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Rags Ragland
Sign in to saveAlso known as John Lee Morgan Beauregard Ragland
American actor (1905-1946)
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Within Vinony's link graph, Rags Ragland is referenced by 30 other articles, and connects out to Los Angeles, Mexico and liver.
Vinony files it under 1905 births, 1946 deaths and 20th-century American comedians.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Film & TV
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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…
Known for
- The Hoodlum Saint — Fishface1946
- Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood — Self1945
- Her Highness and the Bellboy — Albert Weever1945
- Anchors Aweigh — Police Sergeant1945
- The Canterville Ghost — Big Harry Waters1944
- Meet the People — Mr. Smith1944
- 3 Men in White — Hobart Genet1944
- Girl Crazy — 'Rags'1943
- Du Barry Was a Lady — Charlie / Dauphin1943
- Whistling in Brooklyn — Chester Conway1943
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- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 1
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Authority record · VIAF
- Lifespan
- 1905–1946
- Nationality
- US
- Gender
- Male
Recorded by 5 libraries
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Louisville
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- stage actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Rags Ragland in Ringside Maisie trailer.jpg
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1905-08-23
- date of death
- 1946-08-20
- Commons category
- Rags Ragland
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- kidney disease
- writing language
- English language
Sources (1)
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Gallery (2)
Available in 7 languages
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