Charles 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.
Known For
Acting
1932
asThe Major
1938
asHorace Applegate
1966
asDr. J. L. Pruitt
1931
asMax
1932
asViscount Gilbert de Varèze
1931
asClyde Saunders
1933
asMarch Hare
1915
asThe Button Molder
1966
asJohn Everett Hughes
1940
asGeorge
1935
asEgbert Floud
1945
asDr. J.H. 'Doc' Fredericks
1947
asBen Dickason
1932
asAdolph
1947
asDale Williams, Sr.
1946
asFreddie Linley
1929
asCharlie Tayler
1933
asPeter Yates
1932
asLieutenant Barton
1939
asHenry 'Pop' Hardy
1930
asWillie Bindbugel
1961
asCharles McKendrick
1938
asHimself
1932
asBunny West
1947
asMichael J. 'Mike' O'Connor
1949
asClaude Mercadet
1963
asAnthony Ghio
1938
asSam Terwilliger
1949
asCaro "Pop" Miller
1944
asStanley Slade
1961
asDr. Warren Kingsley, Sr
1933
asPete Wells
1932
asHenry Peabody
1933
asBlackie Witherspoon
1941
asHarvey Wilson
1961
asMackenzie Savage
1939
asNicki Popoff
1935
asEdgar Holden
1934
asJ. Pinkham Whinney (as Charlie Ruggles)
1941
asDr. Edgar Mason (as Charlie Ruggles)
1945
asCherokee Jim
1940
asPhilo Swift
1934
asAsaph 'Ace' Holliday
1931
asMonty Dunn
1938
asCharles Ruggles
1933
asOswald Groggs
1964
asDr. Charles Crandall
1934
asAaron Kirkland
1947
asRichard Pennington Roeder
1944
asMr. Ames (uncredited)
1936
asRev. Dr. Moon
1936
asHenry
1930
asFancourt Babberley
1935
asWilbur Sealingsworth
1930
asT. Boggs Johns
1930
asShorty Ross
1932
asBimpfl
1944
asSam Whitaker
1938
asRobinson
1936
asChester R. Beatty
1936
asOrville Shanks
1948
asToby Helper
1941
asJim Pendergast
1937
asJ. Elliott Dinwiddy
1937
asTod Swain
1939
asHomer C. Fitch
1939
asSweeney J. Patterson
1944
asMr. Otis Skinner
1933
asVergil Crock
1944
asMr. Ames
1934
asGodfrey D. Scott
1930
asBertie Bird
1932
asPhilo Strawn (as Charlie Ruggles)
1933
asWilbur Todd
1941
asMilo Everett
1940
asMilburn
1946
asJim Montgomery
1943
asPa Dugan
1915
asLawrence Evans
1932
asGoliath Whitney (as Charlie Ruggles)
1940
asNickie North
1936
asHimself (Uncredited)
1956
asMurphy
1936
asCharles Ruggles - Actor - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
1936
asSunbather (uncredited)
1940
asDick Piper
1941
asChuckawalla Bill Redfield
1938
asAdam Tripp
1929
asCharlie Haven
1963
asJudge Murdock
1929
asZizi
1931
asJerry Wells
1942
asHeinrich Block
1967
asThe Starkeeper / Dr. Selden
1934
asWarren Blodgett
1953
asBen Franklin (voice)
1932
asCharles Ruggles (uncredited)
1936
asHomer Bigelow
1932
asJohnny Moran
1939
asHomer C. Fitch
1923
asGaspard McMahon (an insurance clerk)
1940
asBuzz Nelson
1931
as(archive footage)
1935
asHenry Wilton
1931
asCharlie Floyd
1915
asasEli Harcourt
asCicero P. Sweeney
asJohn Canfield
asAesop (voice)
asMr. Caldwell
Production
Crew
Directing
