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.
The Parent Trap
as Charles McKendrickTwo identical twin sisters, separated at birth by their parents' divorce, are reunited years...
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It Happened on Fifth Avenue
as Michael J. 'Mike' O'ConnorA New Yorker hobo moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house...
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Alice in Wonderland
as March HareIn Victorian England, a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called...
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Ramrod
as Ben DickasonA cattle-vs.-sheepman feud loses Connie Dickason her fiance, but gains her his ranch, which she...
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Trouble in Paradise
as The MajorThief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume...
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Son of Flubber
as Judge MurdockBeleaguered professor Ned Brainard has already run into a pile of misfortunes with his discovery...
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The Ugly Dachshund
as Dr. J. L. PruittThe Garrisons are the "proud parents" of three adorable dachshund pups - and one overgrown Great...
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The Invisible Woman
as GeorgeKitty Carroll, an attractive store model, volunteers to become a test subject for a machine that...
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Bringing Up Baby
as Horace ApplegateDavid Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of...
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A Stolen Life
as Freddie LinleyA twin takes her deceased sister's place as wife of the man they both love.
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Love Me Tonight
as Viscount Gilbert de VarèzeA Parisian tailor goes to a château to collect a bill, only to fall for an aloof young princess...
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The Perfect Marriage
as Dale Williams, Sr.A couple celebrate their tenth anniversary by quarreling their way to divorce court.
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No Time for Comedy
as Philo SwiftAn aspiring playwright finds himself an overnight Broadway success.
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This Reckless Age
as Goliath Whitney (as Charlie Ruggles)Donald Ingals and his wife Eunice are conventional and loving parents who are shocked when their...
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Ruggles of Red Gap
as Egbert FloudIn this comedy of an Englishman stranded in a sea of barbaric Americans, Marmaduke Ruggles, a...
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All in a Night's Work
as Dr. Warren Kingsley, SrAfter the sudden death of magazine publisher Colonel Ryder, his nephew, Tony inherits the...
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If I Had a Million
as Henry PeabodyAn elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to...
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The Smiling Lieutenant
as MaxAn amorous lieutenant is forced to marry a socially awkward princess, though he tries to keep...
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Ben and Me
as Ben Franklin (voice)A revisionist version of American history as a small mouse comes to live with Benjamin Franklin...
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The Pleasure of His Company
as Mackenzie SavageBiddeford "Pogo" Poole, an urbane charmer, has been absent for most of the life of his daughter,...
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Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
as Mr. Otis SkinnerIn 1923, two young ladies depart, unescorted, for a tour of Europe. Their great naïvité and...
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Follow Me, Boys!
as John Everett HughesLem Siddons is part of a traveling band who has a dream of becoming a lawyer. Deciding to settle...
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One Hour with You
as AdolphAndre and Colette Bertier are happily married. When Colette introduces her husband to her...
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The Pursuit of Happiness
as Aaron KirklandLederer is a Hessian soldier who defects to the Americans during the Revolutionary War.He falls...
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Papa's Delicate Condition
as Anthony GhioA jolly, family-oriented railroad superintendent tries to get his act together when his love for...
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Madame Butterfly
as Lieutenant BartonPinkerton marries Cho-Cho San in Japan, whilst on shore leave. When he leaves, she keeps his...
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Hollywood Boulevard
as Charles Ruggles - Actor - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)With a full Hollywood background and settings but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines...
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My Brother Talks to Horses
as Richard Pennington RoederLiving with his family in Baltimore, 9-year-old Lewie Penrose claims that he can converse with...
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Hollywood Handicap
as HimselfA group of stable hands is given a race horse when its owner retires from the business. They...
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Evenings for Sale
as BimpflImpoverished Count von Dopenthal plans to commit suicide and spends his last night at a costume...
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This Is the Night
as Bunny WestWhen Stephen, the husband of Gerald’s mistress, Claire, discovers a pair of tickets for their...
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Girl Without a Room
as Vergil CrockA Tennessee art school student wins a scholarship to paint in Paris. He is thrilled until he...
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Eloise
as MurphyIt's not so much that Eloise is a mischievous child, but the darnedest things do happen when...
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Good-bye Love
as Oswald GroggsA sexy golddigger lands who she thinks is a wealthy big-game hunter from a royal family. What...
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Dixie Dugan
as Pa DuganRoger Hudson, a wealthy businessman who has moved to Washington to work for the government as a...
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Yours for the Asking
as SunbatherCasino operator Johnny Lamb hires down-on-her-luck socialite Lucille Sutton as his casino...
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The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)The House That Shadows Built (1931) is a short feature, roughly 48 minutes long, from Paramount...
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Six of a Kind
as J. Pinkham Whinney (as Charlie Ruggles)The Whinneys share expenses for their trip to Hollywood with George and Gracie and their great...
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Murder in the Private Car
as Godfrey D. ScottRuth Raymond works on the telephone switchboard of a large NYC office building. One day, a...
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Murders in the Zoo
as Peter YatesDr. Gorman is a millionaire adventurer, traveling the world in search of dangerous game. His...
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The Lovable Cheat
as Claude MercadetPosing as a wealthy Parisian, Mercadet fleeces friends and casual acquaintances alike. He is...
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Incendiary Blonde
as Cherokee JimParamount's highly-fictionalized 1945 musical biography of Texas Guinan, the Roaring '20s New...
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Her Wedding Night
as Bertie BirdNorma Martin is an American movie star in France trying to avoid the attention of men. Going to...
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No More Ladies
as Edgar HoldenA society girl tries to reform her playboy husband by making him jealous.
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Melody in Spring
as Warren BlodgettIt's love at first sight for singer John Craddock and Jane Blodgett who meet while John is...
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The Big Broadcast of 1936
as Wilbur SealingsworthTwo-bit radio station owner Spud Miller doubles as the station's sole announcer. On the verge of...
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70,000 Witnesses
as Johnny MoranCollege football player is asked to dope a star teammate by his crooked gambler brother. He...
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Friends of Mr. Sweeney
as Asaph 'Ace' HollidayAsaph (Charles Ruggles) is a meek, mild-mannered homebody who occasionally shows some backbone...
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Public Deb No. 1
as MilburnWhen a waiter gives a society girl a public spanking for attending a Communist rally, her...
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The Perfect Snob
as Dr. Edgar Mason (as Charlie Ruggles)When a small town veterinarian discovers that his just-graduated daughter is a gold-digging...
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Gallant Journey
as Jim MontgomeryDirector William A. Wellman adds another to his long line of salutes-to-aviation films in this...
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Exclusive
as Tod SwainWhen Mountain City racketeer Charles Gillette is acquitted, he arrives at the Mountain City...
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Charley's Aunt
as Fancourt BabberleyA student is pressured into pretending to be a classmate's Aunt so he can act as a false chaperone.
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Melody Cruise
as Pete WellsA bachelor millionaire on a cruise is protected by a friend from the avid attentions of a crowd...
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The Preview Murder Mystery
as Cameo Appearance as Himself at Preview (Uncredited)The star of "Song of the Toreador" receives threatening messages that he will not survive the...
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3 Is a Family
as Sam WhitakerBased on a play by Phoebe and Henry Ephron, "3 Is a Family" is a 1940s farce. Charlie Ruggles...
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Maryland
as Dick PiperA woman tormented by the hunting death of her husband forbids her son to have anything to do...
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The Battle of Paris
as ZiziGertrude Lawrence plays a singer in Paris during World War I. After stealing from Tony (Walter...
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Mama Loves Papa
as Wilbur ToddA woman's ceaseless badgering sends her husband on a drinking bender. Along the way, he makes a...
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Young Man of Manhattan
as Shorty RossTwo flappers try to get their newspaper reporter boyfriends to pay attention to them.
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The Beloved Bachelor
as Jerry WellsMichael Morda, a young sculptor living in San Francisco, is madly in love with Elinor Hunter,...
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The Farmer's Daughter
as Nickie NorthBroadway producer Nickie North and press agent Scoop Trimble find an investor for their next...
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Gentlemen of the Press
as Charlie HavenA newspaperman is drawn away from family life by the needs of his paper until a new woman enters...
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Opened by Mistake
as Buzz NelsonA wise-guy reporter and a tippling sportswriter acquire an unclaimed trunk with a corpse inside.
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Her Favorite Patient
as Dr. J.H. 'Doc' FredericksA beautiful female doctor visits her small hometown on her way back to Chicago. Her overworked...
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Sudden Money
as Sweeney J. PattersonPromises of happier times dawn for the financially distressed Patterson family when father...
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Terror Aboard
as Blackie WitherspoonAn ocean liner is found at sea with everyone on board dead. An investigation is begun to find...
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Honor Among Lovers
as Monty DunnJerry Stafford falls for his secretary, Julia Traynor, but instead she marries a shady character...
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The Doughgirls
as Stanley SladeArthur and Vivian are just married, but when the get to their honeymoon suite in Washington...
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Look for the Silver Lining
as Caro "Pop" MillerAfter getting her start in her parents' vaudeville act, Marilyn Miller is taken under the wing...
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Service de Luxe
as RobinsonGlamorous and efficient Helen Murphy runs a service that will provide any type of assistance to...
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The Shining Future
as Mr. AmesDocumentary short film intended to drum up support for the Fifth War Loan Campaign. It shows a...
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Anything Goes
as Rev. Dr. MoonA young man falls in love with a beautiful blonde. When he sees her being forced onto a luxury...
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Make Me a Star
as Charles Ruggles (uncredited)A grocery clerk, longing to become a cowboy actor, goes to Hollywood in search of fame and...
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I'd Rather Be Rich
as Dr. Charles CrandallAn updated remake of It Started With Eve (1941). A young heiress is summoned to the bedside of...
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Balalaika
as Nicki PopoffA Russian prince disguised as a worker and a cafe singer secretly involved in revolutionary...
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Hearts Divided
as HenryNapoleon Bonaparte's younger brother, visiting the United States, falls madly in love with a...
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Boy Trouble
as Homer C. FitchA fussy shopkeeper's life drastically changes when his wife takes in two homeless boys.
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Roadhouse Nights
as Willie BindbugelBased on the Hammett novel, this ultra-rare film—is nominally taken from the author's classic...
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Go West, Young Lady
as Jim PendergastA young woman arrives in the western town of Headstone and helps the locals outsmart a gang of...
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The Heart Raider
as Gaspard McMahon (an insurance clerk)A young troublemaker sets her eyes on a confirmed bachelor.
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Model Wife
as Milo EverettComplications in a dressmaking firm when a model has to hide her marriage.
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Night Work
as Homer C. FitchThe Fitch family is managing an apartment building when the grandfather of their adopted son...
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The Parson of Panamint
as Chuckawalla Bill RedfieldAs he looks over the dusty, deserted remains of the western "boom town" of Panamint, grizzled...
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Carousel
as The Starkeeper / Dr. SeldenIn a Maine coastal village toward the end of the 19th century, the swaggering, carefree carnival...
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The Reform Candidate
as uncreditedRealizing that his mayoral campaign is in serious trouble, reform candidate Frank Grandell sends...
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Friendly Enemies
as Heinrich BlockDuring World War I, two German men friends who emigrated to the US and become millionaires agree...
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The Night of June 13
as Philo Strawn (as Charlie Ruggles)Elna Curry, once a concert pianist, develops an unfounded jealousy of neighbor, Trudie Morrow....
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Breaking the Ice
as Sam TerwilligerThe story begins while Tommy Martin and his mother, Martha Martin say goodbye to Henry and...
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Early to Bed
as Chester R. BeattyChester Beatty and Tessie Weeks have been engaged for 5 years and going together for 15 years...
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Queen High
as T. Boggs JohnsThe two partners of a ladies' garter business are constantly feuding with each other. When they...
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Honeymoon for Three
as Harvey WilsonNoted writer Kenneth Bixby, in love with his witty secretary Anne Rogers, is on a book tour when...
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Mind Your Own Business
as Orville ShanksNature reporter Orville Shanks retreats to the woods for material for his "Our Wild Friends"...
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The Majesty of the Law
as Lawrence EvansThe story of a Virginia judge who sternly hands down severe sentences while in court only to...
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The Lady Lies
as Charlie TaylerMuch to the disapproval of his snooty children, a wealthy widowed attorney takes up with a...
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People Will Talk
as Henry WiltonHenry and Clarice Wilkins have been married twenty-three years and are a model suburban couple...
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Invitation to Happiness
as Henry 'Pop' HardyAn egotistical boxer romances a rich backer's daughter.
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Peer Gynt
as The Button MolderA fantasy from Ibsen's verse drama. Ne'er-do-well and braggart Peer Gynt has many adventures in...
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The Girl Habit
as Charlie FloydA Lothario tries to get arrested as protection from the gangster husband who has threatened him.
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Wives Never Know
as Homer BigelowHomer Bigelow has an ideal marriage, with a wife who loves him very much as does he in return. ...
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Give My Regards to Broadway
as Toby HelperA family vaudeville act is threatened when the eldest son is offered a contract to play...
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Husband's Holiday
as Clyde SaundersA stuffy family man cheats on his wife but she refuses him a divorce at first. Meanwhile his...
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The Bullwinkle Show
as Aesop (voice)A variety show, with the main feature being the serialized adventures of the two title...
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The Andy Griffith Show
as John CanfieldThe Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and...
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