Charles Sherman “Charlie” Ruggles (February 8, 1886 - December 23, 1970) was a comic American actor. Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 962 - Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works In a career spanning six decades, Ruggles appeared in close to 100 feature films. He was also the brother of director, producer, and silent actor Wesley Ruggles (1889-1972). Wesley Ruggles ( June 11, 1889 &ndash January 8, 1972) was an American Film director.
Biography
Charlie Ruggles was born in Los Angeles, California in 1886. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Despite training to be a doctor, Ruggles soon found himself on the stage, appearing in a stock production of Nathan Hale in 1905. At Los Angeles's Majestic Theatre, he played the romantic lead Private Jo Files in L. Frank Baum and Louis F. Gottschalk's musical, The Tik-Tok Man of Oz in 1913. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Lyman Frank Baum ( May 15 1856 &ndash May 5 1919) was an American Author, Actor, and Independent filmmaker Louis Ferdinand Gottschalk ( October 7, 1864 - July 15, 1934) was an American Composer born in St He moved to Broadway to appear in Help Wanted in 1914. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located His first screen role came in the silent Peer Gynt the following year. Peer Gynt (per gʏnt is a play by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. Throughout the 1910s and 1920s Ruggles continued to appear in silent movies, though his passion remained the stage, appearing in long-running productions such as The Passing Show of 1918, The Demi-Virgin and Battling Butler. The Passing Show of 1918 is a Broadway musical Revue which opened in the Winter Garden Theater on July 25, 1918. Battling Butler is a 1926 Comedy Silent film directed by and starring Buster Keaton. His most famous stage hit was one of his last before a twenty year hiatus, Queen High, produced in 1930. Queen High is the title of an early musical - Comedy produced by Paramount Pictures in 1930.
From 1929, Ruggles appeared in talking pictures. His first was Gentleman of the Press in which he played a comic, alcoholic newspaper reporter. Throughout the 1930s he was teamed with comic actress Mary Boland in a string of domestic farces, notably Six of a Kind, Ruggles of Red Gap, and People Will Talk; Boland was the domineering wife and Ruggles the mild-mannered husband. Mary Boland ( January 28, 1880 – June 23, 1965) was an American stage and film actress Ruggles of Red Gap is a 1915 novel by Harry Leon Wilson, adapted for the Broadway stage as a musical the same year, and made into a movie several People Will Talk ( 1951) is a 20th Century Fox Comedy film directed by Joseph L Ruggles is best remembered today as the big-game hunter in Bringing Up Baby. Bringing Up Baby is a 1938 Screwball comedy directed by Howard Hawks and starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. In other films he often played the "comic relief" character in otherwise straight films. Comic relief is the inclusion of a humorous character or scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work often to relieve tension In all, he appeared in about 100 movies.
In 1949, Ruggles halted in his film career to return to the stage and to move into television. He was the headline character in the TV series The Ruggles, a family comedy in which he played a character also called Charlie Ruggles, and The World of Mr. The Ruggles was perhaps the earliest family Sitcom to be shown on American television Sweeney. He returned to the big screen in 1961, playing Charles McKendrick in The Parent Trap and Mackenzie Savage in The Pleasure of His Company. The Parent Trap (1961 is a Walt Disney Productions Feature film starring Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara and Brian Keith The Pleasure of His Company ( 1961) is a Comedy film starring Fred Astaire and Debbie Reynolds, based on the play of the same He had a recurring guest role on The Beverly Hillbillies in the mid-1960s as Lowell Redlings Farquhar, father-in-law of Milburn Drysdale (Raymond Bailey). The Beverly Hillbillies is an American Television series about a Hillbilly family transplanted to Beverly Hills California after finding The Beverly Hillbillies is an American Television series about a Hillbilly family transplanted to Beverly Hills California after finding Raymond Thomas Bailey ( May 6, 1904 – April 15, 1980) was an American Actor on the Broadway stage, movies
Ruggles also lent his voice to the "Aesop and Son" TV cartoons produced by Jay Ward and Bill Scott. J Troplong "Jay" Ward ( September 20, 1920 – October 12, 1989) was an American creator and producer of animated Bill Scott or Billy Scott may refer to Bill Scott (athlete, Australian long-distance runner Bill Scott (author, Australian Ruggles played Aesop; Daws Butler played "Junior. Daws Butler ( Charles Dawson Butler; November 16, 1916 – May 18, 1988) was a Voice actor born in Toledo, "
Ruggles died of cancer at his Hollywood home in 1970 at the age of 84. He was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. Forest Lawn Memorial Park is a privately-owned Cemetery in Glendale, Los Angeles, in the United States. Glendale ( is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard. The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a Sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California, USA, that
Filmography
External links
- Charles Ruggles at the Internet Broadway Database
- Charles Ruggles at the Internet Movie Database
- Charlie Ruggles fan website
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