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Charles Sherman Ruggles was a comic American character actor. In a career spanning six decades, Ruggles appeared in close to 100 feature films, often in mild-mannered and comic roles. He was also the elder brother of director, producer, and silent film actor Wesley Ruggles (1889–1972).
Birth Name
Charles Sherman Ruggles
Born
Monday, 08 February 1886
Died
Wednesday, 23 December 1970
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Svengoolie | Peter Yates | 1995 |
The Danny Thomas Hour | Stimson | 1967 |
Follow Me, Boys! | John Everett Hughes | 1966 |
Pistols 'n' Petticoats | Orville Snipe | 1966 |
The Ugly Dachshund | Dr. J.L. Pruitt / Dr. J. L. Pruitt | 1966 |
Hollywood My Home Town | Self | 1965 |
Laredo | Major John Cane | 1965 |
Please Don't Eat the Daisies | Uncle Bennett | 1965 |
My Living Doll | Jonas Clay | 1964 |
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Governor Callahan | 1964 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Svengoolie | Peter Yates | 1995 |
The Danny Thomas Hour | Stimson | 1967 |
Follow Me, Boys! | John Everett Hughes | 1966 |
Pistols 'n' Petticoats | Orville Snipe | 1966 |
The Ugly Dachshund | Dr. J.L. Pruitt / Dr. J. L. Pruitt | 1966 |
Hollywood My Home Town | Self | 1965 |
Laredo | Major John Cane | 1965 |
Please Don't Eat the Daisies | Uncle Bennett | 1965 |
My Living Doll | Jonas Clay | 1964 |
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Governor Callahan | 1964 |
Bewitched | Mr. Caldwell / Hedley Partridge | 1964 |
I'd Rather Be Rich | Dr. Charles Crandall | 1964 |
Destry | Sheriff Joe Finster | 1964 |
The Munsters | Charlie Wiggens | 1964 |
Hollywood and the Stars | Self | 1963 |
Burke's Law | O. B. Danberry / Mr. Gregory / I. A. Bugg / Charles Wingfield | 1963 |
Vacation Playhouse | Eli Harcourt | 1963 |
Hollywood Without Make-Up | Self / Himself | 1963 |
Papa's Delicate Condition | Anthony Ghio | 1963 |
Son of Flubber | Judge Murdock | 1963 |
The Beverly Hillbillies | Lowell Redlings Farquhar | 1962 |
McKeever and the Colonel | Mr. Barnes | 1962 |
Saints and Sinners | Senator Jerome Archer | 1962 |
Frontier Circus | Will Grady | 1961 |
Ben Casey | Victor Harmon | 1961 |
The Dick Powell Theatre | Seals / Judge Fairbrother | 1961 |
Follow the Sun | George Beaumont | 1961 |
The Parent Trap | Charles McKendrick | 1961 |
The Pleasure of His Company | Mackenzie Savage | 1961 |
All in a Night's Work | Dr. Warren Kingsley Sr. / Dr. Warren Kingsley, Sr | 1961 |
The Best of the Post | Grampa Baker | 1960 |
The Jim Backus Show | Sonny Slote | 1960 |
The Andy Griffith Show | John Canfield | 1960 |
Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
The Bullwinkle Show | Aesop (voice) / Aesop | 1959 |
Bonanza | Col. Robert Fairchild | 1959 |
The Real McCoys | Mr. Devereaux | 1957 |
Goodyear Theatre | Grandpa | 1957 |
Wagon Train | Jamison Hershey | 1957 |
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Bert Hewitt, Kathy's father | 1956 |
Playhouse 90 | Dean Damon / Murphy - Hack Driver | 1956 |
Conflict | B. O. Boyne | 1956 |
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | Self - Guest | 1956 |
Matinee Theatre | Amos Currie | 1955 |
The Magical World of Disney | John Everett Hughes / Dr. Pruitt / Judge Murdock / Charles McKendrick / Ben Franklin | 1954 |
Climax! | Dan Genessen | 1954 |
Father Knows Best | Arthur | 1954 |
The World of Mr. Sweeney | Cicero P. Sweeney | 1954 |
The Martha Raye Show | Self | 1954 |
Ben and Me | Ben Franklin (voice) / Ben Franklin | 1953 |
The Motorola Television Hour | Mordecai Muldoon | 1953 |
The United States Steel Hour | Justice Jarvis Boone / Mr. Austin | 1953 |
The Life of Riley | Mr. Parker | 1953 |
This Is Your Life | Self | 1952 |
The Name's the Same | Self | 1951 |
The Red Skelton Hour | Uncle Clarence / Lulubelle's Father / King Marvin / George Jennings / Dr. Wilcox / Cameron Forsythe | 1951 |
The Ruggles | Charlie Ruggles | 1949 |
Look for the Silver Lining | Caro 'Pop' Miller / Caro "Pop" Miller | 1949 |
The Lovable Cheat | Claude Mercadet | 1949 |
Studio One | J.D. Spencer | 1948 |
The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre | Eddy | 1948 |
Give My Regards to Broadway | Toby Helper | 1948 |
It Happened on Fifth Avenue | Michael J. O'Connor / Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor | 1947 |
Ramrod | Ben Dickason | 1947 |
My Brother Talks to Horses | Richard Pennington Roeder | 1947 |
The Perfect Marriage | Dale Williams, Sr. | 1946 |
Gallant Journey | Jim Montgomery | 1946 |
A Stolen Life | Freddie Linley | 1946 |
Incendiary Blonde | Cherokee Jim | 1945 |
Bedside Manner | Dr. J.H. 'Doc' Fredericks | 1945 |
The Doughgirls | Stanley Slade | 1944 |
Three Is a Family | Sam Whitaker | 1944 |
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay | Otis Skinner | 1944 |
The Road to Victory | Himself / Mr. Ames | 1944 |
The Shining Future | Mr. Ames | 1944 |
Dixie Dugan | Pa Dugan | 1943 |
Friendly Enemies | Heinrich Block | 1942 |
The Perfect Snob | Dr. Edgar Mason / Dr. Edgar Mason (as Charlie Ruggles) | 1941 |
Go West, Young Lady | Jim Pendergast | 1941 |
The Parson of Panamint | Chuckawalla Bill Redfield | 1941 |
Model Wife | Milo Everett | 1941 |
Honeymoon for Three | Harvey Wilson | 1941 |
The Invisible Woman | George | 1940 |
No Time for Comedy | Philo Swift | 1940 |
Public Deb No. 1 | Milburn | 1940 |
Maryland | Dick Piper | 1940 |
Opened by Mistake | Buzz Nelson | 1940 |
The Farmer's Daughter | Nickie North | 1940 |
Balalaika | Nicki Popoff | 1939 |
Invitation to Happiness | Henry 'Pop' Hardy | 1939 |
Sudden Money | Sweeney J. Patterson | 1939 |
Boy Trouble | Homer C. Fitch / Homer Fitch | 1939 |
His Exciting Night | Adam Tripp | 1938 |
Service de Luxe | Scott Robinson / Robinson | 1938 |
Breaking the Ice | Samuel Terwilliger / Sam Terwilliger | 1938 |
Hollywood Handicap | Charlie Ruggles / Himself | 1938 |
Bringing Up Baby | Major Applegate / Horace Applegate | 1938 |
Exclusive | Tod Swain | 1937 |
Turn Off the Moon | J. Elliott Dinwiddy | 1937 |
Mind Your Own Business | Orville Shanks | 1936 |
Wives Never Know | Homer Bigelow | 1936 |
Hollywood Boulevard | Charles Ruggles - Actor - Cameo Appearance | 1936 |
Yours for the Asking | Sunbather | 1936 |
Hearts Divided | Henry | 1936 |
Early to Bed | Chester Beatty / Chester R. Beatty | 1936 |
The Preview Murder Mystery | Charles Ruggles / Cameo Appearance as Himself at Preview (Uncredited) | 1936 |
Anything Goes | Moonface Martin - Rev. Dr. Moon / Rev. Dr. Moon | 1936 |
The Big Broadcast of 1936 | Wilbur Sealingsworth | 1935 |
No More Ladies | Edgar Holden / Edgar | 1935 |
People Will Talk | Henry Wilton | 1935 |
Ruggles of Red Gap | Egbert Floud | 1935 |
The Pursuit of Happiness | Aaron Kirkland | 1934 |
Friends of Mr. Sweeney | Asaph 'Ace' Holliday | 1934 |
Murder in the Private Car | Godfrey D. Scott | 1934 |
Melody in Spring | Warren Blodgett | 1934 |
Six of a Kind | J. Pinkham Whinney (as Charlie Ruggles) / J. Pinkham Whinney | 1934 |
Alice in Wonderland | March Hare | 1933 |
Girl Without a Room | Vergil Crock | 1933 |
Good-bye Love | Oswald Groggs | 1933 |
Mama Loves Papa | Wilbur Todd | 1933 |
Melody Cruise | Pete Wells | 1933 |
Terror Aboard | Blackie Witherspoon | 1933 |
Murders in the Zoo | Peter Yates | 1933 |
Madame Butterfly | Lt. Barton / Lieutenant Barton | 1932 |
If I Had a Million | Henry Peabody | 1932 |
Evenings for Sale | Bimpfl | 1932 |
Trouble in Paradise | The Major / Major | 1932 |
The Night of June 13 | Philo Strawn | 1932 |
70, 000 Witnesses | Johnny Moran | 1932 |
Love Me Tonight | Viscount Gilbert de Varèze | 1932 |
Make Me a Star | Charles Ruggles | 1932 |
This Is the Night | Bunny West | 1932 |
One Hour with You | Adolph | 1932 |
This Reckless Age | Goliath Whitney | 1932 |
Husband's Holiday | Clyde Saunders | 1931 |
Beloved Bachelor | Jerry Wells | 1931 |
The Smiling Lieutenant | Max | 1931 |
The House That Shadows Built | (archive footage) | 1931 |
The Girl Habit | Charlie Floyd | 1931 |
Honor Among Lovers | Monty Dunn | 1931 |
Charley's Aunt | Lord Fancourt Babberley / Fancourt Babberley | 1930 |
Her Wedding Night | Bertie Bird | 1930 |
Queen High | T. Boggs Johns | 1930 |
Young Man of Manhattan | Shorty Ross | 1930 |
Roadhouse Nights | Willie Bindbugel | 1930 |
Battle of Paris | Zizi | 1929 |
The Lady Lies | Charlie Tayler | 1929 |
Gentlemen of the Press | Charlie Haven | 1929 |
The Heart Raider | Gaspard McMahon - An Insurance Clerk / Gaspard McMahon (an insurance clerk) | 1923 |
The Reform Candidate | Loony Jim | 1915 |
The Majesty of the Law | Lawrence Evans | 1915 |
The Patchwork Girl of Oz | Undetermined Role | 1914 |