Charles Ruggles
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 8, 1886
- Died
- Dec 23, 1970 (aged 84)
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Credits
- 116
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
Bringing Up Baby
1938Movie
Major Applegate
Bewitched
1964TV
Mr. Caldwell
The Parent Trap
1961Movie
Charles McKendrick
Trouble in Paradise
1932Movie
Major
The Ugly Dachshund
1966Movie
Dr. J. L. Pruitt
The Andy Griffith Show
1960TV
John Canfield
Filmography
Carousel
1967Movie
The Starkeeper / Dr. Selden
Follow Me, Boys!
1966Movie
John Everett Hughes
The Ugly Dachshund
1966Movie
Dr. J. L. Pruitt
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964TV
Governor Callahan
Bewitched
1964TV
Mr. Caldwell
I'd Rather Be Rich
1964Movie
Dr. Charles Crandall
Burke's Law
1963TV
Mr. Gregory
Vacation Playhouse
1963TV
Eli Harcourt
Papa's Delicate Condition
1963Movie
Anthony Ghio
Son of Flubber
1963Movie
Judge Murdock
The Pleasure of His Company
1961Movie
Mackenzie Savage
The Parent Trap
1961Movie
Charles McKendrick
All in a Night's Work
1961Movie
Warren Kingsley Sr.
The Andy Griffith Show
1960TV
John Canfield
Aesop and Son
1960TV
Aesop (voice)
The Bullwinkle Show
1959TV
Aesop (voice)
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
1959TV
Aesop (voice)
Eloise
1956Movie
Murphy
The World of Mr. Sweeney
1954TV
Cicero P. Sweeney
Ben and Me
1953Movie
Ben Franklin (voice)
The Ruggles
1949TV
Charles Ruggles
Look for the Silver Lining
1949Movie
Caro "Pop" Miller
The Lovable Cheat
1949Movie
Claude Mercadet
Give My Regards to Broadway
1948Movie
Toby Helper
Ramrod
1947Movie
Ben Dickason
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947Movie
Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor
My Brother Talks to Horses
1947Movie
Richard Pennington Roeder
The Perfect Marriage
1947Movie
Dale Williams, Sr.
Gallant Journey
1946Movie
Jim Montgomery
A Stolen Life
1946Movie
Freddie Linley
Incendiary Blonde
1945Movie
Cherokee Jim
Bedside Manner
1945Movie
Dr. J.H. 'Doc' Fredericks
The Doughgirls
1944Movie
Stanley Slade
3 Is a Family
1944Movie
Sam Whitaker
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
1944Movie
Mr. Otis Skinner
The Road to Victory
1944Movie
Mr. Ames (uncredited)
The Shining Future
1944Movie
Mr. Ames
Dixie Dugan
1943Movie
Pa Dugan
Friendly Enemies
1942Movie
Heinrich Block
The Perfect Snob
1941Movie
Dr. Edgar Mason (as Charlie Ruggles)
Go West, Young Lady
1941Movie
Jim Pendergast
The Parson of Panamint
1941Movie
Chuckawalla Bill Redfield
Model Wife
1941Movie
Milo Everett
Honeymoon for Three
1941Movie
Harvey Wilson
The Invisible Woman
1940Movie
George
No Time for Comedy
1940Movie
Philo Swift
Public Deb No. 1
1940Movie
Milburn
Maryland
1940Movie
Dick Piper
Opened by Mistake
1940Movie
Buzz Nelson
The Farmer's Daughter
1940Movie
Nicksie North
Balalaika
1939Movie
Nicki Popoff
Night Work
1939Movie
Homer C. Fitch
Invitation to Happiness
1939Movie
Henry 'Pop' Hardy
Sudden Money
1939Movie
Sweeney J. Patterson
Boy Trouble
1939Movie
Homer C. Fitch
His Exciting Night
1938Movie
Adam Tripp
Service de Luxe
1938Movie
Robinson
Breaking the Ice
1938Movie
Sam Terwilliger
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
1938Movie
Charles Ruggles
Hollywood Handicap
1938Movie
Himself
Bringing Up Baby
1938Movie
Major Applegate
Exclusive
1937Movie
Tod Swain
Turn Off the Moon
1937Movie
J. Elliott Dinwiddy
Mind Your Own Business
1936Movie
Orville Shanks
Wives Never Know
1936Movie
Homer Bigelow
Hollywood Boulevard
1936Movie
Charles Ruggles - Actor - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
Yours for the Asking
1936Movie
Sunbather (uncredited)
Hearts Divided
1936Movie
Henry
Early to Bed
1936Movie
Chester Beatty
The Preview Murder Mystery
1936Movie
Himself (Uncredited)
Anything Goes
1936Movie
Reverend Dr. Moon
The Big Broadcast of 1936
1935Movie
Wilbur Sealingsworth
No More Ladies
1935Movie
Edgar Holden
People Will Talk
1935Movie
Henry Wilton
Ruggles of Red Gap
1935Movie
Egbert Floud
The Pursuit of Happiness
1934Movie
Aaron Kirkland
Friends of Mr. Sweeney
1934Movie
Asaph 'Ace' Holliday
Murder in the Private Car
1934Movie
Godfrey D. Scott
Melody in Spring
1934Movie
Warren Blodgett
Six of a Kind
1934Movie
J. Pinkham Whinney (as Charlie Ruggles)
Alice in Wonderland
1933Movie
March Hare
Girl Without a Room
1933Movie
Vergil Crock
Good-bye Love
1933Movie
Oswald Groggs
Mama Loves Papa
1933Movie
Wilbur Todd
Melody Cruise
1933Movie
Pete Wells
Terror Aboard
1933Movie
Blackie Witherspoon
Murders in the Zoo
1933Movie
Peter Yates
Madame Butterfly
1932Movie
Lieutenant Barton
If I Had a Million
1932Movie
Henry Peabody
Evenings for Sale
1932Movie
Bimpfl
Trouble in Paradise
1932Movie
Major
The Night of June 13
1932Movie
Philo Strawn (as Charlie Ruggles)
70,000 Witnesses
1932Movie
Johnny Moran
Love Me Tonight
1932Movie
Viscount Gilbert de Varèze
Make Me a Star
1932Movie
Charles Ruggles (uncredited)
This Is the Night
1932Movie
Bunny West
One Hour with You
1932Movie
Adolph
This Reckless Age
1932Movie
Goliath Whitney (as Charlie Ruggles)
Husband's Holiday
1931Movie
Clyde Saunders
The Beloved Bachelor
1931Movie
Jerry Wells
The Smiling Lieutenant
1931Movie
Max
The House That Shadows Built
1931Movie
(archive footage)
The Girl Habit
1931Movie
Charlie Floyd
Honor Among Lovers
1931Movie
Monty Dunn
Charley's Aunt
1930Movie
Fancourt Babberley
Her Wedding Night
1930Movie
Bertie Bird
Queen High
1930Movie
T. Boggs Johns
Young Man of Manhattan
1930Movie
Shorty Ross
Roadhouse Nights
1930Movie
Willie Bindbugel
The Battle of Paris
1929Movie
Zizi
The Lady Lies
1929Movie
Charlie Tayler
Gentlemen of the Press
1929Movie
Charlie Haven
The Heart Raider
1923Movie
Gaspard McMahon (an insurance clerk)
The Reform Candidate
1915Movie
Peer Gynt
1915Movie
The Button Molder
The Majesty of the Law
1915Movie
Lawrence Evans