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- Born June 11, 1889, Wesley Ruggles was the second of two sons born to pharmaceutical salesman Charles Herman Ruggles and his wife, Maria.
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He was born in Los Angeles, California, younger brother of actor Charlie Ruggles. He began his career in 1915 as an actor, appearing in a dozen or so silent films, on occasion with Charlie Chaplin. [2]
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Wesley Ruggles was born on June 11, 1889, in Los Angeles, California, U.S. He was the younger brother of Charles Ruggles who went on to become a major Hollywood personality in future.
The younger brother of Hollywood character player Charles Ruggles, Wesley Ruggles 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 working alongside Syd Chaplin.
- June 11, 1889
- January 8, 1972
Wesley Ruggles was an American film director who was especially adept at comedies, though his best-known movie was arguably the classic western Cimarron (1931). (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.) Ruggles, who was the younger brother of actor Charles Ruggles, grew up.
- Michael Barson
He was born Wesley Heinsch Ruggles on June 11, 1889 in Los Angeles, the second son of salesman Charles Ruggles. His elder brother, also called Charles, became a well known character actor in movies and television and was a supporting player in the 1938 screwball comedy 'Bringing Up Baby'.
The younger brother of Hollywood character player Charles Ruggles, Wesley Ruggles 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 working alongside Syd Chaplin.
Wesley Ruggles (June 11, 1889 – January 8, 1972) was an American film director. He was born in Los Angeles, a younger brother of actor Charles Ruggles. He began his career in 1915 as an actor, appearing in a dozen or so silent films, on occasion with Charles Chaplin.