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Wesley Ruggles is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Continuity American born on 10 june 1889 at Los Angeles (USA)

Wesley Ruggles

Wesley Ruggles
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Nationality USA
Birth 10 june 1889 at Los Angeles (USA)
Death 8 january 1972 (at 82 years) at Santa Monica (USA)

Wesley Ruggles (June 11, 1889 – January 8, 1972) was an American film director.

Best films

Cimarron (1931)
(Director)

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Filmography of Wesley Ruggles (61 films)

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Actor

Triple Trouble, 23minutes
Directed by Charlie Chaplin, Leo White
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Leo White, Bud Jamison, Albert Austin, James T. Kelley
Roles Crook
Rating51% 2.5535552.5535552.5535552.5535552.553555
Charlie (Charlie Chaplin) takes a job as a janitor in the home of Colonel Nutt (unidentified actor), a munitions manufacturer. As the butler (unidentified actor) introduces Charlie to the ill-tempered cook (Billy Armstrong), Colonel Nutt demonstrates his new wireless explosive device to his daughter (unidentified actress). Meanwhile, agents of the Pretzelstrass meet with the Count (Leo White) to devise a plan to get at Colonel Nutt's device. Charlie carelessly dumps garbage all over the maid (Edna Purviance) and her newly clean floor. He takes the trash can and dumps it over the fence, inundating the Count in the process. Back in the kitchen, the maid scolds Charlie, but then becomes emotional, and he comforts her. The Count enters the house, and is hit by a wet rag thrown by the maid, intended for Charlie. The Count tosses it off to the side, and it winds up hitting the cook also, and when the cook begins to act cruelly towards the maid in return, Charlie sticks up for her. The Count makes his way to the Colonel, who rejects his offers and has the Count ejected by way of the butler.
A Burlesque on Carmen, 31minutes
Directed by Charlie Chaplin, Leo White
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Leo White, Ben Turpin, Peter Sellers, Wesley Ruggles
Roles un vagabond
Rating59% 2.997272.997272.997272.997272.99727
Carmen, a gypsy seductress is sent to convince Darn Hosiery, the goofy officer in charge of guarding one of the entrances to the city of Sevilla, to allow a smuggling run. She first tries to bribe him but he takes the money and refused to let the smuggled goods in.
Police
Police (1916)
, 34minutes
Directed by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Wesley Ruggles, Leo White, James T. Kelley, Fred Goodwins
Roles Jailbird and Thief
Rating63% 3.197083.197083.197083.197083.19708
Charlie is released from prison and immediately swindled by a fake parson. A fellow ex-convict convinces Charlie to help burglarize a house.
Behind the Screen, 23minutes
Directed by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Charlie Chaplin, Henry Bergman, Lloyd Bacon, Wesley Ruggles
Roles Actor (uncredited)
Rating68% 3.4415553.4415553.4415553.4415553.441555
The film takes place in a movie studio. A stagehand named David (Chaplin) has a supervisor, Goliath (Campbell). Much of the film is slapstick comedy involving Chaplin manhandling large props, but other plotlines include a strike by the stagehands, and Purviance, who is unable to become an actress, dressing as a man and becoming a stagehand.
The Floorwalker
Directed by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Eric Campbell, Edna Purviance, Charlie Chaplin, Lloyd Bacon, Albert Austin, Charlotte Mineau
Roles Policeman (uncredited)
Rating65% 3.295113.295113.295113.295113.29511
Charlot sème la zizanie dans un grand magasin. Il participe, involontairement, à l'arrestation du directeur et du chef de rayon de ce magasin, coupables de malversations multiples.
The Pawnshop, 20minutes
Directed by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Edna Purviance, Henry Bergman, Charlie Chaplin, Eric Campbell, Wesley Ruggles, Albert Austin
Roles Ring Client (uncredited)
Rating69% 3.4928953.4928953.4928953.4928953.492895
Chaplin plays an assistant in a pawnshop run by Bergman. He engages in a slapstick battles with his fellow pawnshop assistant, deals with eccentric customers, and flirts with the pawnbroker's daughter.
A Night in the Show, 30minutes
Directed by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Charlotte Mineau, Dee Lampton, Edna Purviance, Wesley Ruggles, Leo White
Roles Second Man in Balcony Front Row
Rating63% 3.1972753.1972753.1972753.1972753.197275
Mr. Pest tries several theatre seats before winding up in front in a fight with the conductor and, eventually, the entire cast of an evening variety show.
The Bank
The Bank (1915)
, 15minutes
Directed by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Charles Inslee, Edna Purviance, Lloyd Bacon, Carl Stockdale, Leo White
Roles Bank Customer
Rating65% 3.2945853.2945853.2945853.2945853.294585
Charlot est concierge dans une banque. Mais ses maladresses et sa fainéantise ne font pas de lui un employé modèle. Fou amoureux de la secrétaire Edna, Charlot se lance et déclare sa flamme par un mot doux et une fleur. Mais très vite il découvre que ses sentiments sont loin d'être partagés. Malheureux, il se réfugie dans un cagibi et s'endort contre son balai.
Shanghaied
Shanghaied (1915)
, 30minutes
Directed by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Wesley Ruggles, Bud Jamison, Leo White, Billy Armstrong
Roles Shipowner
Rating61% 3.0954953.0954953.0954953.0954953.095495
A ship owner intends to scuttle his ship on its last voyage to get the insurance money. Charlie, a tramp in love with the owner's daughter, is grabbed by the captain and promises to help him shanghai some seamen. The daughter stows away to follow Charlie. Charlie assists in the galley and attempts to serve food during a gale.
A Submarine Pirate
Directed by Charles Avery, Sydney Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Submarine films, Pirate films
Actors Sydney Chaplin, Sydney Chaplin, Wesley Ruggles, Glen Cavender, Phyllis Allen, Harold Lloyd
Roles His accomplice / Sub Officer
Rating53% 2.673122.673122.673122.673122.67312
Un inventeur et son complice prévoient de voler un navire transportant des lingots d'or en utilisant un sous-marin.

Director

London Town, 2h6
Directed by Wesley Ruggles
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Petula Clark, Greta Gynt, Kay Kendall, Sonnie Hale, Tessie O'Shea, Claude Hulbert
Rating58% 2.9124552.9124552.9124552.9124552.912455
The screenplay by Sig Herzig, Val Guest, and Elliot Paul, based on a story by director Wesley Ruggles, revolves around comedian Jerry Sanford (Sid Field), who arrives in London believing he has been hired as the star of a major stage production, when in fact he's merely an understudy. Thanks to his daughter Peggy (Petula Clark, already a screen veteran at age fourteen), who sabotages the revue's star Charlie de Haven (Sonnie Hale), he finally gets his big break. The premise allows for a variety of musical numbers and comedy sketches performed by, among others, Kay Kendall in her film debut and Tessie O'Shea.
Somewhere I'll Find You, 1h48
Directed by Wesley Ruggles
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Robert Sterling, Keenan Wynn, Patricia Dane, Reginald Owen
Rating61% 3.0504253.0504253.0504253.0504253.050425
In October 1941, war correspondents and brothers "Jonny" (Clark Gable) and Kirk Davis (Robert Sterling) return to the still-neutral United States after being kicked out of Germany. Jonny's boss, isolationist New York Daily Chronicle publisher George L. Stafford (Charles Dingle), refuses to print his story about Japan and Germany's plans for the world, but Jonny tricks him into doing so, and gets fired for his trouble.