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Charles Ruggles

Charles Ruggles

Actor · Born 1886-02-08 · Los Angeles, California, USA

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Biography

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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Bringing Up Baby (1938) — Major Applegate
  2. Bewitched (1964) — Mr. Caldwell
  3. The Parent Trap (1961) — Charles McKendrick
  4. Trouble in Paradise (1932) — Major
  5. The Ugly Dachshund (1966) — Dr. J. L. Pruitt
  6. The Andy Griffith Show (1960) — John Canfield
  7. Love Me Tonight (1932) — Viscount Gilbert de Varèze
  8. The Invisible Woman (1940) — George
  9. It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947) — Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor
  10. Ruggles of Red Gap (1935) — Egbert Floud
  11. One Hour with You (1932) — Adolph
  12. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) — Governor Callahan
  13. The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) — Max
  14. Son of Flubber (1963) — Judge Murdock
  15. Alice in Wonderland (1933) — March Hare
  16. The Bullwinkle Show (1959) — Aesop (voice)
  17. A Stolen Life (1946) — Freddie Linley
  18. Ramrod (1947) — Ben Dickason
  19. Ben and Me (1953) — Ben Franklin (voice)
  20. Murders in the Zoo (1933) — Peter Yates
  21. If I Had a Million (1932) — Henry Peabody
  22. Follow Me, Boys! (1966) — John Everett Hughes
  23. All in a Night's Work (1961) — Warren Kingsley Sr.
  24. Madame Butterfly (1932) — Lieutenant Barton
  25. Papa's Delicate Condition (1963) — Anthony Ghio
  26. Murder in the Private Car (1934) — Godfrey D. Scott
  27. This Is the Night (1932) — Bunny West
  28. Hollywood Handicap (1938) — Himself
  29. Six of a Kind (1934) — J. Pinkham Whinney (as Charlie Ruggles)
  30. Honor Among Lovers (1931) — Monty Dunn
  31. The Pleasure of His Company (1961) — Mackenzie Savage
  32. The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935) — Wilbur Sealingsworth
  33. Burke's Law (1963) — Mr. Gregory
  34. No Time for Comedy (1940) — Philo Swift
  35. Gallant Journey (1946) — Jim Montgomery
  36. Anything Goes (1936) — Reverend Dr. Moon
  37. Service de Luxe (1938) — Robinson
  38. No More Ladies (1935) — Edgar Holden
  39. Incendiary Blonde (1945) — Cherokee Jim
  40. Melody Cruise (1933) — Pete Wells