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