Charles Ruggles
Birthday: 1886-02-08 | Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USACharles 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.
Known For
Acting
Role
as The Starkeeper / Dr. Selden
as Dr. J. L. Pruitt
as John Everett Hughes
as Anthony Ghio
as Judge Murdock
as Charles McKendrick
as Dr. Warren Kingsley, Sr
as Mackenzie Savage
as Aesop (voice)
as Murphy
as Cicero P. Sweeney
as Ben Franklin (voice)
as Toby Helper
as Ben Dickason
as Dale Williams, Sr.
as Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor
as Richard Pennington Roeder
as Freddie Linley
as Jim Montgomery
as Cherokee Jim
as Dr. J.H. 'Doc' Fredericks
as Mr. Ames
as Mr. Otis Skinner
as Stanley Slade
as Heinrich Block
as Dr. Edgar Mason (as Charlie Ruggles)
as Jim Pendergast
