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The Ugly Dachshund

as Dr. J. L. Pruitt

1966
Follow Me, Boys!

as John Everett Hughes

1966
Son of Flubber

as Judge Murdock

1963
The Parent Trap

as Charles McKendrick

1961
All in a Night's Work

as Dr. Warren Kingsley, Sr

1961
The World of Mr. Sweeney

as Cicero P. Sweeney

1954
Ben and Me

as Ben Franklin (voice)

1953
Give My Regards to Broadway

as Toby Helper

1948
It Happened on Fifth Avenue

as Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor

1947
Ramrod

as Ben Dickason

1947
A Stolen Life

as Freddie Linley

1946
Incendiary Blonde

as Cherokee Jim

1945
The Doughgirls

as Stanley Slade

1944
The Shining Future

as Mr. Ames

1944
The Perfect Snob

as Dr. Edgar Mason (as Charlie Ruggles)

1941
Go West, Young Lady

as Jim Pendergast

1941
The Invisible Woman

as George

1940
No Time for Comedy

as Philo Swift

1940
Invitation to Happiness

as Henry 'Pop' Hardy

1939
Balalaika

as Nicki Popoff

1939
Boy Trouble

as Homer C. Fitch

1939
Hearts Divided

as Henry

1936
Anything Goes

as Rev. Dr. Moon

1936
Ruggles of Red Gap

as Egbert Floud

1935
No More Ladies

as Edgar Holden

1935
Murders in the Zoo

as Peter Yates

1933
Trouble in Paradise

as Major

1932
Love Me Tonight

as Viscount Gilbert de Varèze

1932
One Hour with You

as Adolph

1932
Charles Ruggles Charles Ruggles

Birthday

1886-02-08

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

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.
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