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Wesley Ruggles (1889–1972)

Director | Actor | Producer

The elder brother of Hollywood character player Charles Ruggles, Wesley spent most of his early years in San Francisco. He attended university there, began a lengthy apprenticeship in stock and musical comedy, and then joined Keystone in Hollywood as an actor in 1914. Moving on to Essanay a year later... See full bio »

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in Los Angeles, California, USA

Died:

(age 82) in Santa Monica, California, USA
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1946 London Town
 
1944 See Here, Private Hargrove
 
1943 Slightly Dangerous
 
1942 Somewhere I'll Find You
 
1941 You Belong to Me
 
1940 Arizona
 
1940 Too Many Husbands
 
1939 Invitation to Happiness
 
1938 Sing, You Sinners
 
1937 True Confession
 
1937 I Met Him in Paris
 
1936 Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
 
1935 The Bride Comes Home
 
1935 Accent on Youth
 
1935 Mississippi (fill-in director - uncredited)
 
1935 The Gilded Lily
 
1934 Shoot the Works
 
1934 Bolero
 
1933 I'm No Angel
 
1933 College Humor
 
1933 The Monkey's Paw
 
1932 No Man of Her Own
 
1932 Roar of the Dragon
 
1931 Are These Our Children
 
1931 Cimarron (uncredited)
 
1930 The Sea Bat (replaced during production: Lionel Barrymore - uncredited)
 
1930 Honey
 
1929 Condemned
 
1929 Street Girl (uncredited)
 
1929 Port of Dreams
 
1929 Scandal
 
1928 Finders Keepers
 
1928 The Fourflusher
 
1927 Silk Stockings
 
1927 Beware of Widows
 
1927 Breaking Records (short)
 
1927 Flashing Oars (short)
 
1927 The Cinder Path (short)
 
1927 The Relay (short)
 
1927 Around the Bases (short)
 
1926 The Last Lap (short)
 
1926 The Collegians (short)
 
1926 A Man of Quality
 
1926 The Kick-Off
 
1926 Hooked at the Altar (short)
 
1926 California Here We Come (short)
 
1925 The Plastic Age
 
1925 Broadway Lady
 
1925 Miss Me Again (short)
 
1925 Don Coo Coo (short)
 
1925 Barbara Snitches (short)
 
1925 What Price Gloria? (short)
 
1925 The Merry Kiddo (short)
 
1925 Three Bases East (short)
 
1925 Madam Sans Gin (short)
 
1925 The Covered Flagon (short)
 
1925 The Fast Male (short)
 
1925 The Great Decide (short)
 
1925 Merton of the Goofies (short)
 
1925 He Who Gets Rapped (short)
 
1925 The Pacemakers (short)
 
1925 Welcome Granger (short)
 
1924 The Age of Innocence
 
1923 Slippy McGee
 
1923 The Heart Raider
 
1923 The Remittance Woman
 
1923 Mr. Billings Spends His Dime
 
1922 If I Were Queen
 
1922 Wild Honey
 
1921 Over the Wire
 
1921 Uncharted Seas
 
1921 The Greater Claim
 
1920 Love
 
1920 The Leopard Woman
 
1920 The Desperate Hero
 
1920 Sooner or Later
 
1919 Piccadilly Jim
 
1919 The Winchester Woman
 
1918 The Blind Adventure (as Wesley H. Ruggles)
 
1917 He Had to Camouflage (short)
 
1917 Bobby's Bravery (short)
 
1917 For France (as Wesley H. Ruggles)
 
1917 Bobby, Movie Director (short)
 
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1918 Triple Trouble (short)
Crook (uncredited)
 
1916 Behind the Screen (short)
Actor (uncredited)
 
1916 The Pawnshop (short)
Client with Ring (uncredited)
 
1916 Beatrice Fairfax
#15 Wristwatches
 
1916 The Floorwalker (short)
Policeman (uncredited)
 
1916 Police (short)
The Crook
 
1915 A Submarine Pirate (short)
Inventor's Accomplice/Sub Officer
 
1915 Burlesque on Carmen (short)
A Vagabond (uncredited)
 
1915 Her Painted Hero (short)
Effeminate Party Guest (uncredited)
 
1915 A Night in the Show (short)
Second Man in Balcony Front Row (uncredited)
 
1915/I Shanghaied (short)
Shipowner (uncredited)
 
1915 The Bank (short)
Bank Customer (uncredited)
 
1915 A Lover's Lost Control (short)
Shoe Clerk (uncredited)
 
1915 Gussle Tied to Trouble (short)
Man with Monocle (uncredited)
 
1915 Gussle's Backward Way (short)
Man with Monocle (uncredited)
 
1915 Gussle Rivals Jonah (short)
Ship Steward/Ship Passenger
 
1915 Gussle's Wayward Path (short)
Clergyman
 
1915 Caught in a Park (short)
The Cop
 
Show ShowProducer (14 titles)
1965 The Incredible World of James Bond (TV documentary) (associate producer)
 
1962 Out of the Tiger's Mouth (producer)
 
1946 London Town (producer)
 
1941 You Belong to Me (producer)
 
1940 Arizona (producer)
 
1940 Too Many Husbands (producer)
 
1939 Invitation to Happiness (producer)
 
1938 Sing, You Sinners (producer)
 
1937 I Met Him in Paris (producer)
 
1936 Valiant Is the Word for Carrie (producer)
 
1935 The Bride Comes Home (producer)
 
1931 Cimarron (producer)
 
1930 The Sea Bat (producer - uncredited)
 
1929 Street Girl (producer - uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (3 titles)
1962 Out of the Tiger's Mouth
 
1946 London Town (story)
 
1931 Are These Our Children (story)
 
1917 Outcast (assistant director)
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
1959 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
– Charlie Ruggles (1959) … Himself
 

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The Pawnshop -- Charlie competes with his fellow shop assistant. He is fired by the pawnbroker and rehired. He nearly destroys everything in the shop and and himself. He helps capture a burglar. He destroys a client's clock while examining it in detail. Shanghaied -- A shipowner intends to scuttle his ship on its last voyage to get the insurance money. Charlie, a tramp in love with the owner's daughter... Triple Trouble -- As Colonel Nutt is experimenting with explosives, a new janitor is joining his household. The inept janitor proceeds to make life difficult for the rest of staff...
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Wesley H. Ruggles
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