Charles Ruggles Overview:

Legendary character actor, Charles Ruggles, was born Charles Sherman Ruggles on Feb 8, 1886 in Los Angeles, CA. Ruggles died at the age of 84 on Dec 23, 1970 in Hollywood, CA and was laid to rest in Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) Cemetery in Glendale, CA.

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He was honored with three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the categories of Television, Motion Pictures and Radio. Ruggles was never nominated for an Academy Award.

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Edgar Holden: You know, my grandmother always told me to take a nap before dinner in order to conserve my vitality for the serious drinking of the evening.


George: Looking at a woman is only the first step to trouble. You look, she smiles. You soften, she sues.


Colonist: What happened?
Colonist #3: Did he listen?
Colonist: What about the taxes? Did he lift them?
Colonist #3: Did he tell him, Ben?
Colonist: What did the king say?
Colonist #2: What did he say?
Ben Franklin: Gentlemen, I'm afraid the mission was a failure. The king was unreasonable. He wouldn't listen.
Colonist: Alright, men! We'll fight for our independence!
Colonist #2: It has to be war!
Colonist #3: He's right!
Ben Franklin: War? But gentlemen, there must be some other way.
Colonist: Some other way?
Colonist #2: What way?
Colonist: No! We've got to fight!
Colonist #3: What if we lose? Or we'll hang from trees!
Colonist: What'll we do, Ben?
Colonist #2: Yes, what'll we do?
Ben Franklin: If I only knew. If I only knew.


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Charles Ruggles Facts
His parents were Charles Herman (a traveling pharmaceutical salesman) and Maria Theresa (Heinsch) Ruggles, and he was the elder of two sons. Charles began working for the same pharmaceutical company that his father worked in 1904 directly after his high school graduation but did not enjoy it and left not long after.

His second wife, Marion La Barba, whom he married in 1942, was the former wife of featherweight boxing champ Fidel La Barba. The couple were both animal lovers and at one point during their marriage had amassed 94 pets.

Has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame--one for films and one for TV.

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