Wesley Ruggles
Directing
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 ...
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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 ...
Filmography (15 movies)
A Burlesque on the Opera "Carmen"
1951
A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios
1920
Triple Trouble
1918
Her Torpedoed Love
1917
Behind the Screen
1916
The Pawnshop
1916
Beatrice Fairfax
1916
Police
1916
The Floorwalker
1916
A Submarine Pirate
1915
A Night in the Show
1915
Her Painted Hero
1915
Shanghaied
1915
A Lover's Lost Control
1915
Gussle's Wayward Path
1915