
Acting
February 7, 1886 (84 years old)
December 22, 1970
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known 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 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.

Carousel
1967
as The Starkeeper / Dr. Selden

Follow Me, Boys!
1966
as John Everett Hughes

The Ugly Dachshund
1966
as Dr. J. L. Pruitt

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Governor Callahan

Bewitched
1964
as Mr. Caldwell

I'd Rather Be Rich
1964
as Dr. Charles Crandall

Burke's Law
1963
as Mr. Gregory

Papa's Delicate Condition
1963
as Anthony Ghio

Son of Flubber
1963
as Judge Murdock

The Pleasure of His Company
1961
as Mackenzie Savage

The Parent Trap
1961
as Charles McKendrick

All in a Night's Work
1961
as Dr. Warren Kingsley, Sr

The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as John Canfield

The Bullwinkle Show
1959
as Aesop (voice)

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
1959
as Aesop (voice)

Eloise
1956
as Murphy

Ben and Me
1953
as Ben Franklin (voice)

Look for the Silver Lining
1949
as Caro "Pop" Miller

The Lovable Cheat
1949
as Claude Mercadet

Give My Regards to Broadway
1948
as Toby Helper