Charles RugglesCharles (Charlie) Sherman Ruggles (February 8, 1886 - December 23, 1970) was a comic American actor. In a career spanning six decades, Ruggles appeared in close to 100 feature films. Ruggles was born in Los Angeles, California. Despite training to be a doctor, Ruggles soon found himself on the stage, appearing in a stock production of Nathan Hale in 1905. He moved to Broadway to appear in Help Wanted in 1914. His first screen role came in the silent Peer Gynt the following year. Throughout the 1910s and 1920s Ruggles continued to appear in silent movies, though his passion remained the stage, appearing in long-running productions such as The Passing Show of 1918, The Demi-Virgin and Battling Butler. His most famous stage hit was one of his last before a twenty hiatus, Queen High, produced in 1930. From 1929, Ruggles appeared in talking pictures. His first was Gentleman of the Press in which he played a comic, alcoholic, newspaper reporter; a role he was to repeat several times over the years. He struck up a comic partnership with Mary Boland with whom he appeared with in half-a-dozen farces in the 1930s. In other films he played the "comic relief" character in otherwise straight films. In all, he appeared in about 100 movies. In 1949 Ruggles halted in his film career to return to the stage and to move into television. He was the headline character in the TV series The Ruggles, where he played a character also called Charlie Ruggles, and The World of Mr. Sweeney. He also repeatedly appeared as a guest star playing Lowell Redlings Farquhar in The Beverly Hillbillies. He returned to the big screen in 1961, playing Charles McKendrick in The Parent Trap and Mackenzie Savage in The Pleasure of His Company. Ruggles died of cancer at his Hollywood home in December 1970. He has a star on the Hall of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard. References
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He has a star on the Hall of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard. Victor Sjöström passed away in Stockholm at the age of eighty and was interred there in the Norra begravningsplatsen. Ruggles died of cancer at his Hollywood home in December 1970. For the next fifteen years, Sjöström performed a variety of leading roles in more than a dozen films and worked as director of the "Svensk Film Industri." At age 78 he gave his final acting performance, an acclaimed effort in the 1957 Ingmar Bergman film, Wild Strawberries. He returned to the big screen in 1961, playing Charles McKendrick in The Parent Trap and Mackenzie Savage in The Pleasure of His Company. Uncomfortable with the modifications needed to direct talking films, Victor Sjöström returned to Sweden where he directed two more silent films before his final directing effort in 1937, an English language drama filmed in the United Kingdom titled Under the Red Robe. Sweeney. He also repeatedly appeared as a guest star playing Lowell Redlings Farquhar in The Beverly Hillbillies. He went on to direct great stars of the day such as Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Lillian Gish and Norma Shearer in another eight films in America before his first talkie in 1930. He was the headline character in the TV series The Ruggles, where he played a character also called Charlie Ruggles, and The World of Mr. In 1924, using the Americanized name, Victor Seastrom, he made Name the Man, a dramatic film based on the Hall Caine novel. In 1949 Ruggles halted in his film career to return to the stage and to move into television. In Sweden, he acted in his own films as well as in those for others but in Hollywood, he devoted himself to directing. In all, he appeared in about 100 movies. Mayer to work in the United States. In other films he played the "comic relief" character in otherwise straight films. Between then and 1923, he directed another forty-one films before accepting an offer from Louis B. He struck up a comic partnership with Mary Boland with whom he appeared with in half-a-dozen farces in the 1930s. Drawn from the stage to the fledgling motion picture industry, he made his first silent film in 1912 under the direction of Mauritz Stiller. His first was Gentleman of the Press in which he played a comic, alcoholic, newspaper reporter; a role he was to repeat several times over the years. From this, he went on to become one of the most important forces in the development of the Swedish film industry. From 1929, Ruggles appeared in talking pictures. Returning to live with relatives in Stockholm, he was 17 years old when he began his acting career on stage as a member of a touring theater company. His most famous stage hit was one of his last before a twenty hiatus, Queen High, produced in 1930. Born in Silbodal, Värmland County, Sweden, he was only a year old when his family moved to Brooklyn, New York where he remained until the death of his mother when he was seven years old. Throughout the 1910s and 1920s Ruggles continued to appear in silent movies, though his passion remained the stage, appearing in long-running productions such as The Passing Show of 1918, The Demi-Virgin and Battling Butler. Victor Sjöström, born September 20, 1879 - died January 3, 1960, was a Swedish actor, screenwriter, and film director. His first screen role came in the silent Peer Gynt the following year. He moved to Broadway to appear in Help Wanted in 1914. Despite training to be a doctor, Ruggles soon found himself on the stage, appearing in a stock production of Nathan Hale in 1905. Ruggles was born in Los Angeles, California. In a career spanning six decades, Ruggles appeared in close to 100 feature films. Charles (Charlie) Sherman Ruggles (February 8, 1886 - December 23, 1970) was a comic American actor. Ruggles's entry in the IMDb (http://imdb.com/name/nm0749476/). |