
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.
103
Films
6
TV Shows
Known For
109 Credits
The Andy Griffith Show
as John Canfield
1960

Bewitched
as Mr. Caldwell
1964

The Bullwinkle Show
as Aesop (voice)
1959

Burke's Law
as Mr. Gregory
1963

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Governor Callahan
1964

The Parent Trap
as Charles McKendrick
1961

The Ugly Dachshund
as Dr. J. L. Pruitt
1966

Incendiary Blonde
as Cherokee Jim
1945

Eloise
as Murphy
1956

Her Wedding Night
as Bertie Bird
1930

Bringing Up Baby
as Horace Applegate
1938

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
as Aesop (voice)
1959