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

7 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
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
3
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
4
The Floorwalker

The Floorwalker

1916 · 29m · Movie

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

6.6
5
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
6
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
7
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