- Born
- Died
- Birth nameCharles Sherman Ruggles
- Nickname
- Charlie
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Charles Ruggles had one of the longest careers in Hollywood, lasting more than 50 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 (1959). He was the brother of director Wesley Ruggles.
- IMDb mini biography by: frankfob2@yahoo.com
- SpousesMarion Louise (Shields) DeBeck LaBarba(May 7, 1942 - December 23, 1970) (his death)Barbara Guillan(1916 - December 5, 1941) (her death)Adele Rowland(March 4, 1914 - August 19, 1916) (divorced)
- RelativesWesley Ruggles(Sibling)
- The line, "Oh, my, my, my."
- His mother was shot and killed instantly at her home when she stepped between her husband and another man in 1924.
- The Los Angeles native donated his personal memorabilia and awards to the Department of Special Collections at the UCLA Library.
- His stepfather was run down and killed by a streetcar in 1925.
- His second wife, Marion La Barba, whom he married in 1942, was the former wife of featherweight boxing champ Fidel LaBarba. The couple were both animal lovers and at one point during their marriage had amassed 94 pets.
- He was awarded three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: for radio at 6359 Hollywood Boulevard; for motion pictures at 6264 Hollywood Boulevard; and for television at 1630 Vine Street.
- [Future plans include] Forest Lawn, I guess. After you've played everything I have, there ain't no more.
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