Charles Ruggles
Acting
1886-02-08 · Los 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.
movieBob Hope's World of Comedy
as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) · 1976 · 0.0
movieCarousel
as The Starkeeper / Dr. Selden · 1967 · 8.0
movieFollow Me, Boys!
as John Everett Hughes · 1966 · 6.7
movieThe Ugly Dachshund
as Dr. J. L. Pruitt · 1966 · 6.7
tvThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Governor Callahan · 1964 · 7.1
tvBewitched
as Mr. Caldwell · 1964 · 7.9
movieI'd Rather Be Rich
as Dr. Charles Crandall · 1964 · 6.6
tvBurke's Law
as Mr. Gregory · 1963 · 6.3
tvVacation Playhouse
as Eli Harcourt · 1963 · 8.0
moviePapa's Delicate Condition
as Anthony Ghio · 1963 · 5.6
movieSon of Flubber
as Judge Murdock · 1963 · 6.1
movieThe Pleasure of His Company
as Mackenzie Savage · 1961 · 6.4
movieThe Parent Trap
as Charles McKendrick · 1961 · 7.0
movieAll in a Night's Work
as Dr. Warren Kingsley, Sr · 1961 · 6.0
tvThe Andy Griffith Show
as John Canfield · 1960 · 7.6
tvAesop and Son
as Aesop (voice) · 1960 · 8.0
tvThe Bullwinkle Show
as Aesop (voice) · 1959 · 7.1
tvThe Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
as Aesop (voice) · 1959 · 8.0
movieEloise
as Murphy · 1956 · 0.0
tvThe World of Mr. Sweeney
as Cicero P. Sweeney · 1954 · 9.0
movieBen and Me
as Ben Franklin (voice) · 1953 · 6.9
tvThe Ruggles
as Charles Ruggles · 1949 · 7.0
movieLook for the Silver Lining
as Caro "Pop" Miller · 1949 · 6.1
movieThe Lovable Cheat
as Claude Mercadet · 1949 · 6.0