Charles Ruggles
Acting
Born: February 8, 1886 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: December 23, 1970 (aged 84)
Highest Rated
Biography
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
1938
Bewitched
1964
The Parent Trap
1961
Trouble in Paradise
1932
The Ugly Dachshund
1966
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
Love Me Tonight
1932
The Invisible Woman
1940
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947
Ruggles of Red Gap
1935
One Hour with You
1932
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
Photos (2)
Movies (102)
The Parent Trap
Charles McKendrick
Bringing Up Baby
Major Applegate
Terror Aboard
Blackie Witherspoon
No Time for Comedy
Philo Swift
If I Had a Million
Henry Peabody
The Ugly Dachshund
Dr. J. L. Pruitt
Trouble in Paradise
Major
Alice in Wonderland
March Hare
Good-bye Love
Oswald Groggs
A Stolen Life
Freddie Linley
Follow Me, Boys!
John Everett Hughes
Mama Loves Papa
Wilbur Todd
All in a Night's Work
Warren Kingsley Sr.
Son of Flubber
Judge Murdock
The House That Shadows Built
(archive footage)
Love Me Tonight
Viscount Gilbert de Varèze
Model Wife
Milo Everett
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor
Ramrod
Ben Dickason
Eloise
Murphy
Incendiary Blonde
Cherokee Jim
Friends of Mr. Sweeney
Asaph 'Ace' Holliday
Murders in the Zoo
Peter Yates
One Hour with You
Adolph
Invitation to Happiness
Henry 'Pop' Hardy
Papa's Delicate Condition
Anthony Ghio
Husband's Holiday
Clyde Saunders
Her Wedding Night
Bertie Bird
The Invisible Woman
George
No More Ladies
Edgar Holden
My Brother Talks to Horses
Richard Pennington Roeder
Ruggles of Red Gap
Egbert Floud
I'd Rather Be Rich
Dr. Charles Crandall
The Smiling Lieutenant
Max
Turn Off the Moon
J. Elliott Dinwiddy
The Night of June 13
Philo Strawn (as Charlie Ruggles)
Balalaika
Nicki Popoff
Bedside Manner
Dr. J.H. 'Doc' Fredericks
Six of a Kind
J. Pinkham Whinney (as Charlie Ruggles)
Ben and Me
Ben Franklin (voice)
This Is the Night
Bunny West
The Girl Habit
Charlie Floyd
Hearts Divided
Henry
The Doughgirls
Stanley Slade
Dixie Dugan
Pa Dugan
Sudden Money
Sweeney J. Patterson
Peer Gynt
The Button Molder
Public Deb No. 1
Milburn
Girl Without a Room
Vergil Crock
Hollywood Boulevard
Charles Ruggles - Actor - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
Murder in the Private Car
Godfrey D. Scott
The Pleasure of His Company
Mackenzie Savage
Evenings for Sale
Bimpfl
Wives Never Know
Homer Bigelow
Breaking the Ice
Sam Terwilliger
Maryland
Dick Piper
Madame Butterfly
Lieutenant Barton
The Farmer's Daughter
Nicksie North
Anything Goes
Reverend Dr. Moon
Yours for the Asking
Sunbather (uncredited)
Friendly Enemies
Heinrich Block
People Will Talk
Henry Wilton
Go West, Young Lady
Jim Pendergast
The Perfect Snob
Dr. Edgar Mason (as Charlie Ruggles)
Make Me a Star
Charles Ruggles (uncredited)
Boy Trouble
Homer C. Fitch
70,000 Witnesses
Johnny Moran
Early to Bed
Chester Beatty
Carousel
The Starkeeper / Dr. Selden
Exclusive
Tod Swain
The Parson of Panamint
Chuckawalla Bill Redfield
Melody Cruise
Pete Wells
Look for the Silver Lining
Caro "Pop" Miller
The Shining Future
Mr. Ames
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
Mr. Otis Skinner
The Big Broadcast of 1936
Wilbur Sealingsworth
Charley's Aunt
Fancourt Babberley
Service de Luxe
Robinson
The Perfect Marriage
Dale Williams, Sr.
This Reckless Age
Goliath Whitney (as Charlie Ruggles)
Night Work
Homer C. Fitch
The Lovable Cheat
Claude Mercadet
Opened by Mistake
Buzz Nelson
3 Is a Family
Sam Whitaker
Honeymoon for Three
Harvey Wilson
Honor Among Lovers
Monty Dunn
The Pursuit of Happiness
Aaron Kirkland
The Beloved Bachelor
Jerry Wells
Melody in Spring
Warren Blodgett
Queen High
T. Boggs Johns
Gallant Journey
Jim Montgomery
The Battle of Paris
Zizi
The Reform Candidate
1915
Give My Regards to Broadway
Toby Helper
The Lady Lies
Charlie Tayler
The Heart Raider
Gaspard McMahon (an insurance clerk)
Young Man of Manhattan
Shorty Ross
The Majesty of the Law
Lawrence Evans
Gentlemen of the Press
Charlie Haven
Mind Your Own Business
Orville Shanks
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
Charles Ruggles
Roadhouse Nights
Willie Bindbugel
TV Shows (8)
The Andy Griffith Show
John Canfield · 1 eps
Bewitched
Mr. Caldwell · 1 eps
The Bullwinkle Show
Aesop (voice) · 815 eps
Burke's Law
Mr. Gregory · 1 eps
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Governor Callahan · 1 eps
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
Aesop (voice) · 163 eps
The Ruggles
Charles Ruggles · 137 eps
Aesop and Son
Aesop (voice) · 39 eps
