Charles Ruggles

About

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...

Known for

The Andy Griffith ShowSeries • 1960BewitchedSeries • 1964The Bullwinkle ShowSeries • 1959Burke's LawSeries • 1963The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Series • 1964The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and FriendsSeries • 1959The RugglesSeries • 1949The Parent TrapMovie • 1961Bringing Up BabyMovie • 1938Trouble in ParadiseMovie • 1932Alice in WonderlandMovie • 1933The Ugly DachshundMovie • 1966It Happened on Fifth AvenueMovie • 1947All in a Night's WorkMovie • 1961One Hour with YouMovie • 1932Son of FlubberMovie • 1963The Invisible WomanMovie • 1940RamrodMovie • 1947A Stolen LifeMovie • 1946Follow Me, Boys!Movie • 1966If I Had a MillionMovie • 1932Love Me TonightMovie • 1932Murders in the ZooMovie • 1933Ruggles of Red GapMovie • 1935