Wesley Ruggles

Wesley Ruggles

June 10, 1889

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 attenti…

Known For

13 titles
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Cimarron

Cimarron

1931 · 2h 3m · Movie

A newspaper editor settles in an Oklahoma boom town with his reluctant wife at the end of the nineteenth century.

5.8
2
I'm No Angel

I'm No Angel

1933 · 1h 27m · Movie

Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the company of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along the way.

6.9
3
The Pawnshop

The Pawnshop

1916 · 25m · Movie

Charlie competes with his fellow shop assistant. He is fired by the pawnbroker and rehired. He nearly destroys everything in the shop and himself. He helps capture a burglar. He destroys a client's clock while examining it in detail.

7.0
4
Behind the Screen

Behind the Screen

1916 · 30m · Movie

Charlie is an overworked labourer at a film studio who helps a young woman find work even while his coworkers strike against his tyrannical boss.

6.9
5
The Floorwalker

The Floorwalker

1916 · 29m · Movie

The Tramp is tricked into impersonating an embezzling floorwalker in a department store.

6.6
6
A Night in the Show

A Night in the Show

1915 · 24m · Movie

Mr. Pest tries several theatre seats before winding up in front in a fight with the conductor. He is thrown out. In the lobby he pushes a fat lady into a fountain and returns to sit down by Edna. Mr. Rowdy, in the gallery, pours b...

6.4
7
Police

Police

1916 · 34m · Movie

Charles Chaplin, a convict, is given $5.00 and released from prison after having served his term. He meets a man of the church who makes him weep for his sins and while he is weeping takes the $5.00 away from him. Chaplin goes to ...

6.4
8
Shanghaied

Shanghaied

1915 · 27m · Movie

Intent on scuttling his ship, a financially-pressed shipowner conspires with the vessel's captain to collect the insurance money, unbeknownst to him that his daughter and her beau, Charlie, are aboard. Will they get away with it s...

6.1
9
No Man of Her Own

No Man of Her Own

1932 · 1h 25m · Movie

An on-the-lam New York card shark marries a small-town librarian who thinks he's a businessman.

6.6
10
Arizona

Arizona

1940 · 2h 5m · Movie

In Tucson of the 1860s, a pioneer woman struggles to succeed in the freight and cattle business while at risk at the hands of corrupt and violent local businessmen and rampaging Indians.

6.8
11
Triple Trouble

Triple Trouble

1918 · 23m · Movie

Foreign agents try to steal a wireless explosive from an inventor. Only the clueless Little Tramp and the Keystone Cops can stop them.

5.1
12
The Gilded Lily

The Gilded Lily

1935 · 1h 20m · Movie

A stenographer becomes a famed entertainer and is courted by an English nobleman and an informal American reporter.

6.8
13
The Bride Comes Home

The Bride Comes Home

1935 · 1h 23m · Movie

A penniless socialite is hired by two young men as a front in their plan to start a magazine. Soon, however, they find themselves more interested in her than in their publishing venture.

6.1