Cast
Charles Ruggles
Acting
Cast
Charles Ruggles
Known for
Acting
Born
1886-02-08
From
Los Angeles, California, USA
Died
1970-12-23
Also known as Charlie Ruggles, Charles Sherman Ruggles
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.
★7.0
MOVIE1961
The Parent Trap
as Charles McKendrick
★6.3
MOVIE1933
Good-bye Love
as Oswald Groggs
★7.5
MOVIE1938
Bringing Up Baby
as Major Applegate
★6.6
MOVIE1932
Love Me Tonight
as Viscount Gilbert de Varèze
★6.7
MOVIE1966
Follow Me, Boys!
as John Everett Hughes
MOVIE1976
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
MOVIE1956
Eloise
as Murphy
★10.0
MOVIE1933
Mama Loves Papa
as Wilbur Todd
★6.1
MOVIE1933
Alice in Wonderland
as March Hare
★6.7
MOVIE1966
The Ugly Dachshund
as Dr. J. L. Pruitt
★5.9
MOVIE1934
Six of a Kind
as J. Pinkham Whinney (as Charlie Ruggles)
★7.0
MOVIE1939
Invitation to Happiness
as Henry 'Pop' Hardy
★5.1
MOVIE1945
Incendiary Blonde
as Cherokee Jim
★6.1
MOVIE1963
Son of Flubber
as Judge Murdock
★6.5
MOVIE1933
Girl Without a Room
as Vergil Crock
★6.5
MOVIE1932
If I Had a Million
as Henry Peabody
MOVIE1915
Peer Gynt
as The Button Molder
★6.5
MOVIE1941
Model Wife
as Milo Everett
★7.4
MOVIE1932
Trouble in Paradise
as Major
★6.0
MOVIE1961
All in a Night's Work
as Dr. Warren Kingsley, Sr
★9.0
MOVIE1931
Husband's Holiday
as Clyde Saunders
★6.9
MOVIE1953
Ben and Me
as Ben Franklin (voice)
★7.5
MOVIE1930
Her Wedding Night
as Bertie Bird
★5.6
MOVIE1963
Papa's Delicate Condition
as Anthony Ghio
★6.6
MOVIE1964
I'd Rather Be Rich
as Dr. Charles Crandall
★5.7
MOVIE1940
The Invisible Woman
as George
★7.1
MOVIE1947
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
as Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor
★6.3
MOVIE1941
Honeymoon for Three
as Harvey Wilson
★5.8
MOVIE1933
Murders in the Zoo
as Peter Yates
★6.8
MOVIE1931
The Smiling Lieutenant
as Max
★6.4
MOVIE1946
A Stolen Life
as Freddie Linley
★5.4
MOVIE1932
This Is the Night
as Bunny West
★6.5
MOVIE1947
Ramrod
as Ben Dickason
★6.7
MOVIE1930
Charley's Aunt
as Fancourt Babberley
★5.3
MOVIE1940
No Time for Comedy
as Philo Swift
★5.0
MOVIE1933
Melody Cruise
as Pete Wells
★7.0
MOVIE1932
Evenings for Sale
as Bimpfl
★5.0
MOVIE1935
No More Ladies
as Edgar Holden
★8.0
MOVIE1934
Melody in Spring
as Warren Blodgett
★8.0
MOVIE1936
Early to Bed
as Chester Beatty
★8.0
MOVIE1931
The Girl Habit
as Charlie Floyd
★7.0
MOVIE1940
Opened by Mistake
as Buzz Nelson
★7.1
MOVIE1935
Ruggles of Red Gap
as Egbert Floud
★6.0
MOVIE1941
The Perfect Snob
as Dr. Edgar Mason (as Charlie Ruggles)
★6.1
MOVIE1938
Breaking the Ice
as Sam Terwilliger
★9.0
MOVIE1944
3 Is a Family
as Sam Whitaker
★7.1
MOVIE1941
Go West, Young Lady
as Jim Pendergast
★4.0
MOVIE1944
The Shining Future
as Mr. Ames
★4.9
MOVIE1940
Public Deb No. 1
as Milburn
★5.4
MOVIE1932
Madame Butterfly
as Lieutenant Barton
★5.3
MOVIE1939
Balalaika
as Nicki Popoff
★5.9
MOVIE1931
Honor Among Lovers
as Monty Dunn
★7.6
MOVIE1944
The Doughgirls
as Stanley Slade
★6.5
MOVIE1943
Dixie Dugan
as Pa Dugan
★6.4
MOVIE1961
The Pleasure of His Company
as Mackenzie Savage
★5.8
MOVIE1936
Anything Goes
as Reverend Dr. Moon
★5.6
MOVIE1934
Murder in the Private Car
as Godfrey D. Scott
★6.5
MOVIE1946
Gallant Journey
as Jim Montgomery
★4.5
MOVIE1936
Hollywood Boulevard
as Charles Ruggles - Actor - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
★5.3
MOVIE1940
The Farmer's Daughter
as Nicksie North
★8.0
MOVIE1937
Turn Off the Moon
as J. Elliott Dinwiddy
★6.5
MOVIE1938
Service de Luxe
as Robinson
★7.0
MOVIE1937
Exclusive
as Tod Swain
★6.8
MOVIE1934
Friends of Mr. Sweeney
as Asaph 'Ace' Holliday
★4.8
MOVIE1938
Hollywood Handicap
as Himself
★6.7
MOVIE1944
The Road to Victory
as Mr. Ames (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1932
This Reckless Age
as Goliath Whitney (as Charlie Ruggles)
★6.1
MOVIE1949
Look for the Silver Lining
as Caro "Pop" Miller
★6.5
MOVIE1932
One Hour with You
as Adolph
★5.5
MOVIE1936
Hearts Divided
as Henry
★6.0
MOVIE1949
The Lovable Cheat
as Claude Mercadet
★7.5
MOVIE1944
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
as Mr. Otis Skinner
★6.0
MOVIE1930
Roadhouse Nights
as Willie Bindbugel
★6.4
MOVIE1932
Make Me a Star
as Charles Ruggles (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1940
Maryland
as Dick Piper
★8.0
MOVIE1967
Carousel
as The Starkeeper / Dr. Selden
★6.7
MOVIE1929
Gentlemen of the Press
as Charlie Haven
★7.5
MOVIE1929
The Battle of Paris
as Zizi
★6.3
MOVIE1934
The Pursuit of Happiness
as Aaron Kirkland
★6.0
MOVIE1939
Boy Trouble
as Homer C. Fitch
★9.0
MOVIE1936
Wives Never Know
as Homer Bigelow
★7.0
MOVIE1939
Sudden Money
as Sweeney J. Patterson
★5.8
MOVIE1941
The Parson of Panamint
as Chuckawalla Bill Redfield
★5.5
MOVIE1947
The Perfect Marriage
as Dale Williams, Sr.
★6.2
MOVIE1930
Young Man of Manhattan
as Shorty Ross
★7.5
MOVIE1932
The Night of June 13
as Philo Strawn (as Charlie Ruggles)
★8.5
MOVIE1931
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
★5.8
MOVIE1935
The Big Broadcast of 1936
as Wilbur Sealingsworth
★10.0
MOVIE1931
The Beloved Bachelor
as Jerry Wells
★5.7
MOVIE1932
70,000 Witnesses
as Johnny Moran
★6.5
MOVIE1933
Terror Aboard
as Blackie Witherspoon
★6.0
MOVIE1938
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
as Charles Ruggles
★5.8
MOVIE1936
The Preview Murder Mystery
as Himself (Uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1942
Friendly Enemies
as Heinrich Block
MOVIE1915
The Majesty of the Law
as Lawrence Evans
★10.0
MOVIE1936
Mind Your Own Business
as Orville Shanks
★7.5
MOVIE1948
Give My Regards to Broadway
as Toby Helper
★5.9
MOVIE1945
Bedside Manner
as Dr. J.H. 'Doc' Fredericks
★5.3
MOVIE1936
Yours for the Asking
as Sunbather (uncredited)
★4.3
MOVIE1935
People Will Talk
as Henry Wilton
★6.5
MOVIE1930
Queen High
as T. Boggs Johns
★7.5
MOVIE1947
My Brother Talks to Horses
as Richard Pennington Roeder
MOVIE1915
The Reform Candidate
★8.5
MOVIE1939
Night Work
as Homer C. Fitch
★5.3
MOVIE1929
The Lady Lies
as Charlie Tayler
★4.3
MOVIE1938
His Exciting Night
as Adam Tripp
★7.0
MOVIE1923
The Heart Raider
as Gaspard McMahon (an insurance clerk)