Charles Ruggles

Birth Name:

Charles Sherman Ruggles

Birth Place:

Los Agneles, California, United States

Profession

Actor, Soundtrack

Donated his awards and personal memorabilia to the Department of Special Collections at the UCLA Library
In 1953, he was the President of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Won a 1959 Tony Award for Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Dramatic) for his performance in "The Pleasure of His Company․"
Originally found employment with the Alcazar Theatre Stock Company, the company with which he later made his stage debut, as a super
Started working for a pharmaceutical company directly after high school
Trained to be a doctor, but soon turned toward the allures of the stage
Quote: "It was my mastery of the sputter system of dialogue which was my chief asset as an actor․"
In his later years, he was usually cast as a twinkly-eyed senior who would explode into sputtering when exasperated
Usually played sputtering, mild-mannered, kindly, bumbling roles on film, radio and television
At one point during his marriage to fellow animal lover Marion La Barba, he owned 94 pets

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