Charles Ruggles

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American comic actor (1886-1970) whose befuddled, courtly charm made him one of Hollywood's most reliable character players across five decades, from Trouble in Paradise (1932) and Alice in Wonderland (1933) through scores of television appearances in the 1950s and 60s.

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6.31933·1h 5mPD

Comedy, Romance

A pre-Code RKO comedy spun from the era's divorce scandals. Lawyer Chester Hamilton (Sidney Blackmer) keeps his practice afloat by hiring a professional "co-respondent" — the glamorous Phyllis Van Kamp (Verree Teasdale) — to pose as the other woman in divorce cases. When Oswald Groggs (Charles Ruggles), a hapless real-estate clerk down to his last dollars, gets tangled in the scheme, mistaken identities and double-crosses pile up fast. Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and built for pure speed, it is a tidy example of the studio's pre-Code programmers — risqué, cynical, and over in an hour. Its copyright was never renewed; it is in the public domain in the United States.

Comedy · Romance

Good-bye Love

1933 - as Oswald Groggs