Acting · Los Angeles, California, USA · Born February 8, 1886
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.
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
MovieCarousel
1967
as The Starkeeper / Dr. Selden
MovieFollow Me, Boys!
1966
as John Everett Hughes
MovieThe Ugly Dachshund
1966
as Dr. J. L. Pruitt
TVThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Governor Callahan
TVBewitched
1964
as Mr. Caldwell
MovieI'd Rather Be Rich
1964
as Dr. Charles Crandall
TVBurke's Law
1963
as Mr. Gregory
Vacation Playhouse
1963
as Eli Harcourt
MoviePapa's Delicate Condition
1963
as Anthony Ghio
MovieSon of Flubber
1963
as Judge Murdock
MovieThe Pleasure of His Company
1961
as Mackenzie Savage
MovieThe Parent Trap
1961
as Charles McKendrick
MovieAll in a Night's Work
1961
as Dr. Warren Kingsley, Sr
TVThe Andy Griffith Show
1960
as John Canfield
TVAesop and Son
1960
as Aesop (voice)
TVThe Bullwinkle Show
1959
as Aesop (voice)
TVThe Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
1959
as Aesop (voice)
MovieEloise
1956
as Murphy
The World of Mr. Sweeney
1954
as Cicero P. Sweeney
MovieBen and Me
1953
as Ben Franklin (voice)
TVThe Ruggles
1949
as Charles Ruggles
MovieLook for the Silver Lining
1949
as Caro "Pop" Miller
MovieThe Lovable Cheat
1949
as Claude Mercadet
MovieGive My Regards to Broadway
1948
as Toby Helper
MovieRamrod
1947
as Ben Dickason
MovieIt Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947
as Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor
MovieMy Brother Talks to Horses
1947
as Richard Pennington Roeder
MovieThe Perfect Marriage
1947
as Dale Williams, Sr.
MovieGallant Journey
1946
as Jim Montgomery
MovieA Stolen Life
1946
as Freddie Linley
MovieIncendiary Blonde
1945
as Cherokee Jim
MovieBedside Manner
1945
as Dr. J.H. 'Doc' Fredericks
MovieThe Doughgirls
1944
as Stanley Slade
Movie3 Is a Family
1944
as Sam Whitaker
MovieOur Hearts Were Young and Gay
1944
as Mr. Otis Skinner
The Road to Victory
1944
as Mr. Ames (uncredited)
MovieThe Shining Future
1944
as Mr. Ames
MovieDixie Dugan
1943
as Pa Dugan
MovieFriendly Enemies
1942
as Heinrich Block
MovieThe Perfect Snob
1941
as Dr. Edgar Mason (as Charlie Ruggles)
MovieGo West, Young Lady
1941
as Jim Pendergast
MovieThe Parson of Panamint
1941
as Chuckawalla Bill Redfield
MovieModel Wife
1941
as Milo Everett
MovieHoneymoon for Three
1941
as Harvey Wilson
MovieThe Invisible Woman
1940
as George
MovieNo Time for Comedy
1940
as Philo Swift
MoviePublic Deb No. 1
1940
as Milburn
MovieMaryland
1940
as Dick Piper
MovieOpened by Mistake
1940
as Buzz Nelson
MovieThe Farmer's Daughter
1940
as Nicksie North
MovieBalalaika
1939
as Nicki Popoff
MovieNight Work
1939
as Homer C. Fitch
MovieInvitation to Happiness
1939
as Henry 'Pop' Hardy
MovieSudden Money
1939
as Sweeney J. Patterson
MovieBoy Trouble
1939
as Homer C. Fitch
His Exciting Night
1938
as Adam Tripp
MovieService de Luxe
1938
as Robinson
MovieBreaking the Ice
1938
as Sam Terwilliger
MovieScreen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
1938
as Charles Ruggles
MovieHollywood Handicap
1938
as Himself
MovieBringing Up Baby
1938
as Major Applegate
MovieExclusive
1937
as Tod Swain
MovieTurn Off the Moon
1937
as J. Elliott Dinwiddy
MovieMind Your Own Business
1936
as Orville Shanks
MovieWives Never Know
1936
as Homer Bigelow
MovieHollywood Boulevard
1936
as Charles Ruggles - Actor - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
MovieYours for the Asking
1936
as Sunbather (uncredited)
MovieHearts Divided
1936
as Henry
MovieEarly to Bed
1936
as Chester Beatty
MovieThe Preview Murder Mystery
1936
as Himself (Uncredited)
MovieAnything Goes
1936
as Reverend Dr. Moon
MovieThe Big Broadcast of 1936
1935
as Wilbur Sealingsworth
MovieNo More Ladies
1935
as Edgar Holden
MoviePeople Will Talk
1935
as Henry Wilton
MovieRuggles of Red Gap
1935
as Egbert Floud
MovieThe Pursuit of Happiness
1934
as Aaron Kirkland
MovieFriends of Mr. Sweeney
1934
as Asaph 'Ace' Holliday
MovieMurder in the Private Car
1934
as Godfrey D. Scott
MovieMelody in Spring
1934
as Warren Blodgett
MovieSix of a Kind
1934
as J. Pinkham Whinney (as Charlie Ruggles)
MovieAlice in Wonderland
1933
as March Hare
MovieGirl Without a Room
1933
as Vergil Crock
MovieGood-bye Love
1933
as Oswald Groggs
MovieMama Loves Papa
1933
as Wilbur Todd
MovieMelody Cruise
1933
as Pete Wells
MovieTerror Aboard
1933
as Blackie Witherspoon
MovieMurders in the Zoo
1933
as Peter Yates
MovieMadame Butterfly
1932
as Lieutenant Barton
MovieIf I Had a Million
1932
as Henry Peabody
MovieEvenings for Sale
1932
as Bimpfl
MovieTrouble in Paradise
1932
as Major
MovieThe Night of June 13
1932
as Philo Strawn (as Charlie Ruggles)
Movie70,000 Witnesses
1932
as Johnny Moran
MovieLove Me Tonight
1932
as Viscount Gilbert de Varèze
MovieMake Me a Star
1932
as Charles Ruggles (uncredited)
MovieThis Is the Night
1932
as Bunny West
MovieOne Hour with You
1932
as Adolph
MovieThis Reckless Age
1932
as Goliath Whitney (as Charlie Ruggles)
MovieHusband's Holiday
1931
as Clyde Saunders
MovieThe Beloved Bachelor
1931
as Jerry Wells
MovieThe Smiling Lieutenant
1931
as Max
MovieThe House That Shadows Built
1931
as (archive footage)
MovieThe Girl Habit
1931
as Charlie Floyd
MovieHonor Among Lovers
1931
as Monty Dunn
MovieCharley's Aunt
1930
as Fancourt Babberley
MovieHer Wedding Night
1930
as Bertie Bird
MovieQueen High
1930
as T. Boggs Johns
MovieYoung Man of Manhattan
1930
as Shorty Ross
MovieRoadhouse Nights
1930
as Willie Bindbugel
MovieThe Battle of Paris
1929
as Zizi
MovieThe Lady Lies
1929
as Charlie Tayler
MovieGentlemen of the Press
1929
as Charlie Haven
MovieThe Heart Raider
1923
as Gaspard McMahon (an insurance clerk)
MovieThe Reform Candidate
1915
MoviePeer Gynt
1915
as The Button Molder
MovieThe Majesty of the Law
1915
as Lawrence Evans
