Charles Ruggles
Born in Los Angeles, California, USA — Feb 08 1886• Died Dec 23 1970
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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 o…
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Charles Ruggles's Credits
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Bewitched
Mr. Caldwell
The Andy Griffith Show
John Canfield
The Bullwinkle Show
Aesop (voice)
Burke's Law
Mr. Gregory
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Governor Callahan
Vacation Playhouse
Eli Harcourt
The Parent Trap
Charles McKendrick
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
Aesop (voice)
Bringing Up Baby
Horace Applegate
Son of Flubber
Judge Murdock
The Invisible Woman
George
Murders in the Zoo
Peter Yates
If I Had a Million
Henry Peabody
The Preview Murder Mystery
Himself (Uncredited)
Evenings for Sale
Bimpfl
No Time for Comedy
Philo Swift
Alice in Wonderland
March Hare
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor
Friends of Mr. Sweeney
Asaph 'Ace' Holliday
Ramrod
Ben Dickason
Dixie Dugan
Pa Dugan
The Parson of Panamint
Chuckawalla Bill Redfield
A Stolen Life
Freddie Linley
Make Me a Star
Charles Ruggles (uncredited)
Trouble in Paradise
The Major
Turn Off the Moon
J. Elliott Dinwiddy
Eloise
Murphy
Early to Bed
Chester R. Beatty
Exclusive
Tod Swain
Mind Your Own Business
Orville Shanks
The Smiling Lieutenant
Max
Queen High
T. Boggs Johns
All in a Night's Work
Dr. Warren Kingsley, Sr
The Doughgirls
Stanley Slade
Public Deb No. 1
Milburn
Follow Me, Boys!
John Everett Hughes
Ruggles of Red Gap
Egbert Floud
The House That Shadows Built
(archive footage)
Murder in the Private Car
Godfrey D. Scott
The Girl Habit
Charlie Floyd
The Lady Lies
Charlie Tayler
3 Is a Family
Sam Whitaker
This Is the Night
Bunny West
The Pleasure of His Company
Mackenzie Savage
Maryland
Dick Piper
Night Work
Homer C. Fitch
The Pursuit of Happiness
Aaron Kirkland
The Perfect Snob
Dr. Edgar Mason (as Charlie Ruggles)
Sudden Money
Sweeney J. Patterson
Honeymoon for Three
Harvey Wilson
The Shining Future
Mr. Ames
70,000 Witnesses
Johnny Moran
Breaking the Ice
Sam Terwilliger
Incendiary Blonde
Cherokee Jim
No More Ladies
Edgar Holden
The Beloved Bachelor
Jerry Wells
My Brother Talks to Horses
Richard Pennington Roeder
Service de Luxe
Robinson
The Big Broadcast of 1936
Wilbur Sealingsworth
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
Charles Ruggles
Papa's Delicate Condition
Anthony Ghio
Look for the Silver Lining
Caro "Pop" Miller
Ben and Me
Ben Franklin (voice)
Wives Never Know
Homer Bigelow
Six of a Kind
J. Pinkham Whinney (as Charlie Ruggles)
Balalaika
Nicki Popoff
Go West, Young Lady
Jim Pendergast
The Lovable Cheat
Claude Mercadet
Love Me Tonight
Viscount Gilbert de Varèze
Carousel
The Starkeeper / Dr. Selden
Peer Gynt
The Button Molder
Invitation to Happiness
Henry 'Pop' Hardy
Hollywood Boulevard
Charles Ruggles - Actor - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
One Hour with You
Adolph
Hollywood Handicap
Himself
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
Mr. Otis Skinner
I'd Rather Be Rich
Dr. Charles Crandall
The Road to Victory
Mr. Ames (uncredited)
Melody in Spring
Warren Blodgett
The Perfect Marriage
Dale Williams, Sr.
The Ugly Dachshund
Dr. J. L. Pruitt
Opened by Mistake
Buzz Nelson
Gallant Journey
Jim Montgomery
Her Wedding Night
Bertie Bird
Boy Trouble
Homer C. Fitch
Terror Aboard
Blackie Witherspoon
People Will Talk
Henry Wilton
Yours for the Asking
Sunbather (uncredited)
The Night of June 13
Philo Strawn (as Charlie Ruggles)
Friendly Enemies
Heinrich Block
Hearts Divided
Henry
Aesop and Son
Aesop (voice)
Roadhouse Nights
Willie Bindbugel
The World of Mr. Sweeney
Cicero P. Sweeney
Melody Cruise
Pete Wells
Madame Butterfly
Lieutenant Barton
Good-bye Love
Oswald Groggs
Anything Goes
Rev. Dr. Moon
This Reckless Age
Goliath Whitney (as Charlie Ruggles)
Bedside Manner
Dr. J.H. 'Doc' Fredericks
Mama Loves Papa
Wilbur Todd
Model Wife
Milo Everett
Husband's Holiday
Clyde Saunders
The Majesty of the Law
Lawrence Evans
The Reform Candidate
Young Man of Manhattan
Shorty Ross
Girl Without a Room
Vergil Crock
The Farmer's Daughter
Nicksie North
Honor Among Lovers
Monty Dunn
Charley's Aunt
Fancourt Babberley
The Heart Raider
Gaspard McMahon (an insurance clerk)
His Exciting Night
Adam Tripp
The Battle of Paris
Zizi
Give My Regards to Broadway
Toby Helper
Gentlemen of the Press
Charlie Haven
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)