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Charles Ruggles, For the American politician, see Charles H. Ruggles.Charles Sherman “Charlie” Ruggles (February 8, 1886 - December 23, 1970) was a comic American actor. In a career spanning six decades, Ruggles appeared in close to 100 feature films. He was also the brother of director, producer, and silent actor Wesley Ruggles (1889–1972).BackgroundCharlie Ruggles was born in Los Angeles, California in 1886. Despite training to be a doctor, Ruggles soon found himself on the stage, appearing in a stock production of Nathan Hale in 1905. At Los Angeless Majestic Theatre, he played the romantic lead Private Jo Files in L. Frank Baum and Louis F. Gottschalks musical, The Tik-Tok Man of Oz in 1913. He moved to Broadway to appear in Help Wanted in 1914. His first screen role came in the silent Peer Gynt the following year. Throughout the 1910s and 1920s Ruggles continued to appear in silent movies, though his passion remained the stage, appearing in long-running productions such as The Passing Show of 1918, The Demi-Virgin and Battling Butler. His most famous stage hit was one of his last before a twenty year hiatus, Queen High, produced in 1930.From 1929, Ruggles appeared in talking pictures. His first was Gentleman of the Press in which he played a comic, alcoholic newspaper reporter. Throughout the 1930s he was teamed with comic actress Mary Boland in a string of domestic farces, notably Six of a Kind, Ruggles of Red Gap, and People Will Talk; Boland was the domineering wife and Ruggles the mild-mannered husband. Ruggles is best remembered today as the big-game hunter in Bringing Up Baby. In other films he often played the comic relief character in otherwise straight films. In all, he appeared in about 100 movies.In 1949, Ruggles halted in his film career to return to the stage and to move into television. He was the headline character in the TV series The Ruggles, a family comedy in which he played a character also called Charlie Ruggles, and The World of Mr. Sweeney. He guest starred on NBCs The Martha Raye Show.Ruggles returned to the big screen in 1961, playing Charles McKendrick in The Parent Trap and Mackenzie Savage in The Pleasure of His Company. In the latter film, he reprised the role for which he had won a Tony Award in 1959. He had a recurring guest role on The Beverly Hillbillies in the mid-1960s as Lowell Redlings Farquhar, father-in-law of Milburn Drysdale (Raymond Bailey). Ruggles also played as Mr. Caldwell in the TV series Bewitched with Agnes Moorehead, Dick York, and Elizabeth Montgomery.Ruggles also lent his voice to the Aesop and Son TV cartoons produced by Jay Ward and Bill Scott. Ruggles played Aesop; Daws Butler played Junior.He was married to Adele Rowland (1914–1921) (divorced) and Marion LaBarba (1942–1970) (divorced).Ruggles died of cancer at his Hollywood home in 1970 at the age of 84. He was interred in Glendales Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard.Partial filmographyGentlemen of the Press (1929)The Lady Lies (1929)Young Man of Manhattan (1930)Charleys Aunt (1930)Queen High (1930)Honor Among Lovers (1931)The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)One Hour with You (1932)This Is the Night (1932)Love Me Tonight (1932)Trouble in Paradise (1932)If I Had a Million (1932)Girl Without a Room (1933)Six Of a Kind (1933) with W. C. Fields, George Burns, Gracie AllenMurder in the Private Car (1934)Ruggles of Red Gap (1935) with Charles Laughton and Zasu PittsThe Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935)Anything Goes (1936) with Bing Crosby and Ethel MermanHearts Divided (1936)Bringing Up Baby (1938) with Katharine Hepburn and Cary GrantHis Exciting Night (1938) with Maxie Rosenbloom and Stepin FetchitThe Farmers Daughter (1940) with Martha RayeFriendly Enemies (1942)Incendiary Blonde (1945)A Stolen Life (1946) with Bette Davis and Glenn FordGallant Journey (1946)It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947)Ramrod (1947)The Bells of St. Marys (1959) (TV)All in a Nights Work (1961) with Dean Martin and Shirley MacLaineThe Parent Trap (1961)Papas Delicate Condition (1963)Id Rather Be Rich (1964)The Ugly Dachshund (1966)Follow Me, Boys! (1966)External linksCharles Ruggles at the Internet Broadway DatabaseCharles Ruggles at the Internet Movie DatabaseCharles Ruggles at Find a GraveCharlie Ruggles fan websitev · d · eTony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a PlayArthur Kennedy (1949) · Eli Wallach (1951) · John Cromwell (1952) · John Williams (1953) · John Kerr (1954) · Francis L. Sullivan (1955) · Ed Begley (1956) · Frank Conroy (1957) · Henry Jones (1958) · Charlie Ruggles (1959) · Roddy McDowall (1960) · Martin Gabel (1961) · Walter Matthau (1962) · Alan Arkin (1963) · Hume Cronyn (1964) · Jack Albertson (1965) · Patrick Magee (1966) · Ian Holm (1967) · James Patterson (1968) · Al Pacino (1969) · Ken Howard (1970) · Paul Sand (1971) · Vincent Gardenia (1972) · John Lithgow (1973) · Ed Flanders (1974) · Frank Langella (1975)Complete list: (1947–1975) · (1976–2000) · (2001–present)PersondataNameRuggles, CharlesAlternative namesShort descriptionDate of birthFebruary 8, 1886Place of birthLos Angeles , California, United StatesDate of deathDecember 23, 1970Place of deathLos Angeles , California, United StatesRetrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_RugglesCategories: 1886 births | 1970 deaths | American film actors | American television actors | Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) | People from the Greater Los Angeles Area | Cancer deaths in 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