Charles Ruggles

Charles Ruggles

b. 1886 — d. 1970 (aged 84) Los Angeles, California, USA

Actor Soundtrack

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.

Known For

Murder in the Private Car

Murder in the Private Car

Melody in Spring

Melody in Spring

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

The Parent Trap

The Parent Trap

Filmography

Aesop & Son

Carousel

The Ugly Dachshund

The Ugly Dachshund

Dr. J.L. Pruitt

Follow Me, Boys!

Follow Me, Boys!

John Everett Hughes

I'd Rather Be Rich

I'd Rather Be Rich

Dr. Charles Crandall

Papa's Delicate Condition

Papa's Delicate Condition

Son of Flubber

The Parent Trap

The Parent Trap

Charles McKendrick

All in a Night's Work

All in a Night's Work

Dr. Warren Kingsley Sr.

The Pleasure of His Company

The Pleasure of His Company

Mackenzie Savage

The Ginger Rogers Show

The Best of the Post

A Date with Debbie

The Bullwinkle Show

The Bullwinkle Show

The Bells of St. Mary's

Horace Bogardus

Once Upon a Christmas Time

Conflict

The World of Mr. Sweeney

Cicero P. Sweeney

Ben and Me

This Is Your Life

This Is Your Life

The Kate Smith Hour

The Kate Smith Hour

Look for the Silver Lining

Look for the Silver Lining

Caro 'Pop' Miller

The Lovable Cheat

The Lovable Cheat

Claude Mercadet

The Ruggles

Charlie Ruggles

Give My Regards to Broadway

Give My Regards to Broadway

Screen Snapshots, Series 28, No. 1: Hollywood Holiday

1948 Self Actor

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

Michael J. O'Connor

Ramrod

My Brother Talks to Horses

My Brother Talks to Horses

Richard Pennington Roeder

A Stolen Life

Gallant Journey

Gallant Journey

The Perfect Marriage

The Perfect Marriage

Dale Williams, Sr.

Incendiary Blonde

Incendiary Blonde

Bedside Manner

Dr. J.H. 'Doc' Fredericks

The Doughgirls

Our Hearts Were Young and Gay

Our Hearts Were Young and Gay

Three Is a Family

Three Is a Family

Dixie Dugan

Friendly Enemies

Friendly Enemies

Honeymoon for Three

Honeymoon for Three

Go West, Young Lady

Go West, Young Lady

The Perfect Snob

The Perfect Snob

Dr. Edgar Mason

Model Wife

The Parson of Panamint

The Parson of Panamint

Chuckawalla Bill Redfield

The Invisible Woman

The Invisible Woman

No Time for Comedy

No Time for Comedy

Maryland

The Farmer's Daughter

The Farmer's Daughter

Public Deb No. 1

Public Deb No. 1

Opened by Mistake

Opened by Mistake

Balalaika

Invitation to Happiness

Invitation to Happiness

Henry 'Pop' Hardy

Sudden Money

Sweeney J. Patterson

Boy Trouble

Night Work

Unusual Occupations L-9-2

Bringing Up Baby

Bringing Up Baby

Major Applegate

Hollywood Handicap

Hollywood Handicap

Service de Luxe

Service de Luxe

Breaking the Ice

Breaking the Ice

Samuel Terwilliger

Screen Snapshots, Series 17, No. 12

Charley Riggles

His Exciting Night

His Exciting Night

Exclusive

Turn Off the Moon

Turn Off the Moon

J. Elliott Dinwiddy

Hearts Divided

Anything Goes

Moonface Martin - Rev. Dr. Moon

Wives Never Know

Wives Never Know

Early to Bed

Mind Your Own Business

Mind Your Own Business

Ruggles of Red Gap

Ruggles of Red Gap

No More Ladies

People Will Talk

People Will Talk

Six of a Kind

J. Pinkham Whinney

Murder in the Private Car

Murder in the Private Car

Godfrey D. Scott

Friends of Mr. Sweeney

Friends of Mr. Sweeney

Asaph 'Ace' Holliday

The Pursuit of Happiness

The Pursuit of Happiness

Melody in Spring

Melody in Spring

Warren Blodgett

Murders in the Zoo

Murders in the Zoo

Melody Cruise

Terror Aboard

Blackie Witherspoon

Good-bye Love

Girl Without a Room

Girl Without a Room

Mama Loves Papa

Mama Loves Papa

Trouble in Paradise

Trouble in Paradise

Love Me Tonight

Love Me Tonight

Viscount Gilbert de Varèze

One Hour with You

One Hour with You

If I Had a Million

If I Had a Million

This Is the Night

This Is the Night

Madame Butterfly

Madame Butterfly

Evenings for Sale

Evenings for Sale

The Night of June 13

The Night of June 13

70,000 Witnesses

70,000 Witnesses

The Smiling Lieutenant

The Smiling Lieutenant

Honor Among Lovers

Honor Among Lovers

This Reckless Age

This Reckless Age

Goliath Whitney

Husband's Holiday

Husband's Holiday

The Girl Habit

The Beloved Bachelor

The Beloved Bachelor

Young Man of Manhattan

Young Man of Manhattan

← Back