
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.

The Andy Griffith Show
TV • 1960

Bewitched
TV • 1964

Burke's Law
TV • 1963

The Bullwinkle Show
TV • 1959

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV • 1964

Dixie Dugan
MOVIE • 1943

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
TV • 1959

The Parent Trap
MOVIE • 1961

Bringing Up Baby
MOVIE • 1938

Eloise
MOVIE • 1956

Alice in Wonderland
MOVIE • 1933

Incendiary Blonde
MOVIE • 1945

Son of Flubber
MOVIE • 1963

Love Me Tonight
MOVIE • 1932

Murders in the Zoo
MOVIE • 1933

Ramrod
MOVIE • 1947

The Girl Habit
MOVIE • 1931

Invitation to Happiness
MOVIE • 1939