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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.
The roles that explain the career.
53 credits across 4 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | See Here, Private Hargrove | Director | Film |
| 1943 | Slightly Dangerous | Director | Film |
| 1942 | Somewhere I'll Find You | Director | Film |
| 1942 | Somewhere I'll Find You | Writer | Film |
| 1941 | You Belong to Me | Director | Film |
| 1941 | You Belong to Me | Producer | Film |
| 1940 | Arizona | Director | Film |
| 1940 | Too Many Husbands | Director | Film |
| 1940 | Arizona | Producer | Film |
| 1940 | Too Many Husbands | Producer | Film |
| 1939 | Invitation to Happiness | Director | Film |
| 1939 | Invitation to Happiness | Producer | Film |
| 1938 | Sing, You Sinners | Director | Film |
| 1938 | Sing, You Sinners | Producer | Film |
| 1937 | True Confession | Director | Film |
| 1937 | I Met Him in Paris | Director | Film |
| 1937 | I Met Him in Paris | Producer | Film |
| 1936 | Valiant Is the Word for Carrie | Director | Film |
| 1936 | Valiant Is the Word for Carrie | Producer | Film |
| 1935 | The Bride Comes Home | Director | Film |
| 1935 | The Gilded Lily | Director | Film |
| 1935 | The Bride Comes Home | Producer | Film |
| 1934 | Bolero | Director | Film |
| 1933 | I'm No Angel | Director | Film |
| 1933 | College Humor | Director | Film |
| 1932 | No Man of Her Own | Director | Film |
| 1932 | Roar of the Dragon | Director | Film |
| 1931 | Cimarron | Director | Film |
| 1931 | Cimarron | Producer | Film |
| 1930 | The Sea Bat | Director | Film |
| 1930 | The Sea Bat | Producer | Film |
| 1929 | Street Girl | Director | Film |
| 1929 | Condemned! | Director | Film |
| 1929 | Street Girl | Producer | Film |
| 1928 | Finders Keepers | Director | Film |
| 1927 | The Relay | Director | Film |
| 1926 | Hooked at the Altar | Director | Film |
| 1925 | The Plastic Age | Director | Film |
| 1923 | The Remittance Woman | Director | Film |
| 1921 | Over the Wire | Director | Film |
| 1921 | The Greater Claim | Director | Film |
| 1918 | Triple Trouble | Crook | Film |
| 1917 | Her Torpedoed Love | Messenger Inside the House | Film |
| 1916 | The Pawnshop | Ring Client (uncredited) | Film |
| 1916 | The Floorwalker | Policeman (uncredited) | Film |
| 1916 | Police | Jailbird and Thief | Film |
| 1916 | Behind the Screen | Actor (uncredited) | Film |
| 1915 | Shanghaied | Shipowner | Film |
| 1915 | A Submarine Pirate | His accomplice / Sub Officer | Film |
| 1915 | A Lover's Lost Control | Shoe Clerk | Film |
| 1915 | Her Painted Hero | Effeminate Party Guest (uncredited) | Film |
| 1915 | Gussle's Wayward Path | Clergyman | Film |
| 1915 | A Night in the Show | Second Man in Balcony Front Row | Film |
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