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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 Best Picture.
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Movies:
Title | Release date |
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A Burlesque on the Opera Carmen | 1951-03-01 |
A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios as Himself | 1920-08-15 |
Triple Trouble as Crook | 1918-08-11 |
Her Torpedoed Love as Messenger Inside the House | 1917-05-13 |
Behind the Screen as Actor (uncredited) | 1916-11-13 |
The Pawnshop as Ring Client (uncredited) | 1916-10-02 |
Beatrice Fairfax as #15 Wristwatches | 1916-08-07 |
Police as Jailbird and Thief | 1916-05-27 |
The Floorwalker as Policeman (uncredited) | 1916-05-15 |
A Submarine Pirate as His accomplice / Sub Officer | 1915-12-26 |
A Night in the Show as Second Man in Balcony Front Row | 1915-11-20 |
Her Painted Hero as Effeminate Party Guest (uncredited) | 1915-11-20 |
Shanghaied as Shipowner | 1915-10-04 |
A Lover's Lost Control as Shoe Clerk | 1915-08-02 |
Gussle Rivals Jonah as Ship Steward / Ship Passenger | 1915-04-25 |
Gussle's Wayward Path as Clergyman | 1915-04-09 |
Caught in a Park as The Cop | 1915-02-06 |