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Rags Ragland

Rags Ragland

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Born August 23, 1905 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Died August 20, 1946

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Rags Ragland was a boxer, then a burlesque comedian and then a Broadway performer before ending up in Hollywood to repeat his stage role as the boisterous sailor in Panama Hattie (1942), in which Ann Sothern played on film the part that had been played on Broadway by Ethel Merman. Ragland, typecast as a good-natured oaf with a knack for fracturing the English language, had as his sole movie employer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, in some two dozen of whose lighter vehicles he appeared, in the company of such MGM luminaries as Red Skelton, Lucille Ball, Judy Garland and Gene Kelly.

Date of Birth 23 August 1905, Louisville, Kentucky

Date of Death 20 August 1946, Los Angeles, California (uremic poisoning)

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Type

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The Hoodlum Saint Poster

The Hoodlum Saint Feature Film1946Fishface

Anchors Aweigh Poster

Anchors Aweigh Feature Film1945Police Sergeant

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood Poster

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood Feature Film1945'Rags' Ragland

Her Highness and the Bellboy Poster

Her Highness and the Bellboy Feature Film1945Albert Weever

3 Men in White Poster

3 Men in White Feature Film1944Hobart Genet

Meet the People Poster

Meet the People Feature Film1944Mr. Smith

The Canterville Ghost Poster

The Canterville Ghost Feature Film1944Big Harry

Du Barry Was a Lady Poster

Du Barry Was a Lady Feature Film1943Charlie

Girl Crazy Poster

Girl Crazy Feature Film1943'Rags'

Whistling in Brooklyn Poster

Whistling in Brooklyn Feature Film1943Chester Conway

Born to Sing Poster

Born to Sing Feature Film1942'Grunt'

Maisie Gets Her Man Poster

Maisie Gets Her Man Feature Film1942Ears Cofflin

Panama Hattie Poster

Panama Hattie Feature Film1942Rags

Somewhere I'll Find You Poster

Somewhere I'll Find You Feature Film1942Charlie, the Masseur

Sunday Punch Poster

Sunday Punch Feature Film1942'Killer' Connolly

The War Against Mrs. Hadley Poster

The War Against Mrs. Hadley Feature Film1942Louie

Whistling in Dixie Poster

Whistling in Dixie Feature Film1942Chester Conway

Ringside Maisie Poster

Ringside Maisie Feature Film1941Vic

Whistling in the Dark Poster

Whistling in the Dark Feature Film1941Sylvester Conway

Hats and Dogs Poster

Hats and Dogs Short Film1938

A Midsummer Night's Dream Poster

A Midsummer Night's Dream Feature Film1935Acting Troupe Member

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