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Charles Ruggles

Acting

Born February 8, 1886 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Died December 23, 1970

Also known as Charlie Ruggles · Charles Sherman Ruggles

Biography

Charles Sherman Ruggles was an American comic 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).

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Awards & recognition

  • Tony Award — Best Featured Actor in a Play · 1959
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Filmography29 titles

Bewitched

1964as Mr. Caldwell

The Andy Griffith Show

1960as John Canfield

Bringing Up Baby

1938as Major Applegate

Trouble in Paradise

1932as The Major

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964as Governor Callahan

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

1947as Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor

Ruggles of Red Gap

1935as Egbert Floud

The Parent Trap

1961as Charles McKendrick

Exclusive

1937as Tod Swain

The Smiling Lieutenant

1931as Max

Follow Me, Boys!

1966as John Everett Hughes

The Ugly Dachshund

1966as Dr. J. L. Pruitt

Love Me Tonight

1932as Viscount Gilbert de Varèze

One Hour with You

1932as Adolph

If I Had a Million

1932as Henry Peabody

A Stolen Life

1946as Freddie Linley

Young Man of Manhattan

1930as Shorty Ross

Son of Flubber

1962as Judge Murdock

Breaking the Ice

1938as Sam Terwilliger

Alice in Wonderland

1933as March Hare

All in a Night's Work

1961as Dr. Warren Kingsley, Sr

Bedside Manner

1945as Dr. J.H. 'Doc' Fredericks

Murders in the Zoo

1933as Peter Yates

The Invisible Woman

1940as George

Papa's Delicate Condition

1963as Anthony Ghio

Madame Butterfly

1932as Lieutenant Barton

This Is the Night

1932as Bunny West

Balalaika

1939as Nicki Popoff

Incendiary Blonde

1945as Cherokee Jim