- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- June 10, 1889
- Place of Birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Died
- January 8, 1972
Wesley Ruggles
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 …
Filmography
movieThe Incredible World of James Bond
1965 · Associate Producer
movieA Burlesque on the Opera "Carmen"
1951
movieLondon Town
1946 · Director, Producer, Story
movieSee Here, Private Hargrove
1944 · Director
movieSlightly Dangerous
1943 · Director
movieSomewhere I'll Find You
1942 · Director, Writer
movieYou Belong to Me
1941 · Director, Producer
movieArizona
1940 · Director, Producer
movieToo Many Husbands
1940 · Director, Producer
movieInvitation to Happiness
1939 · Director, Producer
movieSing, You Sinners
1938 · Director, Producer
movieTrue Confession
1937 · Director
movieI Met Him in Paris
1937 · Director, Producer
movieValiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936 · Director, Producer
movieThe Bride Comes Home
1935 · Director, Producer
movieAccent on Youth
1935 · Director
movieMississippi
1935 · Co-Director
movieThe Gilded Lily
1935 · Director
movieShoot the Works
1934 · Director
movieBolero
1934 · Director
movieI'm No Angel
1933 · Director
movieCollege Humor
1933 · Director
movieThe Monkey's Paw
1933 · Director
movieNo Man of Her Own
1932 · Director
movieRoar of the Dragon
1932 · Director
movieAre These Our Children?
1931 · Director, Story
movieCimarron
1931 · Director, Producer
movieThe Sea Bat
1930 · Producer, Director
movieHoney
1930 · Director
movieCondemned!
1929 · Director
movieStreet Girl
1929 · Director, Producer
movieGirl Overboard
1929 · Director
movieScandal
1929 · Director
movieThe Cross Country Run
1929 · Director
movieFinders Keepers
1928 · Director
The Fourflusher
movieThe Fourflusher
1928 · Director
movieSilk Stockings
1927 · Director
movieBeware of Widows
1927 · Director
Breaking Records
movieBreaking Records
1927 · Director
movieFlashing Oars
1927 · Director
movieThe Cinder Path
1927 · Director
movieThe Relay
1927 · Director
Around the Bases
movieAround the Bases
1927 · Director
The Last Lap
movieThe Last Lap
1926 · Director
movieThe Collegians
1926 · Director
movieHooked at the Altar
1926 · Director
A Man of Quality
movieA Man of Quality
1926 · Director
movieThe Plastic Age
1925 · Director, Continuity
movieA Broadway Lady
1925 · Director
movieThe Age of Innocence
1924 · Director
movieSlippy McGee
1923 · Director
movieThe Heart Raider
1923 · Director
movieThe Remittance Woman
1923 · Director
movieMr. Billings Spends His Dime
1923 · Director
movieIf I Were Queen
1922 · Director
movieWild Honey
1922 · Director
movieOver the Wire
1921 · Director
movieUncharted Seas
1921 · Director
The Greater Claim
movieThe Greater Claim
1921 · Director
movieLove
1920 · Director
movieThe Leopard Woman
1920 · Director
movieA Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios
1920 · Himself
movieThe Desperate Hero
1920 · Director
movieSooner or Later
1920 · Director
moviePiccadilly Jim
1919 · Director
movieTriple Trouble
1918 · Crook
movieFor France
1917 · Director
movieOutcast
1917 · Assistant Director
movieHer Torpedoed Love
1917 · Messenger Inside the House
movieBehind the Screen
1916 · Actor (uncredited)
movieThe Pawnshop
1916 · Ring Client (uncredited)
movieBeatrice Fairfax
1916 · #15 Wristwatches
moviePolice
1916 · Jailbird and Thief
movieThe Floorwalker
1916 · Policeman (uncredited)
movieA Submarine Pirate
1915 · His accomplice / Sub Officer
movieA Night in the Show
1915 · Second Man in Balcony Front Row
movieHer Painted Hero
1915 · Effeminate Party Guest (uncredited)
movieShanghaied
1915 · Shipowner
movieA Lover's Lost Control
1915 · Shoe Clerk
Gussle Rivals Jonah
movieGussle Rivals Jonah
1915 · Ship Steward / Ship Passenger
movieGussle's Wayward Path
1915 · Clergyman
Caught in a Park
movieCaught in a Park
1915 · The Cop