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 Best Picture.
Although Ruggles followed this success with the light comedy No Man of Her Own (1932) with Clark Gable and Carole Lombard, the comedy I'm No Angel (1933) with Mae West and Cary Grant , College Humor (1933) with Bing Crosby, and Bolero (1934) with George Raft and Carole Lombard, few of his later films were in any way memorable (an exception is Arizona).
His career was on the downslide when he teamed with the Rank Organisation in 1946 to produce and direct London Town with Sid Field and Petula Clark, based on a story he wrote. The film — British cinema's first attempt at a Technicolor musical extravaganza — is notable as being one of the biggest critical and commercial failures in that country's film history. Ironically, Ruggles had been hired to helm it because as an American, it was thought, he was better equipped to handle a musical — despite the fact that nothing in his past had prepared him to work in the genre. It was his last film. An abridged version was released in the U.S. under the title My Heart Goes Crazy by United Artists in 1953.
Ruggles died in 1972 in Santa Monica and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
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Filmography
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Movies 78
Director 57
Producer 1
Writer 1
self 1
![The Incredible World of James Bond](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/587712-the-incredible-world-of-james-bond.jpg)
The Incredible World of James Bond (1965)
![London Town](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/104967-london-town.jpg)
London Town (1946)
![Slightly Dangerous](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/71446-slightly-dangerous.jpg)
Slightly Dangerous (1943)
![You Belong to Me](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/89450-you-belong-to-me.jpg)
You Belong to Me (1941)
![Arizona](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/88374-arizona.jpg)
Arizona (1940)
![Too Many Husbands](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/77896-too-many-husbands.jpg)
Too Many Husbands (1940)
![Sing, You Sinners](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/93965-sing-you-sinners.jpg)
Sing, You Sinners (1938)
![True Confession](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/134976-true-confession.jpg)
True Confession (1937)
![I Met Him in Paris](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/69352-i-met-him-in-paris.jpg)
I Met Him in Paris (1937)
![The Bride Comes Home](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/69399-the-bride-comes-home.jpg)
The Bride Comes Home (1935)
![Accent on Youth](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/88879-accent-on-youth.jpg)
Accent on Youth (1935)
![Mississippi](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/90652-mississippi.jpg)
Mississippi (1935)
![The Gilded Lily](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/68993-the-gilded-lily.jpg)
The Gilded Lily (1935)
![Shoot the Works](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/94674-shoot-the-works.jpg)
Shoot the Works (1934)
![Bolero](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/69040-bolero.jpg)
Bolero (1934)
![I'm No Angel](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/74374-i-m-no-angel.jpg)
I'm No Angel (1933)
![College Humor](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/94670-college-humor.jpg)
College Humor (1933)
![The Monkey's Paw](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/26129-the-monkey-s-paw.jpg)
The Monkey's Paw (1933)
![No Man of Her Own](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/93312-no-man-of-her-own.jpg)
No Man of Her Own (1932)
![Roar of the Dragon](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/114251-roar-of-the-dragon.jpg)
Roar of the Dragon (1932)
![Cimarron](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/27216-cimarron.jpg)
Cimarron (1931)
![The Sea Bat](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/83532-the-sea-bat.jpg)
The Sea Bat (1930)
![Honey](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/67465-honey.jpg)
Honey (1930)
![Condemned](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/91554-condemned.jpg)
Condemned (1929)
![Street Girl](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/94654-street-girl.jpg)
Street Girl (1929)
![Girl Overboard](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/310134-girl-overboard.jpg)
Girl Overboard (1929)
![Scandal](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Scandal (1929)
![Finders Keepers](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/243486-finders-keepers.jpg)
Finders Keepers (1928)
![The Fourflusher](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
The Fourflusher (1928)
![Beware of Widows](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/505930-beware-of-widows.jpg)
Beware of Widows (1927)
![Breaking Records](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Breaking Records (1927)
![Flashing Oars](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Flashing Oars (1927)
![The Cinder Path](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
The Cinder Path (1927)
![The Relay](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
The Relay (1927)
![Around the Bases](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Around the Bases (1927)
![The Last Lap](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
The Last Lap (1926)
![The Collegians](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/822357-the-collegians.jpg)
The Collegians (1926)
![Hooked at the Altar](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/822146-hooked-at-the-altar.jpg)
Hooked at the Altar (1926)
![A Man of Quality](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
A Man of Quality (1926)
![The Plastic Age](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/132388-the-plastic-age.jpg)
The Plastic Age (1925)
![A Broadway Lady](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/168327-a-broadway-lady.jpg)
A Broadway Lady (1925)
![The Age of Innocence](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/253574-the-age-of-innocence.jpg)
The Age of Innocence (1924)
![Slippy McGee](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/463304-slippy-mcgee.jpg)
Slippy McGee (1923)
![The Heart Raider](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/284140-the-heart-raider.jpg)
The Heart Raider (1923)
![If I Were Queen](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/690897-if-i-were-queen.jpg)
If I Were Queen (1922)
![Wild Honey](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/637743-wild-honey.jpg)
Wild Honey (1922)
![Uncharted Seas](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/561719-uncharted-seas.jpg)
Uncharted Seas (1921)
![Love](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/333581-love.jpg)
Love (1920)
![The Leopard Woman](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/131902-the-leopard-woman.jpg)
The Leopard Woman (1920)
![The Desperate Hero](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/722985-the-desperate-hero.jpg)
The Desperate Hero (1920)
![Sooner or Later](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/706651-sooner-or-later.jpg)
Sooner or Later (1920)
![Piccadilly Jim](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/593519-piccadilly-jim.jpg)
Piccadilly Jim (1919)
![Her Torpedoed Love](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/113473-her-torpedoed-love.jpg)
Her Torpedoed Love (1917)
![Behind the Screen](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/56808-behind-the-screen.jpg)
Behind the Screen (1916)
![The Pawnshop](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/8421-the-pawnshop.jpg)
The Pawnshop (1916)
![Beatrice Fairfax](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/443262-beatrice-fairfax.jpg)
Beatrice Fairfax (1916)
![Police](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/56805-police.jpg)
Police (1916)
![The Floorwalker](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/56780-the-floorwalker.jpg)
The Floorwalker (1916)
![A Submarine Pirate](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/113467-a-submarine-pirate.jpg)
A Submarine Pirate (1915)
![Her Painted Hero](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/477253-her-painted-hero.jpg)
Her Painted Hero (1915)
![A Night in the Show](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/56804-a-night-in-the-show.jpg)
A Night in the Show (1915)
![Shanghaied](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/56803-shanghaied.jpg)
Shanghaied (1915)
![A Lover's Lost Control](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/113465-a-lover-s-lost-control.jpg)
A Lover's Lost Control (1915)
![Gussle Tied to Trouble](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Gussle Tied to Trouble (1915)
![Gussle's Backward Way](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/668536-gussle-s-backward-way.jpg)
Gussle's Backward Way (1915)
![Gussle Rivals Jonah](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Gussle Rivals Jonah (1915)
![Gussle's Wayward Path](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/346966-gussle-s-wayward-path.jpg)
Gussle's Wayward Path (1915)
![Caught in a Park](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Caught in a Park (1915)
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Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1889-06-11
Deathday1972-01-08 (82 years old)
Birth PlaceLos Angeles, United States of America
RelationshipsArline Judge (1931-01-01 - 1937-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsУэсли Рагглз, Веслі Рагглз, Веслі Раґґлз
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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