Charles Ruggles

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...

Known For

Bringing Up Baby

as Horace Applegate

The Parent Trap

as Charles McKendrick

Cast Credits

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)

Carousel

as The Starkeeper / Dr. Selden

Follow Me, Boys!

as John Everett Hughes

The Ugly Dachshund

as Dr. J. L. Pruitt

I'd Rather Be Rich

as Dr. Charles Crandall

Son of Flubber

as Judge Murdock

The Pleasure of His Company

as Mackenzie Savage

The Parent Trap

as Charles McKendrick

All in a Night's Work

as Dr. Warren Kingsley, Sr

Eloise

as Murphy

Ben and Me

as Ben Franklin (voice)

Look for the Silver Lining

as Caro "Pop" Miller

The Lovable Cheat

as Claude Mercadet

Ramrod

as Ben Dickason

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

as Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor

My Brother Talks to Horses

as Richard Pennington Roeder

The Perfect Marriage

as Dale Williams, Sr.

Gallant Journey

as Jim Montgomery

A Stolen Life

as Freddie Linley

Incendiary Blonde

as Cherokee Jim

Bedside Manner

as Dr. J.H. 'Doc' Fredericks

The Doughgirls

as Stanley Slade

3 Is a Family

as Sam Whitaker

Dixie Dugan

as Pa Dugan

Friendly Enemies

as Heinrich Block

The Perfect Snob

as Dr. Edgar Mason (as Charlie Ruggles)

Go West, Young Lady

as Jim Pendergast