Charles Ruggles

Known for ActingBorn 1886-02-08Died 1970-12-23Los Angeles, California, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Mind Your Own Business

Mama Loves Papa

The Beloved Bachelor

The World of Mr. Sweeney

3 Is a Family

Wives Never Know

Husband's Holiday

Night Work

The House That Shadows Built

Carousel

Vacation Playhouse

Aesop and Son

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends

Bewitched

Turn Off the Moon

Early to Bed

Melody in Spring

The Girl Habit

The Andy Griffith Show

The Doughgirls

Give My Regards to Broadway

My Brother Talks to Horses

Our Hearts Were Young and Gay

Bringing Up Baby

The Night of June 13

Her Wedding Night

The Battle of Paris

The Bullwinkle Show

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Trouble in Paradise

The Parent Trap

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

Ben and Me

Ruggles of Red Gap

Opened by Mistake

The Ugly Dachshund

Invitation to Happiness

Sudden Money

Exclusive

Follow Me, Boys!

Evenings for Sale

This Reckless Age

I'd Rather Be Rich

The Heart Raider

Go West, Young Lady

The Road to Victory

Friends of Mr. Sweeney

The Smiling Lieutenant