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Charles 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.
As actor
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Carousel
The Ugly Dachshund
Follow Me, Boys!
I'd Rather Be Rich
Papa's Delicate Condition
Son of Flubber
The Parent Trap
All in a Night's Work
The Pleasure of His Company
Eloise
Ben and Me
The Lovable Cheat
Look for the Silver Lining
Give My Regards to Broadway
Ramrod
The Perfect Marriage
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
My Brother Talks to Horses
A Stolen Life
Gallant Journey
Bedside Manner
Incendiary Blonde
The Doughgirls
The Road to Victory
3 Is a Family
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
The Shining Future
Dixie Dugan
Friendly Enemies