Journey
as Freddie Linley1946 A Stolen Life
as Dr. J.H. 'Doc' Fredericks1945 Her Favorite Patient
as Cherokee Jim1945 Incendiary Blonde
as Stanley Slade1944 The Doughgirls
as Mr. Ames1944 The Shining Future
as Sam Whitaker1944 3 Is a Family
as Mr. Ames (uncredited)1944 The Road to Victory
as Otis Skinner1944 Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
as Pa Dugan1943 Dixie Dugan
as Heinrich Block1942 Friendly Enemies
as Milo Everett1941 Model Wife
as Dr. Edgar Mason1941 The Perfect Snob
as Chuckawalla Bill Redfield1941 The Parson of Panamint
as Harvey Wilson1941 Honeymoon for Three
as Jim Pendergast1941 Go West, Young Lady
as Milburn1940 Public Deb No. 1
as Nickie North1940 The Farmer's Daughter
as Dick Piper1940 Maryland
as George1940 The Invisible Woman
as Buzz Nelson1940 Opened by Mistake
as Philo Swift1940 No Time for Comedy
as Henry 'Pop' Hardy1939 Invitation to Happiness
as Homer C. Fitch1939 Boy Trouble
as Sweeney J. Patterson1939 Sudden Money
as Homer C. Fitch1939 Night Work
as Nicki Popoff1939 Balalaika
as Sam Terwilliger1938 Breaking the Ice
as Horace Applegate1938 Bringing Up Baby
as himself1938 Hollywood Handicap
as himself1938 Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
as Adam Tripp1938 His Exciting Night
as Robinson1938 Service de Luxe
as Tod Swain1937 Exclusive
as J. Elliott Dinwiddy1937 Turn Off the Moon
as Sunbather1936 Yours for the Asking
as Charles Ruggles - Actor - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)1936 Hollywood Boulevard
as Orville Shanks1936 Mind Your Own Business
as Rev. Dr. Moon1936 Anything Goes
as Cameo Appearance as Himself at Preview (Uncredited)1936 The Preview Murder Mystery
as Homer Bigelow1936 Wives Never Know
as Henry1936 Hearts Divided
as Chester R. Beatty1936 Early to Bed
as Wilbur Sealingsworth1935 The Big Broadcast of 1936
as Edgar Holden1935 No More Ladies
as Henry Wilton1935 People Will Talk
as Egbert Floud1935 Ruggles of Red Gap
as Aaron Kirkland1934 The Pursuit of Happiness
as Scott1934 Murder in the Private Car
as Asaph 'Ace' Holliday1934 Friends Of Mr. Sweeney
as Warren Blodgett1934 Melody in Spring
as J. Pinkham Whinney (as Charlie Ruggles)1934 Six of a Kind
as Vergil Crock1933 Girl without a Room
as Oswald Groggs1933 Good-bye Love
as March Hare1933 Alice in Wonderland
as Blackie Witherspoon1933 Terror Aboard
as Pete Wells1933 Melody Cruise
as Peter Yates1933 Murders in the Zoo
as Wilbur Todd1933 Mama Loves Papa
as Goliath Whitney1932 This Reckless Age
as Johnny Moran1932 70,000 Witnesses
as Lieutenant Barton1932 Madame Butterfly
as Bimpfl1932 Evenings for Sale
as Viscount Gilbert de Varèze1932 Love Me Tonight
as Adolph1932 One Hour with You
as Henry Peabody1932 If I Had a Million
as Philo Strawn1932 The Night of June 13
as Bunny1932 This Is the Night
as Himself (uncredited)1932 Make Me a Star
as Major1932 Trouble in Paradise
as Clyde Saunders1931 Husband's Holiday
as Charlie Floyd1931 The Girl Habit
as Max1931 The Smiling Lieutenant
as Jerry Wells1931 The Beloved Bachelor
as Monty Dunn1931 Honor Among Lovers
as (archive footage)1931 The House That Shadows Built
as T. Boggs Johns1930 Queen High
as Shorty Ross1930 Young Man of Manhattan
as Willie Bindbugel1930 Roadhouse Nights
as Fancourt Babberley1930 Charley's Aunt
as Bertie Bird1930 Her Wedding Night
as Charlie Tayler1929 The Lady Lies
as Charlie Haven1929 Gentlemen Of The Press
as Zizi1929 The Battle of Paris
as Gaspard McMahon (an insurance clerk)1923 The Heart Raider
as The Button Molder1915 Peer Gynt
1915 The Reform Candidate

TV Shows/Series with Charles Ruggles as Actor(3)

as Eli Harcourt1963 Vacation Playhouse
as Aesop (voice)1959 The Bullwinkle Show
as Cicero P. Sweeney1954 The World of Mr. Sweeney

Born: Monday, 02/08 1886 (February) in Los Angeles, California (United States of America (USA))
Died: Wednesday, 12/23 1970 (December) in Hollywood (aged: 84)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Spouses (current/former): Adele Rowland
Other names for Charles Ruggles (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Charlie Ruggles"
"Charles Sherman Ruggles"
Charles Ruggles frequently works together with these people:
Hans Dreier (16x, Crew)
John Leipold (14x, Crew)
Mary Boland (14x, Actress)
Edith Head (13x, Crew)
Travis Banton (10x, Crew)
Bess Flowers (9x, Actress)
Cary Grant (8x, Actor)
Walt Disney (8x, Crew)
Ernst Lubitsch (7x, Crew)
Irving Bacon (7x, Actor)
Henry Sharp (7x, Crew)
Darryl Hickman (3x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:14203, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 01/21/2025