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.

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Movies starring Charles Ruggles (107)

Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)

Self - Tribute Montage (Archive Footage)

Carousel (1967)

The Starkeeper / Dr. Selden

Follow Me, Boys! (1966)

John Everett Hughes

I'd Rather Be Rich (1964)

Dr. Charles Crandall

The Parent Trap (1961)

Charles Mckendrick

All in a Night's Work (1961)

Dr. Warren Kingsley, Sr

Ben and Me (1953)

Ben Franklin (Voice)

Ramrod (1947)

Ben Dickason

It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)

Michael J. 'Mike' O'connor

My Brother Talks to Horses (1947)

Richard Pennington Roeder

The Perfect Marriage (1947)

Dale Williams, Sr.

A Stolen Life (1946)

Freddie Linley

Bedside Manner (1945)

Dr. J.h. 'Doc' Fredericks

The Road to Victory (1944)

Mr. Ames (Uncredited)

The Perfect Snob (1941)

Dr. Edgar Mason (As Charlie Ruggles)

The Parson of Panamint (1941)

Chuckawalla Bill Redfield

Model Wife (1941)

Milo Everett

Maryland (1940)

Dick Piper

Balalaika (1939)

Nicki Popoff

Night Work (1939)

Homer C. Fitch

Sudden Money (1939)

Sweeney J. Patterson

Boy Trouble (1939)

Homer C. Fitch

Turn Off the Moon (1937)

J. Elliott Dinwiddy

Hollywood Boulevard (1936)

Charles Ruggles - Actor - Cameo Appearance (Uncredited)

Yours for the Asking (1936)

Sunbather (Uncredited)

Early to Bed (1936)

Chester Beatty

Friends of Mr. Sweeney (1934)

Asaph 'Ace' Holliday

Six of a Kind (1934)

J. Pinkham Whinney (As Charlie Ruggles)

Terror Aboard (1933)

Blackie Witherspoon

Madame Butterfly (1932)

Lieutenant Barton

The Night of June 13 (1932)

Philo Strawn (As Charlie Ruggles)

Love Me Tonight (1932)

Viscount Gilbert De Varèze

Make Me a Star (1932)

Charles Ruggles (Uncredited)

This Reckless Age (1932)

Goliath Whitney (As Charlie Ruggles)

Charley's Aunt (1930)

Fancourt Babberley

Queen High (1930)

T. Boggs Johns

Roadhouse Nights (1930)

Willie Bindbugel

The Lady Lies (1929)

Charlie Tayler

The Heart Raider (1923)

Gaspard Mcmahon (An Insurance Clerk)

Peer Gynt (1915)

The Button Molder

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