Birth Day: 1886-02-08
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
Credits
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As The Starkeeper / Dr. Selden -
As Dr. J. L. Pruitt -
As John Everett Hughes -
As Dr. Charles Crandall -
As Anthony Ghio -
As Judge Murdock -
As Dr. Warren Kingsley, Sr -
As Mackenzie Savage -
As Charles McKendrick -
As Murphy -
As Ben Franklin (voice) -
As Claude Mercadet -
As Caro "Pop" Miller -
As Toby Helper -
As Ben Dickason -
As Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor -
As Richard Pennington Roeder -
As Dale Williams, Sr. -
As Jim Montgomery -
As Freddie Linley -
As Cherokee Jim -
As Dr. J.H. 'Doc' Fredericks -
As Mr. Otis Skinner -
As Mr. Ames -
As Mr. Ames (uncredited)
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As Sam Whitaker -
As Stanley Slade -
As Pa Dugan -
As Heinrich Block -
As Jim Pendergast -
As Harvey Wilson -
As Dr. Edgar Mason (as Charlie Ruggles) -
As Chuckawalla Bill Redfield -
As Milo Everett -
As Dick Piper -
As Buzz Nelson -
As Milburn -
As George -
As Nicksie North -
As Philo Swift -
As Homer C. Fitch -
As Homer C. Fitch -
As Sweeney J. Patterson -
As Henry 'Pop' Hardy -
As Nicki Popoff -
As Himself -
As Robinson -
As Adam Tripp
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As Horace Applegate -
As Sam Terwilliger -
As Charles Ruggles -
As Tod Swain -
As J. Elliott Dinwiddy
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As Charles Ruggles - Actor - Cameo Appearance (uncredited) -
As Orville Shanks -
As Chester R. Beatty -
As Himself (Uncredited) -
As Sunbather (uncredited) -
As Henry -
As Rev. Dr. Moon -
As Homer Bigelow -
As Henry Wilton -
As Egbert Floud -
As Wilbur Sealingsworth -
As Edgar Holden -
As Warren Blodgett -
As J. Pinkham Whinney (as Charlie Ruggles) -
As Godfrey D. Scott -
As Asaph 'Ace' Holliday -
As Aaron Kirkland -
As Blackie Witherspoon -
As Pete Wells -
As Peter Yates -
As Wilbur Todd -
As Oswald Groggs -
As March Hare -
As Vergil Crock -
As Charles Ruggles (uncredited) -
As Johnny Moran -
As The Major -
As Goliath Whitney (as Charlie Ruggles) -
As Henry Peabody -
As Viscount Gilbert de Varèze -
As Adolph -
As Lieutenant Barton -
As Bunny West -
As Philo Strawn (as Charlie Ruggles) -
As Bimpfl -
As Clyde Saunders -
As Charlie Floyd -
As Monty Dunn -
As Max -
As Jerry Wells -
As (archive footage) -
As T. Boggs Johns -
As Shorty Ross -
As Willie Bindbugel -
As Fancourt Babberley -
As Bertie Bird -
As Charlie Tayler -
As Zizi -
As Charlie Haven -
As Gaspard McMahon (an insurance clerk) -
As The Button Molder -
As Lawrence Evans -
