Wesley Ruggles
Birthday
1889/06/10
Day of death
1972/01/08 (82 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also know as
Уэсли Рагглз, Веслі Рагглз, Веслі Раґґлз
Biography
Wesley Ruggles (June 11, 1889 – January 8, 1972) was an American film director. He was born in Los Angeles, a younger brother of actor Charles Ruggles. He began his career in 1915 as an actor, appearing in a dozen or so silent films, on occasion with Charles Chaplin. In 1917, he turned his attention to directing, making more than 50 mostly forgettable films — including a silent film version of Edith Wharton's novel The Age of Innocence (1924) — before he won acclaim with Cimarron in 1931. The ...Read more
Acting
(1916) The Pawnshop
as Ring Client (uncredited)
(1915) Shanghaied
as Shipowner
(1915) A Night in the Show
as Second Man in Balcony Front Row
(1916) Police
as Jailbird and Thief
(1918) Triple Trouble
as Crook
(1915) Her Painted Hero
as Effeminate Party Guest (uncredited)
(1915) A Lover's Lost Control
as Shoe Clerk
(1915) A Submarine Pirate
as His accomplice / Sub Officer
(1917) Her Torpedoed Love
as Messenger Inside the House
(1916) Behind the Screen
as Actor (uncredited)
(1916) The Floorwalker
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1915) Caught in a Park
as The Cop
(1915) Gussle's Wayward Path
as Clergyman
(1916) Beatrice Fairfax
as #15 Wristwatches
(1915) Gussle Rivals Jonah
as Ship Steward / Ship Passenger
(1920) A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios
as Himself
(1951) A Burlesque on the Opera Carmen
as ---