Charles Ruggles
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
ActingBirthday
February 8, 1886Deathday
December 23, 1970Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
106Place of birth
Los Angeles, California, USAAlso known as
Charlie Ruggles, Charles Sherman Ruggles
Cast credits
Trouble in Paradise
Major
Bringing Up Baby
Horace Applegate
The Ugly Dachshund
Dr. J. L. Pruitt
The Smiling Lieutenant
Max
Love Me Tonight
Viscount Gilbert de Varèze
Alice in Wonderland
March Hare
Follow Me, Boys!
John Everett Hughes
The Invisible Woman
George
Ruggles of Red Gap
Egbert Floud
Her Favorite Patient
Dr. J.H. 'Doc' Fredericks
Ramrod
Ben Dickason
One Hour with You
Adolph
The Perfect Marriage
Dale Williams, Sr.
A Stolen Life
Freddie Linley
The Lady Lies
Charlie Tayler
Murders in the Zoo
Peter Yates
The Parent Trap
Charles McKendrick
Roadhouse Nights
Willie Bindbugel
Hollywood Handicap
Himself
This Is the Night
Bunny West
Madame Butterfly
Lieutenant BartonImages
