Acting
Charles Ruggles
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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 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.
- 116 titles
- 113 Acting
- 3 Appearances
Acting (113)
Major Applegate
Mr. Caldwell
Charles McKendrick
Major
Dr. J. L. Pruitt
John Canfield
Viscount Gilbert de Varèze
George
Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor
Egbert Floud
Adolph
Governor Callahan
Judge Murdock
Max
March Hare
Aesop (voice)
Freddie Linley
Ben Dickason
Ben Franklin (voice)
Henry Peabody
Peter Yates
John Everett Hughes
Warren Kingsley Sr.
Lieutenant Barton
Show all (113)
Anthony Ghio
Bunny West
Godfrey D. Scott
Monty Dunn
J. Pinkham Whinney (as Charlie Ruggles)
Philo Swift
Mackenzie Savage
Mr. Gregory
Wilbur Sealingsworth
Jim Montgomery
Robinson
Reverend Dr. Moon
Cherokee Jim
Edgar Holden
Pete Wells
Aaron Kirkland
Dr. J.H. 'Doc' Fredericks
Heinrich Block
Jim Pendergast
Harvey Wilson
Caro "Pop" Miller
Blackie Witherspoon
Johnny Moran
Nicki Popoff
Sam Terwilliger
Stanley Slade
Nicksie North
Charlie Tayler
Dr. Edgar Mason (as Charlie Ruggles)
Shorty Ross
Homer C. Fitch
Dr. Charles Crandall
Charles Ruggles (uncredited)
Milburn
Asaph 'Ace' Holliday
Vergil Crock
Henry
Charles Ruggles - Actor - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
Mr. Otis Skinner
Philo Strawn (as Charlie Ruggles)
Chuckawalla Bill Redfield
Fancourt Babberley
Bimpfl
Charlie Haven
Oswald Groggs
Dick Piper
Henry Wilton
Willie Bindbugel
Sweeney J. Patterson
Aesop (voice)
Claude Mercadet
Sunbather (uncredited)
Pa Dugan
Chester Beatty
Tod Swain
Toby Helper
Bertie Bird
Henry 'Pop' Hardy
Warren Blodgett
Milo Everett
Richard Pennington Roeder
Homer C. Fitch
T. Boggs Johns
Zizi
Dale Williams, Sr.
Mr. Ames
Goliath Whitney (as Charlie Ruggles)
J. Elliott Dinwiddy
Sam Whitaker
Aesop (voice)
The Starkeeper / Dr. Selden
Clyde Saunders
Wilbur Todd
Orville Shanks
Buzz Nelson
Charles Ruggles
Jerry Wells
Charlie Floyd
Gaspard McMahon (an insurance clerk)
Charles Ruggles
Homer Bigelow
Murphy
The Button Molder
Lawrence Evans
Appearances (3)
Himself
Himself (Uncredited)
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