Charles Ruggles
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.
Known for
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Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
movieCarousel
1967
The Starkeeper / Dr. Selden
movieFollow Me, Boys!
1966
John Everett Hughes
movieThe Ugly Dachshund
1966
Dr. J. L. Pruitt
tvThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
Governor Callahan
tvBewitched
1964
Mr. Caldwell
movieI'd Rather Be Rich
1964
Dr. Charles Crandall
tvBurke's Law
1963
Mr. Gregory
Vacation Playhouse
1963
Eli Harcourt
moviePapa's Delicate Condition
1963
Anthony Ghio
movieSon of Flubber
1963
Judge Murdock
movieThe Pleasure of His Company
1961
Mackenzie Savage
movieThe Parent Trap
1961
Charles McKendrick
movieAll in a Night's Work
1961
Dr. Warren Kingsley, Sr
tvThe Andy Griffith Show
1960
John Canfield
tvAesop and Son
1960
Aesop (voice)
tvThe Bullwinkle Show
1959
Aesop (voice)
movieEloise
1956
Murphy
The World of Mr. Sweeney
1954
Cicero P. Sweeney
movieBen and Me
1953
Ben Franklin (voice)
tvThe Ruggles
1949
Charles Ruggles
movieLook for the Silver Lining
1949
Caro "Pop" Miller
movieThe Lovable Cheat
1949
Claude Mercadet
movieGive My Regards to Broadway
1948
Toby Helper
movieRamrod
1947
Ben Dickason
movieIt Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947
Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor
movieMy Brother Talks to Horses
1947
Richard Pennington Roeder
movieThe Perfect Marriage
1947
Dale Williams, Sr.
movieGallant Journey
1946
Jim Montgomery
movieA Stolen Life
1946
Freddie Linley
movieIncendiary Blonde
1945
Cherokee Jim
movieBedside Manner
1945
Dr. J.H. 'Doc' Fredericks
movieThe Doughgirls
1944
Stanley Slade
movie3 Is a Family
1944
Sam Whitaker
movieOur Hearts Were Young and Gay
1944
Mr. Otis Skinner
The Road to Victory
1944
Mr. Ames (uncredited)
movieThe Shining Future
1944
Mr. Ames
movieDixie Dugan
1943
Pa Dugan
movieFriendly Enemies
1942
Heinrich Block
movieThe Perfect Snob
1941
Dr. Edgar Mason (as Charlie Ruggles)
movieGo West, Young Lady
1941
Jim Pendergast
movieThe Parson of Panamint
1941
Chuckawalla Bill Redfield
movieModel Wife
1941
Milo Everett
movieHoneymoon for Three
1941
Harvey Wilson
movieNo Time for Comedy
1940
Philo Swift
moviePublic Deb No. 1
1940
Milburn
movieMaryland
1940
Dick Piper
movieOpened by Mistake
1940
Buzz Nelson
movieThe Farmer's Daughter
1940
Nicksie North
movieBalalaika
1939
Nicki Popoff
movieNight Work
1939
Homer C. Fitch
movieInvitation to Happiness
1939
Henry 'Pop' Hardy
movieSudden Money
1939
Sweeney J. Patterson
movieBoy Trouble
1939
Homer C. Fitch
movieService de Luxe
1938
Robinson
movieBreaking the Ice
1938
Sam Terwilliger
movieScreen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
1938
Charles Ruggles
movieHollywood Handicap
1938
Himself
movieBringing Up Baby
1938
Major Applegate
movieExclusive
1937
Tod Swain
movieTurn Off the Moon
1937
J. Elliott Dinwiddy
movieMind Your Own Business
1936
Orville Shanks
movieWives Never Know
1936
Homer Bigelow
movieHollywood Boulevard
1936
Charles Ruggles - Actor - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
movieYours for the Asking
1936
Sunbather (uncredited)
movieEarly to Bed
1936
Chester Beatty
movieThe Preview Murder Mystery
1936
Himself (Uncredited)
movieAnything Goes
1936
Reverend Dr. Moon
movieThe Big Broadcast of 1936
1935
Wilbur Sealingsworth
movieNo More Ladies
1935
Edgar Holden
moviePeople Will Talk
1935
Henry Wilton
movieRuggles of Red Gap
1935
Egbert Floud
movieThe Pursuit of Happiness
1934
Aaron Kirkland
movieFriends of Mr. Sweeney
1934
Asaph 'Ace' Holliday
movieMurder in the Private Car
1934
Godfrey D. Scott
movieMelody in Spring
1934
Warren Blodgett
movieSix of a Kind
1934
J. Pinkham Whinney (as Charlie Ruggles)
movieAlice in Wonderland
1933
March Hare
movieGirl Without a Room
1933
Vergil Crock
movieGood-bye Love
1933
Oswald Groggs
movieMama Loves Papa
1933
Wilbur Todd
movieMelody Cruise
1933
Pete Wells
movieTerror Aboard
1933
Blackie Witherspoon
movieMurders in the Zoo
1933
Peter Yates
movieMadame Butterfly
1932
Lieutenant Barton
movieIf I Had a Million
1932
Henry Peabody
movieThe Night of June 13
1932
Philo Strawn (as Charlie Ruggles)
movie70,000 Witnesses
1932
Johnny Moran
movieLove Me Tonight
1932
Viscount Gilbert de Varèze
movieMake Me a Star
1932
Charles Ruggles (uncredited)
movieThis Is the Night
1932
Bunny West
movieThis Reckless Age
1932
Goliath Whitney (as Charlie Ruggles)
movieHusband's Holiday
1931
Clyde Saunders
movieThe Beloved Bachelor
1931
Jerry Wells
movieThe House That Shadows Built
1931
(archive footage)
movieThe Girl Habit
1931
Charlie Floyd
movieHonor Among Lovers
1931
Monty Dunn
movieCharley's Aunt
1930
Fancourt Babberley
movieHer Wedding Night
1930
Bertie Bird
movieQueen High
1930
T. Boggs Johns
movieYoung Man of Manhattan
1930
Shorty Ross
movieRoadhouse Nights
1930
Willie Bindbugel
movieThe Lady Lies
1929
Charlie Tayler
movieGentlemen of the Press
1929
Charlie Haven
movieThe Heart Raider
1923
Gaspard McMahon (an insurance clerk)
moviePeer Gynt
1915
The Button Molder
movieThe Majesty of the Law
1915
Lawrence Evans