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Wesley Ruggles

Wesley Ruggles

Actor, Director, Producer

Born June 10, 1889 in Los Angeles, California, USA

Died January 8, 1972

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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.

In 1917, he turned his attention to directing, making more than 50 mostly forgettable films — including a silent film version of Edith Wharton's novel The Age of Innocence (1924) — before he won acclaim with Cimarron in 1931. The adaptation of Edna Ferber's novel Cimarron, about homesteaders settling in the prairies of Oklahoma, was the first Western to win an Academy Award as Best Picture.

Although Ruggles followed this success with the light comedy No Man of Her Own (1932) with Clark Gable and Carole Lombard, the comedy I'm No Angel (1933) with Mae West and Cary Grant , College Humor (1933) with Bing Crosby, and Bolero (1934) with George Raft and Carole Lombard, few of his later films were in any way memorable (an exception is Arizona).

His career was on the downslide when he teamed with the Rank Organisation in 1946 to produce and direct London Town with Sid Field and Petula Clark, based on a story he wrote. The film — British cinema's first attempt at a Technicolor musical extravaganza — is notable as being one of the biggest critical and commercial failures in that country's film history. Ironically, Ruggles had been hired to helm it because as an American, it was thought, he was better equipped to handle a musical — despite the fact that nothing in his past had prepared him to work in the genre. It was his last film. An abridged version was released in the U.S. under the title My Heart Goes Crazy by United Artists in 1953.

Ruggles died in 1972 in Santa Monica and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.

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Filmography

Actor

22

Type

Year

Chaplin's Art of Comedy Poster

Chaplin's Art of Comedy Documentary1966

This Is Your Life Poster

This Is Your Life TV Series1952Self

A Tour of the Thomas Ince Studio Poster

A Tour of the Thomas Ince Studio Documentary1920Self

Triple Trouble Poster

Triple Trouble Short Film1918Crook

Her Torpedoed Love Poster

Her Torpedoed Love Short Film1917Messenger Inside the House

Beatrice Fairfax Poster

Beatrice Fairfax Feature Film1916Wristwatches [Ch. 15]

Behind the Screen Poster

Behind the Screen Short Film1916Actor

Police Short Film1916The Crook

The Floorwalker Poster

The Floorwalker Short Film1916Policeman

The Pawnshop Poster

The Pawnshop Short Film1916Client with Ring

A Burlesque on Carmen Poster

A Burlesque on Carmen Short Film1915A Vagabond

A Lover's Lost Control Poster

A Lover's Lost Control Short Film1915Shoe Clerk

A Night in the Show Poster

A Night in the Show Short Film1915Second Man in Balcony Front Row

A Submarine Pirate Poster

A Submarine Pirate Short Film1915Inventor's Accomplice

Caught in a Park Poster

Caught in a Park Short Film1915The Cop

Gussle Rivals Jonah Short Film1915Ship Steward

Gussle Tied to Trouble Short Film1915Man with Monocle

Gussle's Backward Way Poster

Gussle's Backward Way Short Film1915Man with Monocle

Gussle's Wayward Path Poster

Gussle's Wayward Path Short Film1915Clergyman

Her Painted Hero Poster

Her Painted Hero Short Film1915Effeminate Party Guest

Shanghaied Poster

Shanghaied Short Film1915Shipowner

The Bank Poster

The Bank Short Film1915Bank Customer

Director

83

Type

Year

London Town Poster

London Town Feature Film1946

See Here, Private Hargrove Poster

See Here, Private Hargrove Feature Film1944

Slightly Dangerous Poster

Slightly Dangerous Feature Film1943

Somewhere I'll Find You Poster

Somewhere I'll Find You Feature Film1942

You Belong to Me Poster

You Belong to Me Feature Film1941

Arizona Feature Film1940

Too Many Husbands Poster

Too Many Husbands Feature Film1940

Invitation to Happiness Poster

Invitation to Happiness Feature Film1939

Sing, You Sinners Poster

Sing, You Sinners Feature Film1938

I Met Him in Paris Poster

I Met Him in Paris Feature Film1937

True Confession Poster

True Confession Feature Film1937

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie Poster

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie Feature Film1936

Accent on Youth Poster

Accent on Youth Feature Film1935

Mississippi Poster

Mississippi Feature Film1935

The Bride Comes Home Poster

The Bride Comes Home Feature Film1935

The Gilded Lily Poster

The Gilded Lily Feature Film1935

Bolero Feature Film1934

Shoot the Works Poster

Shoot the Works Feature Film1934

College Humor Poster

College Humor Feature Film1933

I'm No Angel Poster

I'm No Angel Feature Film1933

The Monkey's Paw Poster

The Monkey's Paw Feature Film1933

No Man of Her Own Poster

No Man of Her Own Feature Film1932

Roar of the Dragon Poster

Roar of the Dragon Feature Film1932

Are These Our Children Poster

Are These Our Children Feature Film1931

Cimarron Poster

Cimarron Feature Film1931

Honey Feature Film1930

The Sea Bat Poster

The Sea Bat Feature Film1930

Condemned! Poster

Condemned! Feature Film1929

Scandal Feature Film1929

Street Girl Poster

Street Girl Feature Film1929

Finders Keepers Poster

Finders Keepers Feature Film1928

Port of Dreams Poster

Port of Dreams Feature Film1928

The Fourflusher Poster

The Fourflusher Feature Film1928

Around the Bases Short Film1927

Beware of Widows Poster

Beware of Widows Feature Film1927

Breaking Records Short Film1927

Flashing Oars Poster

Flashing Oars Short Film1927

Silk Stockings Poster

Silk Stockings Feature Film1927

The Cinder Path Poster

The Cinder Path Short Film1927

The Relay Poster

The Relay Short Film1927

A Man of Quality Feature Film1926

California Here We Come Short Film1926

Hooked at the Altar Poster

Hooked at the Altar Short Film1926

The Collegians Poster

The Collegians Short Film1926

The Kick-Off Feature Film1926

The Last Lap Poster

The Last Lap Short Film1926

Barbara Snitches Short Film1925

Broadway Lady Poster

Broadway Lady Feature Film1925

Don Coo Coo Short Film1925

He Who Gets Rapped Short Film1925

Merton of the Goofies Short Film1925

Miss Me Again Short Film1925

The Covered Flagon Short Film1925

The Fast Male Short Film1925

The Great Decide Short Film1925

The Merry Kiddo Poster

The Merry Kiddo Short Film1925

The Pacemakers Short Film1925

The Plastic Age Poster

The Plastic Age Feature Film1925

Three Bases East Short Film1925

What Price Gloria? Short Film1925

The Age of Innocence Poster

The Age of Innocence Feature Film1924

Mr. Billings Spends His Dime Poster

Mr. Billings Spends His Dime Feature Film1923

Slippy McGee Poster

Slippy McGee Feature Film1923

The Heart Raider Poster

The Heart Raider Feature Film1923

The Remittance Woman Poster

The Remittance Woman Feature Film1923

If I Were Queen Poster

If I Were Queen Feature Film1922

Wild Honey Poster

Wild Honey Feature Film1922

Over the Wire Poster

Over the Wire Feature Film1921

The Greater Claim Poster

The Greater Claim Feature Film1921

Uncharted Seas Poster

Uncharted Seas Feature Film1921

Love Feature Film1920

Sooner or Later Poster

Sooner or Later Feature Film1920

The Desperate Hero Poster

The Desperate Hero Feature Film1920

The Leopard Woman Poster

The Leopard Woman Feature Film1920

Piccadilly Jim Poster

Piccadilly Jim Feature Film1919

The Winchester Woman Poster

The Winchester Woman Feature Film1919

The Blind Adventure Poster

The Blind Adventure Feature Film1918

Bobby, Movie Director Poster

Bobby, Movie Director Short Film1917

Bobby, Philanthropist Poster

Bobby, Philanthropist Short Film1917

Bobby, the Pacifist Poster

Bobby, the Pacifist Short Film1917

Bobby's Bravery Poster

Bobby's Bravery Short Film1917

For France Poster

For France Feature Film1917

He Had to Camouflage Short Film1917

Producer

13

Type

Year

The Incredible World of James Bond Poster

The Incredible World of James Bond Documentary1965

London Town Poster

London Town Feature Film1946

You Belong to Me Poster

You Belong to Me Feature Film1941

Arizona Feature Film1940

Too Many Husbands Poster

Too Many Husbands Feature Film1940

Invitation to Happiness Poster

Invitation to Happiness Feature Film1939

Sing, You Sinners Poster

Sing, You Sinners Feature Film1938

I Met Him in Paris Poster

I Met Him in Paris Feature Film1937

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie Poster

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie Feature Film1936

The Bride Comes Home Poster

The Bride Comes Home Feature Film1935

Cimarron Poster

Cimarron Feature Film1931

The Sea Bat Poster

The Sea Bat Feature Film1930

Street Girl Poster

Street Girl Feature Film1929

Writer

5

Type

Year

Out of the Tiger's Mouth Poster

Out of the Tiger's Mouth Feature Film1962

London Town Poster

London Town Feature Film1946

Somewhere I'll Find You Poster

Somewhere I'll Find You Feature Film1942

Are These Our Children Poster

Are These Our Children Feature Film1931

Charlot, Charlot! Short Film1919

2nd Unit / Asst Director

1

Outcast Feature Film1917

Production Manager

1

London Town Poster

London Town Feature Film1946

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