Charles Ruggles
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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Movies (42)
Carousel
as The Starkeeper / Dr. Selden
1967
Follow Me, Boys!
as John Everett Hughes
1966
The Ugly Dachshund
as Dr. J. L. Pruitt
1966
I'd Rather Be Rich
as Dr. Charles Crandall
1964
Papa's Delicate Condition
as Anthony Ghio
1963
Son of Flubber
as Judge Murdock
1963
The Pleasure of His Company
as Mackenzie Savage
1961
The Parent Trap
as Charles McKendrick
1961
All in a Night's Work
as Dr. Warren Kingsley, Sr
1961
Eloise
as Murphy
1956
Ben and Me
as Ben Franklin (voice)
1953
Look for the Silver Lining
as Caro "Pop" Miller
1949
The Lovable Cheat
as Claude Mercadet
1949
Give My Regards to Broadway
as Toby Helper
1948
Ramrod
as Ben Dickason
1947
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
as Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor
1947
My Brother Talks to Horses
as Richard Pennington Roeder
1947
The Perfect Marriage
as Dale Williams, Sr.
1947
Gallant Journey
as Jim Montgomery
1946
A Stolen Life
as Freddie Linley
1946
Incendiary Blonde
as Cherokee Jim
1945
Bedside Manner
as Dr. J.H. 'Doc' Fredericks
1945
The Doughgirls
as Stanley Slade
1944
3 Is a Family
as Sam Whitaker
1944
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
as Mr. Otis Skinner
1944
The Road to Victory
as Mr. Ames (uncredited)
1944
The Shining Future
as Mr. Ames
1944
Dixie Dugan
as Pa Dugan
1943
Friendly Enemies
as Heinrich Block
1942
The Perfect Snob
as Dr. Edgar Mason (as Charlie Ruggles)
1941
Go West, Young Lady
as Jim Pendergast
1941
The Parson of Panamint
as Chuckawalla Bill Redfield
1941
Model Wife
as Milo Everett
1941
Honeymoon for Three
as Harvey Wilson
1941
The Invisible Woman
as George
1940
No Time for Comedy
as Philo Swift
1940
Public Deb No. 1
as Milburn
1940
Maryland
as Dick Piper
1940
Opened by Mistake
as Buzz Nelson
1940
The Farmer's Daughter
as Nicksie North
1940
Balalaika
as Nicki Popoff
1939
Night Work
as Homer C. Fitch
1939
TV Shows (8)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Governor Callahan
1964
Bewitched
as Mr. Caldwell
1964
Burke's Law
as Mr. Gregory
1963
Vacation Playhouse
as Eli Harcourt
1963
The Andy Griffith Show
as John Canfield
1960
The Bullwinkle Show
as Aesop (voice)
1959
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
as Aesop (voice)
1959
The World of Mr. Sweeney
as Cicero P. Sweeney
1954