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