18 Facts About Charlie Ruggles

Charles Sherman Ruggles was an American comic character actor.

Charlie Ruggles was the elder brother of director, producer, and silent film actor Wesley Ruggles.

Charlie Ruggles moved to Broadway to appear in Help Wanted in 1914.

Charlie Ruggles played Peter Braley in Spring Is Here, which ran for 104 performances in 1929.

Charlie Ruggles's first was Gentleman of the Press in which he played a comic, alcoholic newspaper reporter.

In 1944, he had a summer radio series, The Charlie Ruggles Show on CBS.

In 1949, Charlie Ruggles halted his film career to return to the stage and to move into television.

Charlie Ruggles returned to the big screen in 1961, playing Charles McKendrick in The Parent Trap and Mackenzie Savage in The Pleasure of His Company.

Charlie 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".

Charlie Ruggles had a recurring guest role on The Beverly Hillbillies in the mid-1960s as Lowell Redlings Farquhar, father-in-law of Milburn Drysdale.

Charlie 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.

Charlie Ruggles played Congressman John Canfield on an episode of The Andy Griffith Show called "Aunt Bee, The Swinger" and appeared as a driving instructor on The Munsters.

Charlie Ruggles lent his voice to the "Aesop and Son" features in Jay Ward's The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show.

Charlie Ruggles then married Barbara Guillan and they remained married until her death in 1941.

Charlie Ruggles married Marion LaBarba in 1942; the couple remained wed until his death in 1970.

Charlie Ruggles died of cancer at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California, on December 23,1970, at the age of 84.

Charlie Ruggles is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California in the Garden of Memory near his brother Wesley Ruggles.

Charlie Ruggles has three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: one for his contributions to motion pictures on 6200 Hollywood Boulevard, one for his radio work on 6300 Hollywood Boulevard, and one for television on 1600 Vine Street.