Charles Ruggles profile
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Charles Ruggles

8th February 1886 Los Angeles, California, USA Acting

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.

104 Movies 8 TV Shows 117 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

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Carousel 7th May 1967 as The Starkeeper / Dr. Selden
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Eloise 22nd November 1956 as Murphy
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Ben and Me 11th November 1953 as Ben Franklin (voice)
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Ramrod 2nd May 1947 as Ben Dickason
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Six of a Kind 9th February 1934 as J. Pinkham Whinney (as Charlie Ruggles)
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Peer Gynt 15th September 1915 as The Button Molder