Wesley Ruggles

Known for: Directing
Born: June 10, 1889, Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: January 8, 1972
Movies: 79

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 Best Picture.

Best-Known Movies

5.5

Cimarron

1931

6.7

The Pawnshop

1916

6.4

The Floorwalker

1916

6.5

Behind the Screen

1916

6.2

A Night in the Show

1915

6.3

Police

1916

6.0

Shanghaied

1915

6.4

I'm No Angel

1933

5.0

Triple Trouble

1918

6.5

Arizona

1940

Filmography

1951	A Burlesque on the Opera "Carmen"
1920	A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios	Himself
1918	Triple Trouble	Crook
1917	Her Torpedoed Love	Messenger Inside the House
1916	Behind the Screen	Actor (uncredited)
1916	The Pawnshop	Ring Client (uncredited)
1916	Beatrice Fairfax	#15 Wristwatches
1916	Police	Jailbird and Thief
1916	The Floorwalker	Policeman (uncredited)
1915	A Submarine Pirate	His accomplice / Sub Officer
1915	A Night in the Show	Second Man in Balcony Front Row
1915	Her Painted Hero	Effeminate Party Guest (uncredited)
1915	Shanghaied	Shipowner
1915	A Lover's Lost Control	Shoe Clerk
1915	Gussle Rivals Jonah	Ship Steward / Ship Passenger
1915	Gussle's Wayward Path	Clergyman
1915	Caught in a Park	The Cop

Directing, Writing & Producing

1946	London Town	Producer, Director
1944	See Here, Private Hargrove	Director
1943	Slightly Dangerous	Director
1942	Somewhere I'll Find You	Director, Writer
1941	You Belong to Me	Director, Producer
1940	Arizona	Director, Producer
1940	Too Many Husbands	Director, Producer
1939	Invitation to Happiness	Director, Producer
1938	Sing, You Sinners	Director, Producer
1937	True Confession	Director
1937	I Met Him in Paris	Director, Producer
1936	Valiant Is the Word for Carrie	Director, Producer
1935	The Bride Comes Home	Director, Producer
1935	Accent on Youth	Director
1935	The Gilded Lily	Director
1934	Shoot the Works	Director
1934	Bolero	Director
1933	I'm No Angel	Director
1933	College Humor	Director
1933	The Monkey's Paw	Director
1932	No Man of Her Own	Director
1932	Roar of the Dragon	Director
1931	Are These Our Children?	Director
1931	Cimarron	Director, Producer
1930	The Sea Bat	Director, Producer
1930	Honey	Director
1929	Condemned!	Director
1929	Street Girl	Director, Producer
1929	Girl Overboard	Director
1929	Scandal	Director
1929	The Cross Country Run	Director
1928	Finders Keepers	Director
1928	The Fourflusher	Director
1927	Silk Stockings	Director
1927	Beware of Widows	Director
1927	Breaking Records	Director
1927	Flashing Oars	Director
1927	The Cinder Path	Director
1927	The Relay	Director
1927	Around the Bases	Director
1926	The Last Lap	Director
1926	The Collegians	Director
1926	Hooked at the Altar	Director
1926	A Man of Quality	Director
1925	The Plastic Age	Director
1925	A Broadway Lady	Director
1924	The Age of Innocence	Director
1923	Slippy McGee	Director
1923	The Heart Raider	Director
1923	The Remittance Woman	Director
1923	Mr. Billings Spends His Dime	Director
1922	If I Were Queen	Director
1922	Wild Honey	Director
1921	Over the Wire	Director
1921	Uncharted Seas	Director
1921	The Greater Claim	Director
1920	Love	Director
1920	The Leopard Woman	Director
1920	The Desperate Hero	Director
1920	Sooner or Later	Director
1919	Piccadilly Jim	Director
1917	For France	Director

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