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Find a Grave Memorial ID: 3562. Source citation. Motion Picture Director. Remembered for Cimarron (1931), the first Western to win Best Picture. Younger brother of actor Charlie Ruggles. He started out as an actor during the 1910s. He acted in musical comedy on the stage. His first screen role was in Caught in a Park (1915).
The brother of comic actor Charles Ruggles, Wesley Ruggles briefly followed in his brother's onscreen footsteps before forging a lengthy career as a director for such features as the Oscar-winning ...
The younger brother of Hollywood character player Charles Ruggles, Wesley Ruggles spent most of his early years in San Francisco. He attended university there, began a lengthy apprenticeship in stock and musical comedy and then joined Keystone in Hollywood as an actor in 1914 working alongside Syd Chaplin.
Jan 10, 1972 · Wesley Ruggles, Director, Dead; His ‘Cimarron’ Won Oscar in ‘31. Share full article. Jan. 10, 1972. Credit... The New York Times Archives.
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.
Wesley Ruggles (11. juni 1889 – 8. januar 1972) var en amerikansk filminstruktør. Mellem 1917 og 1946 instruerede han godt 80 film.' Mellem 1917 og 1946 instruerede han godt 80 film.' Han er mest kendt som instruktør af den oscarbelønnede westernfilm Cimarron fra 1931.
Dec 4, 2023 · About Wesley Ruggles. Oscar-nominated motion picture director Wesley Ruggles was an actor in stock when he entered films in 1914. A director from 1918 to 1946, he had an uneven career, enjoying his best period in the late 20s (Silk Stalkings) and in the early 30s (Cimarron and I'm No Angel). Ruggles also produced during the 1930s and 40s.
