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Wesley Ruggles
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Film & TV
Los Angeles, California, USA
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…
Known for
- A Burlesque on the Opera "Carmen"1951
- A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios — Himself1920
- Triple Trouble — Crook1918
- Her Torpedoed Love — Messenger Inside the House1917
- The Pawnshop — Ring Client (uncredited)1916
- Police — Jailbird and Thief1916
- Behind the Screen — Actor (uncredited)1916
- The Floorwalker — Policeman (uncredited)1916
- Beatrice Fairfax — #15 Wristwatches1916
- A Night in the Show — Second Man in Balcony Front Row1915
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Place of death
- Santa Monica
- Spouse
- Arline Judge
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Wesley Ruggles - Jul 1921 EH.jpg
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- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- date of birth
- 1889-06-11
- date of death
- 1972-01-08
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Director
- Commons category
- Wesley Ruggles
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Wesley Ruggles
- start of work period
- 1915-00-00
- time period
- 20th century
- writing language
- English language
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