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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.
Known For
The Parent Trap
as Charles McKendrick
Bringing Up Baby
as Horace Applegate
All in a Night's Work
as Dr. Warren Kingsley, Sr
The Invisible Woman
as George
One Hour with You
as Adolph
Alice in Wonderland
as March Hare
A Stolen Life
as Freddie Linley
Follow Me, Boys!
as John Everett Hughes
Son of Flubber
as Judge Murdock
Trouble in Paradise
as The Major
