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