Personal Info
Birth date
1886-02-08 (139 Years)
Day of death
1970-12-23
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also known as
Charlie Ruggles
Charles Sherman Ruggles
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.
Filmography
The Andy Griffith Show
7.6
Overview:
The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays the widowed sheriff of the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina. His life is complicated by an inept, but well-meaning deputy, Barney Fife, a spinster aunt and housekeeper, Aunt Bee, and a precocious young son, Opie. Local ne'er-do-wells, bumbling pals, and temperamental girlfriends further complicate his life. Andy Griffith stated in a Today Show interview, with respect to the time period of the show: "Well, though we never said it, and though it was shot in the '60s, it had a feeling of the '30s. It was when we were doing it, of a time gone by." The series never placed lower than seventh in the Nielsen ratings and ended its final season at number one. It has been ranked by TV Guide as the 9th-best show in American television history. Though neither Griffith nor the show won awards during its eight-season run, series co-stars Knotts and Bavier accumulated a combined total of six Emmy Awards. The show, a semi-spin-off from an episode of The Danny Thomas Show titled "Danny Meets Andy Griffith", spawned its own spin-off series, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., a sequel series, Mayberry R.F.D., and a reunion telemovie, Return to Mayberry. The show's enduring popularity has generated a good deal of show-related merchandise. Reruns currently air on TV Land, and the complete series is available on DVD. All eight seasons are also now available by streaming video services such as Netflix.The Bullwinkle Show
7
Overview:
A variety show, with the main feature being the serialized adventures of the two title characters, the anthropomorphic moose Bullwinkle and flying squirrel Rocky. The main adversaries in most of their adventures are the Russian-like spies Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale. Supporting segments include Dudley Do-Right, Peabody's Improbable History, and Fractured Fairy Tales, among others.Bewitched
7.864
Overview:
Samantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine witch, with all the requisite magical powers. Her husband Darrin insists that Samantha keep her witchcraft under wraps, but situations invariably require her to indulge her powers while keeping her bothersome mother Endora at bay.Vacation Playhouse
7
Overview:
The concept of the series was the showing of unaired and unsold television pilots that did not make the television lineup for CBS. The show was successful during its first few seasons due to the fact that the show's concept, airing unsold and unaired television pilots, was a popular concept in the 1960s. But during its last two seasons on the air, the series did find some trouble due to the fact that the series were running out of pilots to air and, in their 4th season, they began airing repeats from the three seasons prior. During its 1966 summer run, the series aired eights new pilots and two repeats and during its last year airing five new pilots and four repeats.The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
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Overview:
Rocky, a plucky flying squirrel and Bullwinkle, a bumbling but lovable moose, have a series of ongoing adventures.The World of Mr. Sweeney
NYR
Overview:
The World of Mr. Sweeney is an American sitcom that aired on NBC in primetime and daytime. The series first aired live in primetime from June 30, 1954 to August 20, 1954, four nights a week from Tuesday to Friday, and from October 1954 to December 1955 five days a week in daytime. A total of 345 episodes were produced. The series began as a segment on The Kate Smith Evening Hour.The Parent Trap
7
Overview:
Two identical twin sisters, separated at birth by their parents' divorce, are reunited years later at a summer camp, where they scheme to bring their parents back together. The girls, one of whom has been living with their mother and the other with their father, switch places after camp and go to work on their plan, the first objective being to scare off a gold-digger pursuing their father.Bringing Up Baby
7.531
Overview:
David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strange circumstances, he meets Susan Vance, and the duo have a series of misadventures which include a leopard called Baby.The Ugly Dachshund
6.63
Overview:
The Garrisons are the "proud parents" of three adorable dachshund pups - and one overgrown Great Dane named Brutus, who nevertheless thinks of himself as a dainty dachsie. His identity crisis results in an uproarious series of household crises that reduce the Garrisons' house to shambles - and viewers to howls of laughter!Trouble in Paradise
7.398
Overview:
Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette's personal secretary to become closer to her. However, he takes things too far when he actually falls in love with Mariette, and has to choose between her and Lily.It Happened on Fifth Avenue
7
Overview:
A New Yorker hobo moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house with him. Before he knows it, he is living with the actual home owners.The Invisible Woman
5.721
Overview:
Kitty Carroll, an attractive store model, volunteers to become a test subject for a machine that will make her invisible so that she can use her invisibility to exact revenge on her ex-boss.Son of Flubber
5.9
Overview:
Beleaguered professor Ned Brainard has already run into a pile of misfortunes with his discovery of the super-elastic substance "Flubber." Now he hopes to have better luck with a gravity-busting derivative he's dubbed "Flubbergas." Ned's experiments, constantly hampered by government obstruction, earn the consternation of his wife, Betsy. But a game-winning modification to a football uniform may help Ned make the case for his fantastic new invention.Ruggles of Red Gap
7.1
Overview:
In this comedy of an Englishman stranded in a sea of barbaric Americans, Marmaduke Ruggles, a gentleman's gentleman and butler to an Earl is lost in a poker game to an uncouth American cattle baron. Ruggles' life is turned upside down as he's taken to the USA, is gradually assimilated into American life, accidentally becomes a local celebrity, and falls in love along the way.Alice in Wonderland
6
Overview:
In Victorian England, a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called Wonderland, populated by even more fantastic characters.Love Me Tonight
6.569
Overview:
A Parisian tailor goes to a château to collect a bill, only to fall for an aloof young princess living there.All in a Night's Work
5.9
Overview:
After the sudden death of magazine publisher Colonel Ryder, his nephew, Tony inherits the magazine and has big plans to expand it. While negotiating a loan from the bank, Tony gets a call from a detective surrounding his uncle's death. It turns out Colonel Ryder died in his hotel room with a smile on his face and a young woman was seen fleeing his room wearing only a towel. Suspicious of this woman and afraid the magazine's wholesome image may be tarnished and their loan denied, Tony asks the detective to stick around and find her.Exclusive
6
Overview:
When Mountain City racketeer Charles Gillette is acquitted, he arrives at the Mountain City World newsroom and vows revenge on the Better Government Committee who put him behind bars. Members of the committee include Colonel Bogardus, owner of the World , Horace Mitchell, a candidate for mayor, and Mr. Franklin, a department store owner. First Gillette buys a rival newspaper, the Sentinel , and offers a pricey editorship to World newsman Ralph Houston, who refuses the offer on principle. That evening, Ralph and his partner, Tod Swain, are greeted at home by a creditor, and Vina Swain, Ralph's fiancée, is furious to find out he turned down Gillette's offer. When she learns Ralph went into debt to put her through college, she warns Gillette of a police raid and pays back Ralph's debt with Gillette's renumeration. When Ralph orders Vina not to work for Gillette, she breaks their engagement.A Stolen Life
6.4
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A twin takes her deceased sister's place as wife of the man they both love.Follow Me, Boys!
6.571
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Lem Siddons is part of a traveling band who has a dream of becoming a lawyer. Deciding to settle down, he finds a job as a stockboy in the general store of a small town. Trying to fit in, he volunteers to become scoutmaster of the newly formed Troop 1. Becoming more and more involved with the scout troop, he finds his plans to become a lawyer being put on the back burner, until he realizes that his life has been fulfilled helping the youth of the small town.Gallant Journey
6.1
Overview:
Director William A. Wellman adds another to his long line of salutes-to-aviation films in this bio of an aviation pioneer, John Montgomery (Glenn Ford.) In 1883 he built a practical glider despite the opposition of his friends, who thought he was crazy, and of his family, who were afraid that his dreams of flying would hurt his father's political ambitions. He pursues his education at Santa Clara University where the Jesuits lend a helping and understanding hand. An earthquake destroys what appears to be a working model for an airplane, but a gold-sorting machine Montgomery invented, and then neglected, promises to provide for his financial needs to keep working on his aircraft until he gets involved in costly lawsuits defending his invention.Ramrod
6.5
Overview:
A cattle-vs.-sheepman feud loses Connie Dickason her fiance, but gains her his ranch, which she determines to run alone in opposition to Frank Ivey, "boss" of the valley, whom her father Ben wanted her to marry. She hires recovering alcoholic Dave Nash as foreman and a crew of Ivey's enemies. Ivey fights back with violence and destruction, but Dave is determined to counter him legally... a feeling not shared by his associates. Connie's boast that, as a woman, she doesn't need guns proves justified, but plenty of gunplay results.If I Had a Million
6.7
Overview:
An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.Look for the Silver Lining
5.7
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After getting her start in her parents' vaudeville act, Marilyn Miller is taken under the wing of dance sensation Jack Donahue. He senses the girl's enormous talent, and before long she's performing on Broadway. There, she is extremely successful and finds love with songwriter Frank Carter. Yet obstacles remain for the rising star, especially when he proposes marriage just before he's set to be deployed in World War I.Public Deb No. 1
4.2
Overview:
When a waiter gives a society girl a public spanking for attending a Communist rally, her soup-tycoon uncle makes the waiter a vice-president of his company.Papa's Delicate Condition
5.4
Overview:
A jolly, family-oriented railroad superintendent tries to get his act together when his love for the bottle starts to alienate him from his wife and oldest daughter. His younger daughter, however, still remains unflinchingly loyal to him, and they share many fun misadventures over the course of the movie.Maryland
6.2
Overview:
A woman tormented by the hunting death of her husband forbids her son to have anything to do with horses. But when he falls for the daughter of his father's trainer, he defies his mother by entering the Maryland Hunt.The Smiling Lieutenant
6.924
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An amorous lieutenant is forced to marry a socially awkward princess, though he tries to keep his violin-playing girlfriend on the side.Acting
1967Carousel as The Starkeeper / Dr. Selden
1966Follow Me, Boys! as John Everett Hughes
1966The Ugly Dachshund as Dr. J. L. Pruitt
1964Bewitched (1 Episode) as Mr. Caldwell
1964I'd Rather Be Rich as Dr. Charles Crandall
1963Vacation Playhouse (1 Episode) as Eli Harcourt
1963Papa's Delicate Condition as Anthony Ghio
1963Son of Flubber as Judge Murdock
1961The Pleasure of His Company as Mackenzie Savage
1961The Parent Trap as Charles McKendrick
1961All in a Night's Work as Dr. Warren Kingsley, Sr
1960The Andy Griffith Show (1 Episode) as John Canfield
1959The Bullwinkle Show (815 Episodes) as Aesop (voice)
1959The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends (163 Episodes) as Aesop (voice)
1956Eloise as Murphy
1954The World of Mr. Sweeney (1 Episode) as Cicero P. Sweeney
1953Ben and Me as Ben Franklin (voice)
1949Look for the Silver Lining as Caro "Pop" Miller
1949The Lovable Cheat as Claude Mercadet
1948Give My Regards to Broadway as Toby Helper
1947Ramrod as Ben Dickason
1947It Happened on Fifth Avenue as Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor
1947My Brother Talks to Horses as Richard Pennington Roeder
1947The Perfect Marriage as Dale Williams, Sr.
1946Gallant Journey as Jim Montgomery
1946A Stolen Life as Freddie Linley
1945Incendiary Blonde as Cherokee Jim
1945Her Favorite Patient as Dr. J.H. 'Doc' Fredericks
1944The Doughgirls as Stanley Slade
19443 Is a Family as Sam Whitaker
1944Our Hearts Were Young and Gay as Mr. Otis Skinner
1944The Road to Victory as Mr. Ames (uncredited)
1944The Shining Future as Mr. Ames
1943Dixie Dugan as Pa Dugan
1942Friendly Enemies as Heinrich Block
1941The Perfect Snob as Dr. Edgar Mason (as Charlie Ruggles)
1941Go West, Young Lady as Jim Pendergast
1941The Parson of Panamint as Chuckawalla Bill Redfield
1941Model Wife as Milo Everett
1941Honeymoon for Three as Harvey Wilson
1940The Invisible Woman as George
1940No Time for Comedy as Philo Swift
1940Public Deb No. 1 as Milburn
1940Maryland as Dick Piper
1940Opened by Mistake as Buzz Nelson
1940The Farmer's Daughter as Nickie North
1939Balalaika as Nicki Popoff
1939Night Work as Homer C. Fitch
1939Invitation to Happiness as Henry 'Pop' Hardy
1939Sudden Money as Sweeney J. Patterson
1939Boy Trouble as Homer C. Fitch
1938His Exciting Night as Adam Tripp
1938Service de Luxe as Robinson
1938Breaking the Ice as Sam Terwilliger
1938Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12 as Charles Ruggles
1938Hollywood Handicap as Himself
1938Bringing Up Baby as Horace Applegate
1937Exclusive as Tod Swain
1937Turn Off the Moon as J. Elliott Dinwiddy
1936Mind Your Own Business as Orville Shanks
1936Wives Never Know as Homer Bigelow
1936Hollywood Boulevard as Charles Ruggles - Actor - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
1936Yours for the Asking as Sunbather (uncredited)
1936Hearts Divided as Henry
1936Early to Bed as Chester R. Beatty
1936The Preview Murder Mystery as Himself (Uncredited)
1936Anything Goes as Rev. Dr. Moon
1935The Big Broadcast of 1936 as Wilbur Sealingsworth
1935No More Ladies as Edgar Holden
1935People Will Talk as Henry Wilton
1935Ruggles of Red Gap as Egbert Floud
1934The Pursuit of Happiness as Aaron Kirkland
1934Friends of Mr. Sweeney as Asaph 'Ace' Holliday
1934Murder in the Private Car as Godfrey D. Scott
1934Melody in Spring as Warren Blodgett
1934Six of a Kind as J. Pinkham Whinney (as Charlie Ruggles)
1933Alice in Wonderland as March Hare
1933Girl Without a Room as Vergil Crock
1933Good-bye Love as Oswald Groggs
1933Mama Loves Papa as Wilbur Todd
1933Melody Cruise as Pete Wells
1933Terror Aboard as Blackie Witherspoon
1933Murders in the Zoo as Peter Yates
1932Madame Butterfly as Lieutenant Barton
1932If I Had a Million as Henry Peabody
1932Evenings for Sale as Bimpfl
1932Trouble in Paradise as The Major
1932The Night of June 13 as Philo Strawn (as Charlie Ruggles)
193270,000 Witnesses as Johnny Moran
1932Love Me Tonight as Viscount Gilbert de Varèze
1932Make Me a Star as Charles Ruggles (uncredited)
1932This Is the Night as Bunny West
1932One Hour with You as Adolph
1932This Reckless Age as Goliath Whitney (as Charlie Ruggles)
1931Husband's Holiday as Clyde Saunders
1931The Beloved Bachelor as Jerry Wells
1931The Smiling Lieutenant as Max
1931The House That Shadows Built as (archive footage)
1931The Girl Habit as Charlie Floyd
1931Honor Among Lovers as Monty Dunn
1930Charley's Aunt as Fancourt Babberley
1930Her Wedding Night as Bertie Bird
1930Queen High as T. Boggs Johns
1930Young Man of Manhattan as Shorty Ross
1930Roadhouse Nights as Willie Bindbugel
1929The Battle of Paris as Zizi
1929The Lady Lies as Charlie Tayler
1929Gentlemen of the Press as Charlie Haven
1923The Heart Raider as Gaspard McMahon (an insurance clerk)
1915The Reform Candidate as Unknown
1915Peer Gynt as The Button Molder
1915The Majesty of the Law as Lawrence Evans