Charles Ruggles
Acting
Biography
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 Bullwinkle Show (1961). He was the brother of director Wesley Ruggles.
Born: February 8, 1886
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
Rocky, a plucky flying squirrel and Bullwinkle, a bumbling but lovable moose, have a series of ongoing adventures.
Bewitched
Samantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine witch, with all the requisite magical powers. Her husband Darrin insists that Samantha keep her witchcraft under wraps, but situations invariably require her to indulge her powers while keeping her bothersome mother Endora at bay.
The Andy Griffith Show
The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays the widowed sheriff of the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina. His life is complicated by an inept, but well-meaning deputy, Barney Fife, a spinster aunt and housekeeper, Aunt Bee, and a precocious young son, Opie. Local ne'er-do-wells, bumbling pals, and temperamental girlfriends further complicate his life. Andy Griffith stated in a Today Show interview, with respect to the time period of the show: "Well, though we never said it, and though it was shot in the '60s, it had a feeling of the '30s. It was when we were doing it, of a time gone by." The series never placed lower than seventh in the Nielsen ratings and ended its final season at number one. It has been ranked by TV Guide as the 9th-best show in American television history. Though neither Griffith nor the show won awards during its eight-season run, series co-stars Knotts and Bavier accumulated a combined total of six Emmy Awards. The show, a semi-spin-off from an episode of The Danny Thomas Show titled "Danny Meets Andy Griffith", spawned its own spin-off series, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., a sequel series, Mayberry R.F.D., and a reunion telemovie, Return to Mayberry. The show's enduring popularity has generated a good deal of show-related merchandise. Reruns currently air on TV Land, and the complete series is available on DVD. All eight seasons are also now available by streaming video services such as Netflix.
Bringing Up Baby
David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strange circumstances, he meets Susan Vance, and the duo have a series of misadventures which include a leopard called Baby.
Trouble in Paradise
Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette's personal secretary to become closer to her. However, he takes things too far when he actually falls in love with Mariette, and has to choose between her and Lily.
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
In 1923, two young ladies depart, unescorted, for a tour of Europe. Their great naïvité and efforts to seem grown-up lead them into many comic misadventures.
The Bullwinkle Show
A variety show, with the main feature being the serialized adventures of the two title characters, the anthropomorphic moose Bullwinkle and flying squirrel Rocky. The main adversaries in most of their adventures are the Russian-like spies Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale. Supporting segments include Dudley Do-Right, Peabody's Improbable History, and Fractured Fairy Tales, among others.
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin work for a secret intelligence service working under the auspices of the U.N. Their immediate superior is Mr. Waverly. Together they operate out of a secret base beneath the streets of New York City, and accesses through several cover business such as Del Floria's Tailor Shop and the Masque Club. This secret intelligence service is called U.N.C.L.E. United Network Command for Law and Enforcement.
Ruggles of Red Gap
In this comedy of an Englishman stranded in a sea of barbaric Americans, Marmaduke Ruggles - a gentleman's gentleman and butler to an Earl - is lost in a poker game to an uncouth American cattle baron. Ruggles' life is turned upside down as he's taken to the USA, is gradually assimilated into American life, accidentally becomes a local celebrity, and falls in love along the way.
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
A New Yorker hobo moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house with him. Before he knows it, he is living with the actual home owners.
Filmography
as The Starkeeper / Dr. Selden
as John Everett Hughes
as Dr. J. L. Pruitt
as Governor Callahan
as Mr. Caldwell
as Dr. Charles Crandall
as Mr. Gregory
as Eli Harcourt
as Anthony Ghio
as Judge Murdock
as Mackenzie Savage
as Charles McKendrick
as Dr. Warren Kingsley, Sr
as John Canfield
as Aesop (voice)
as Aesop (voice)
as Murphy
as Ben Franklin (voice)
as Caro "Pop" Miller
as Claude Mercadet
as Toby Helper
as Ben Dickason
as Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor
as Richard Pennington Roeder
as Dale Williams, Sr.
as Jim Montgomery
as Freddie Linley
as Cherokee Jim
as Dr. J.H. 'Doc' Fredericks
as Stanley Slade
as Sam Whitaker
as Mr. Otis Skinner
as Mr. Ames
as Pa Dugan
as Heinrich Block
as Dr. Edgar Mason (as Charlie Ruggles)
as Jim Pendergast
as Chuckawalla Bill Redfield
as Milo Everett
as Harvey Wilson
as George
as Philo Swift
as Milburn
as Dick Piper
as Buzz Nelson
as Nicksie North
as Nicki Popoff
as Homer C. Fitch
as Henry 'Pop' Hardy
as Sweeney J. Patterson
as Homer C. Fitch
as Robinson
as Sam Terwilliger
as Charles Ruggles
as Himself
as Horace Applegate
as Tod Swain
as Orville Shanks
as Homer Bigelow
as Charles Ruggles - Actor - Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
as Sunbather (uncredited)
as Henry
as Chester R. Beatty
as Himself (Uncredited)
as Rev. Dr. Moon
as Wilbur Sealingsworth
as Edgar Holden
as Henry Wilton
as Egbert Floud
as Aaron Kirkland
as Asaph 'Ace' Holliday
as Godfrey D. Scott
as Warren Blodgett
as J. Pinkham Whinney (as Charlie Ruggles)
as March Hare
as Vergil Crock
as Oswald Groggs
as Wilbur Todd
as Pete Wells
as Blackie Witherspoon
as Peter Yates
as Lieutenant Barton
as Henry Peabody
as Bimpfl
as The Major
as Philo Strawn (as Charlie Ruggles)
as Johnny Moran
as Viscount Gilbert de Varèze
as Charles Ruggles (uncredited)
as Bunny West
as Adolph
as Goliath Whitney (as Charlie Ruggles)
as Clyde Saunders
as Jerry Wells
as Max
as (archive footage)
as Charlie Floyd
as Monty Dunn
as Fancourt Babberley
as Bertie Bird
as T. Boggs Johns
as Shorty Ross
as Willie Bindbugel
as Zizi
as Charlie Tayler
as Charlie Haven
as Gaspard McMahon (an insurance clerk)
as The Button Molder
as Lawrence Evans