Wesley Ruggles
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1889-06-10 (83 years old)
Deathday
1972-01-08
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also known As
Уэсли Рагглз
Веслі Рагглз
Веслі Раґґлз
Wesley Ruggles
Biography
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 ...
Acting
1916
as Ring Client (uncredited)
1915
as Second Man in Balcony Front Row
1916
as Jailbird and Thief
1915
as Shipowner
1918
as Crook
1915
as Effeminate Party Guest (uncredited)
1915
as His accomplice / Sub Officer
1915
as Shoe Clerk
1917
as Messenger Inside the House
1916
as Actor (uncredited)
1916
as Policeman (uncredited)
1915
as The Cop
1915
as Clergyman
1916
as #15 Wristwatches
1915
as Ship Steward / Ship Passenger
Production
1920
as Director
1928
as Director
1933
as Director
1940
as Director
1932
as Director
1931
as Director
1942
as Director
1939
as Director
1939
as Producer
1935
as Director
1920
as Director
1941
as Director
1941
as Producer
1929
as Director
1940
as Director
1944
as Director
1929
as Director
1935
as Director
1937
as Director
1938
as Director
1936
as Director
1937
as Director
1919
as Director
1926
as Director
1927
as Director
1943
as Director
1925
as Director
1934
as Director
1933
as Director
1926
as Director
1927
as Director
1934
as Director
1935
as Director
1931
as Director
1932
as Director
1924
as Director
1937
as Producer
1926
as Director
1946
as Producer
1946
as Director
1946
as Story
1922
as Director
1923
as Director
1931
as Producer
1935
as Producer
1922
as Director
1936
as Producer
1926
as Director
1931
as Story
1933
as Director
1930
as Director
1930
as Producer
1920
as Director
1940
as Producer
1930
as Director
1927
as Director
1927
as Director
1928
as Director
1942
as Writer
1929
as Director
1925
as Director
1927
as Director
1923
as Director
1920
as Director
1965
as Associate Producer
1940
as Producer
1925
as Continuity
1921
as Director
1938
as Producer
1929
as Producer
1923
as Director
1929
as Director
1927
as Director
1917
as Assistant Director
1935
as Co-Director
1929
as Director
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