Birthday
1886/02/08
Day of death
1970/12/23 (84 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also know as
Charlie Ruggles, Charles Sherman Ruggles
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 distinctiv...Read more
(1932) Trouble in Paradise
as The Major
(1938) Bringing Up Baby
as Horace Applegate
(1966) The Ugly Dachshund
as Dr. J. L. Pruitt
(1931) The Smiling Lieutenant
as Max
(1932) Love Me Tonight
as Viscount Gilbert de Varèze
(1931) Husband's Holiday
as Clyde Saunders
(1933) Alice in Wonderland
as March Hare
(1915) Peer Gynt
as The Button Molder
(1966) Follow Me, Boys!
as John Everett Hughes
(1940) The Invisible Woman
as George
(1935) Ruggles of Red Gap
as Egbert Floud
(1945) Her Favorite Patient
as Dr. J.H. 'Doc' Fredericks
(1947) Ramrod
as Ben Dickason
(1932) One Hour with You
as Adolph
(1947) The Perfect Marriage
as Dale Williams, Sr.
(1946) A Stolen Life
as Freddie Linley
(1929) The Lady Lies
as Charlie Tayler
(1933) Murders in the Zoo
as Peter Yates
(1932) Madame Butterfly
as Lieutenant Barton
(1939) Invitation to Happiness
as Henry 'Pop' Hardy
(1930) Roadhouse Nights
as Willie Bindbugel
(1961) The Parent Trap
as Charles McKendrick
(1938) Hollywood Handicap
as Himself
(1932) This Is the Night
as Bunny West
(1947) It Happened on Fifth Avenue
as Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor
(1949) The Lovable Cheat
as Claude Mercadet
(1963) Papa's Delicate Condition
as Anthony Ghio
(1938) Breaking the Ice
as Sam Terwilliger
(1949) Look for the Silver Lining
as Caro "Pop" Miller
(1944) The Doughgirls
as Stanley Slade
(1961) All in a Night's Work
as Dr. Warren Kingsley, Sr
(1932) If I Had a Million
as Henry Peabody
(1933) Melody Cruise
as Pete Wells
(1933) Terror Aboard
as Blackie Witherspoon
(1941) Honeymoon for Three
as Harvey Wilson
(1961) The Pleasure of His Company
as Mackenzie Savage
(1939) Balalaika
as Nicki Popoff
(1935) No More Ladies
as Edgar Holden
(1934) Six of a Kind
as J. Pinkham Whinney (as Charlie Ruggles)
(1941) The Perfect Snob
as Dr. Edgar Mason (as Charlie Ruggles)
(1945) Incendiary Blonde
as Cherokee Jim
(1940) No Time for Comedy
as Philo Swift
(1934) Friends of Mr. Sweeney
as Asaph 'Ace' Holliday
(1931) Honor Among Lovers
as Monty Dunn
(1938) Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
as Charles Ruggles
(1933) Good-bye Love
as Oswald Groggs
(1964) I'd Rather Be Rich
as Dr. Charles Crandall
(1934) The Pursuit of Happiness
as Aaron Kirkland
(1947) My Brother Talks to Horses
as Richard Pennington Roeder
(1944) The Road to Victory
as Mr. Ames (uncredited)
(1936) Anything Goes
as Rev. Dr. Moon
(1936) Hearts Divided
as Henry
(1930) Charley's Aunt
as Fancourt Babberley
(1935) The Big Broadcast of 1936
as Wilbur Sealingsworth
(1930) Queen High
as T. Boggs Johns
(1930) Young Man of Manhattan
as Shorty Ross
(1932) Evenings for Sale
as Bimpfl
(1944) 3 Is a Family
as Sam Whitaker
(1938) Service de Luxe
as Robinson
(1936) Early to Bed
as Chester R. Beatty
(1936) Mind Your Own Business
as Orville Shanks
(1948) Give My Regards to Broadway
as Toby Helper
(1941) Go West, Young Lady
as Jim Pendergast
(1937) Exclusive
as Tod Swain
(1937) Turn Off the Moon
as J. Elliott Dinwiddy
(1939) Boy Trouble
as Homer C. Fitch
(1939) Sudden Money
as Sweeney J. Patterson
(1944) Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
as Mr. Otis Skinner
(1933) Girl Without a Room
as Vergil Crock
(1944) The Shining Future
as Mr. Ames
(1934) Murder in the Private Car
as Godfrey D. Scott
(1930) Her Wedding Night
as Bertie Bird
(1932) The Night of June 13
as Philo Strawn (as Charlie Ruggles)
(1933) Mama Loves Papa
as Wilbur Todd
(1941) Model Wife
as Milo Everett
(1940) Public Deb No. 1
as Milburn
(1946) Gallant Journey
as Jim Montgomery
(1943) Dixie Dugan
as Pa Dugan
(1915) The Majesty of the Law
as Lawrence Evans
(1932) This Reckless Age
as Goliath Whitney (as Charlie Ruggles)
(1940) The Farmer's Daughter
as Nickie North
(1936) The Preview Murder Mystery
as Himself (Uncredited)
(1956) Eloise
as Murphy
(1936) Hollywood Boulevard
as Charles Ruggles - Actor - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
(1936) Yours for the Asking
as Sunbather (uncredited)
(1941) The Parson of Panamint
as Chuckawalla Bill Redfield
(1940) Maryland
as Dick Piper
(1938) His Exciting Night
as Adam Tripp
(1929) Gentlemen of the Press
as Charlie Haven
(1963) Son of Flubber
as Judge Murdock
(1929) The Battle of Paris
as Zizi
(1931) The Beloved Bachelor
as Jerry Wells
(1942) Friendly Enemies
as Heinrich Block
(1967) Carousel
as The Starkeeper / Dr. Selden
(1934) Melody in Spring
as Warren Blodgett
(1953) Ben and Me
as Ben Franklin (voice)
(1932) Make Me a Star
as Charles Ruggles (uncredited)
(1936) Wives Never Know
as Homer Bigelow
(1932) 70,000 Witnesses
as Johnny Moran
(1939) Night Work
as Homer C. Fitch
(1923) The Heart Raider
as Gaspard McMahon (an insurance clerk)
(1940) Opened by Mistake
as Buzz Nelson
(1931) The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
(1935) People Will Talk
as Henry Wilton
(1931) The Girl Habit
as Charlie Floyd
(1915) The Reform Candidate
as ---
(1963) Vacation Playhouse
as Eli Harcourt
(1954) The World of Mr. Sweeney
as Cicero P. Sweeney
(1960) The Andy Griffith Show
as John Canfield
(1959) The Bullwinkle Show
as Aesop (voice)
(1964) Bewitched
as Mr. Caldwell