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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 8, 1886
Died
December 23, 1970
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
- Charlie Ruggles
- Charles Sherman Ruggles
Charles Ruggles
0.5 Popularity
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
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The Starkeeper / Dr. Selden
Carousel
1967
6.6
John Everett Hughes
Follow Me, Boys!
1966
6.7
Dr. J. L. Pruitt
The Ugly Dachshund
1966
7.1
Governor Callahan
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
7.9
Mr. Caldwell
Bewitched
1964
5.8
Dr. Charles Crandall
I'd Rather Be Rich
1964
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7.0
Eli Harcourt
Vacation Playhouse
1963
5.4
Anthony Ghio
Papa's Delicate Condition
1963
6.0
Judge Murdock
Son of Flubber
1963
6.2
Mackenzie Savage
The Pleasure of His Company
1961
Credits
Carousel
as The Starkeeper / Dr. Selden
1967
0.0
Follow Me, Boys!
as John Everett Hughes
1966
6.6
The Ugly Dachshund
as Dr. J. L. Pruitt
1966
6.7
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Governor Callahan
1964
7.1
Bewitched
as Mr. Caldwell
1964
7.9
I'd Rather Be Rich
as Dr. Charles Crandall
1964
5.8
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Vacation Playhouse
as Eli Harcourt
1963
7.0
Papa's Delicate Condition
as Anthony Ghio
1963
5.4
Son of Flubber
as Judge Murdock
1963
6.0
The Pleasure of His Company
as Mackenzie Savage
1961
6.2
The Parent Trap
as Charles McKendrick
1961
7.0
All in a Night's Work
as Dr. Warren Kingsley, Sr
1961
5.9
The Andy Griffith Show
as John Canfield
1960
7.6
The Bullwinkle Show
as Aesop (voice)
1959
7.1
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
as Aesop (voice)
1959
8.0
Eloise
as Murphy
1956
0.0
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The World of Mr. Sweeney
as Cicero P. Sweeney
1954
0.0
Ben and Me
as Ben Franklin (voice)
1953
6.8
Look for the Silver Lining
as Caro "Pop" Miller
1949
5.7
The Lovable Cheat
as Claude Mercadet
1949
4.0
Give My Regards to Broadway
as Toby Helper
1948
7.0
Ramrod
as Ben Dickason
1947
6.5
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
as Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor
1947
7.0
My Brother Talks to Horses
as Richard Pennington Roeder
1947
6.0
The Perfect Marriage
as Dale Williams, Sr.
1947
4.0
Gallant Journey
as Jim Montgomery
1946
6.1
A Stolen Life
as Freddie Linley
1946
6.3
Incendiary Blonde
as Cherokee Jim
1945
4.6
Bedside Manner
as Dr. J.H. 'Doc' Fredericks
1945
5.7
The Doughgirls
as Stanley Slade
1944
7.0
3 Is a Family
as Sam Whitaker
1944
0.0
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
as Mr. Otis Skinner
1944
7.3
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The Road to Victory
as Mr. Ames (uncredited)
1944
5.5
The Shining Future
as Mr. Ames
1944
4.0
Dixie Dugan
as Pa Dugan
1943
5.0
Friendly Enemies
as Heinrich Block
1942
5.7
The Perfect Snob
as Dr. Edgar Mason (as Charlie Ruggles)
1941
6.3
Go West, Young Lady
as Jim Pendergast
1941
6.9
The Parson of Panamint
as Chuckawalla Bill Redfield
1941
5.0
Model Wife
as Milo Everett
1941
5.0
Honeymoon for Three
as Harvey Wilson
1941
5.8
The Invisible Woman
as George
1940
5.7
No Time for Comedy
as Philo Swift
1940
5.0
Public Deb No. 1
as Milburn
1940
4.4
Maryland
as Dick Piper
1940
6.2
Opened by Mistake
as Buzz Nelson
1940
0.0
The Farmer's Daughter
as Nicksie North
1940
4.6
Balalaika
as Nicki Popoff
1939
4.4
Night Work
as Homer C. Fitch
1939
7.0
Invitation to Happiness
as Henry 'Pop' Hardy
1939
6.0
Sudden Money
as Sweeney J. Patterson
1939
5.0
Boy Trouble
as Homer C. Fitch
1939
5.0
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His Exciting Night
as Adam Tripp
1938
3.0
Service de Luxe
as Robinson
1938
6.4
Breaking the Ice
as Sam Terwilliger
1938
5.4
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
as Charles Ruggles
1938
6.0
Hollywood Handicap
as Himself
1938
4.5
Bringing Up Baby
as Horace Applegate
1938
7.5
Exclusive
as Tod Swain
1937
6.0
🎬
Turn Off the Moon
as J. Elliott Dinwiddy
1937
0.0
Mind Your Own Business
as Orville Shanks
1936
0.0
Wives Never Know
as Homer Bigelow
1936
0.0
Hollywood Boulevard
as Charles Ruggles - Actor - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
1936
2.7
Yours for the Asking
as Sunbather (uncredited)
1936
3.5
Hearts Divided
as Henry
1936
5.0
Early to Bed
as Chester R. Beatty
1936
7.0
The Preview Murder Mystery
as Himself (Uncredited)
1936
5.6
Anything Goes
as Rev. Dr. Moon
1936
5.3
The Big Broadcast of 1936
as Wilbur Sealingsworth
1935
5.5
No More Ladies
as Edgar Holden
1935
4.6
People Will Talk
as Henry Wilton
1935
3.0
Ruggles of Red Gap
as Egbert Floud
1935
7.1
The Pursuit of Happiness
as Aaron Kirkland
1934
5.8
Friends of Mr. Sweeney
as Asaph 'Ace' Holliday
1934
6.0
Murder in the Private Car
as Godfrey D. Scott
1934
5.3
Melody in Spring
as Warren Blodgett
1934
6.0
Six of a Kind
as J. Pinkham Whinney (as Charlie Ruggles)
1934
5.8
Alice in Wonderland
as March Hare
1933
6.1
Girl Without a Room
as Vergil Crock
1933
5.3
Good-bye Love
as Oswald Groggs
1933
5.5
Mama Loves Papa
as Wilbur Todd
1933
0.0
Melody Cruise
as Pete Wells
1933
4.6
Terror Aboard
as Blackie Witherspoon
1933
6.0
Murders in the Zoo
as Peter Yates
1933
5.8
Madame Butterfly
as Lieutenant Barton
1932
5.2
If I Had a Million
as Henry Peabody
1932
6.6
Evenings for Sale
as Bimpfl
1932
6.0
Trouble in Paradise
as The Major
1932
7.4
The Night of June 13
as Philo Strawn (as Charlie Ruggles)
1932
7.0
70,000 Witnesses
as Johnny Moran
1932
5.0
Love Me Tonight
as Viscount Gilbert de Varèze
1932
6.5
Make Me a Star
as Charles Ruggles (uncredited)
1932
5.5
This Is the Night
as Bunny West
1932
5.3
One Hour with You
as Adolph
1932
6.5
This Reckless Age
as Goliath Whitney (as Charlie Ruggles)
1932
5.0
Husband's Holiday
as Clyde Saunders
1931
0.0
The Beloved Bachelor
as Jerry Wells
1931
0.0
The Smiling Lieutenant
as Max
1931
6.8
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
1931
7.0
The Girl Habit
as Charlie Floyd
1931
0.0
Honor Among Lovers
as Monty Dunn
1931
5.7
Charley's Aunt
as Fancourt Babberley
1930
5.0
Her Wedding Night
as Bertie Bird
1930
6.0
Queen High
as T. Boggs Johns
1930
6.0
Young Man of Manhattan
as Shorty Ross
1930
5.9
Roadhouse Nights
as Willie Bindbugel
1930
4.5
The Battle of Paris
as Zizi
1929
6.0
The Lady Lies
as Charlie Tayler
1929
5.3
Gentlemen of the Press
as Charlie Haven
1929
5.0
The Heart Raider
as Gaspard McMahon (an insurance clerk)
1923
0.0
The Reform Candidate
1915
0.0
Peer Gynt
as The Button Molder
1915
0.0
The Majesty of the Law
as Lawrence Evans
1915
0.0