Charles Sherman Ruggles was an American comic character actor.
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10 Facts About Charles Ruggles
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Charles Ruggles'sfirst was Gentleman of the Press in which he played a comic, alcoholic newspaper reporter.
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In 1949, Charles Ruggles halted his film career to return to the stage and to move into television.
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Charles Ruggles made guest appearances in episodes of various television series through the 1950s and 1960s, such as a time-traveling librarian in "Man from 1997, " a 1956 science fiction episode of the television series Conflict, and a 1961 appearance as a wealthy neighbor who offers to finance a European trip for Hassie McCoy on The Real McCoys, in the season 5 episode "Hassie's European Tour".
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Charles Ruggles had a recurring guest role on The Beverly Hillbillies in the mid-1960s as Lowell Redlings Farquhar, father-in-law of Milburn Drysdale .
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Charles Ruggles played Aunt Clara's old flame, the warlock Hedley Partridge, as well as a Mr Caldwell, whose company marketed soup, in the television series Bewitched.
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One of Charles Ruggles' last television appearances before his death was a starring role in the syndicated television special The Wonder Circus, where he played Charlie Wonder, a retired ringmaster who talked about his life leading a circus.
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Charles Ruggles died of cancer at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California, on December 23,1970 at the age of 84.
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