The best Wesley Ruggles’s movies

Wesley Ruggles

Wesley Ruggles

11/06/1889- 08/01/1972
We present our ranking of the best Wesley Ruggles’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Wesley Ruggles.
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Triple Trouble

Triple Trouble
5.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 11/08/1918
  • Character: Crook
As Colonel Nutt is experimenting with explosives, a new janitor is joining his household. The inept janitor proceeds to make life difficult for the rest of staff.

The Floorwalker

The Floorwalker
6.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 15/05/1916
  • Character: Policeman (uncredited)
An impecunious customer creates chaos in a department store while the manager and his assistant plot to steal the money kept in the establishment's safe.

The Pawnshop

The Pawnshop
7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 02/10/1916
  • Character: Ring Client (uncredited)
A pawnbroker's assistant deals with his grumpy boss, his annoying co-worker and some eccentric customers as he flirts with the pawnbroker's daughter, until a perfidious crook with bad intentions arrives at the pawnshop.

Police

Police
6.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 27/05/1916
  • Character: Jailbird and Thief
Charlie is released from prison and immediately swindled by a fake parson. A fellow ex-convict convinces Charlie to help burglarize a house.

Behind the Screen

Behind the Screen
6.9/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 13/11/1916
  • Character: Actor (uncredited)
During the troubled shooting of several movies, David, the prop man's assistant, meets an aspiring actress who tries to find work in the studio. Things get messy when the stagehands decide to go on strike.

A Night in the Show

A Night in the Show
6.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 20/11/1915
  • Character: Second Man in Balcony Front Row
Mr. Pest tries several theatre seats before winding up in front in a fight with the conductor. He is thrown out. In the lobby he pushes a fat lady into a fountain and returns to sit down by Edna. Mr. Rowdy, in the gallery, pours beer down on Mr. Pest and Edna. He attacks patrons, a harem dancer, the singers Dot and Dash, and a fire-eater.

Shanghaied

Shanghaied
6.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 04/10/1915
  • Character: Shipowner
A shipowner intends to scuttle his ship on its last voyage to get the insurance money. Charlie, a tramp in love with the owner's daughter, is grabbed by the captain and promises to help him shanghai some seamen. The daughter stows away to follow Charlie. Charlie assists in the galley and attempts to serve food during a gale.

Beatrice Fairfax

Beatrice Fairfax
7.2/10
  • Release: 07/08/1916
  • Character: #15 Wristwatches
Beatrice Fairfax, the original advice-to-the-lovelorn reporter and her friend and not-so-secret admirer Jimmy Barton investigate calls for help and escape exotic perils and dangers. Episodes include exciting and fun stories of baby-napping, blackmail, jewel thievery, disguise, counterfeiting, and the long-unseen episode featuring entrancing cult starlet Olive Thomas and the real New York Yankees and Giants playing a game in the Polo Grounds.

A Submarine Pirate

A Submarine Pirate
5.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 26/12/1915
  • Character: His accomplice / Sub Officer
A waiter tricks his way into command of a sub in order to rob a ship carrying gold bullion.

A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios

A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios
  • Release: 15/08/1920
  • Character: Himself
A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios (1920) presents a fascinating glimpse into the Thomas H. Ince studios at Culver City.

Gussle's Wayward Path

Gussle's Wayward Path
5.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 09/04/1915
  • Character: Clergyman
Gussle (Syd Chaplin) comes home with a cute little dog but doesn't want the wife to see it--leading up to a rather funny bit you'll have to see for yourself. The marriage, at first, seems ideal and Gussle and his wife seem devoted. However, it soon seems that this is an act for Syd and it's obvious he's quite the philanderer. Eventually, the wife catches on and sets out to catch him--leading to a rather cute and unexpected ending.

A Lover's Lost Control

A Lover's Lost Control
6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 02/08/1915
  • Character: Shoe Clerk
Mr. and Mrs. Gussle get up to some hijinks in this Keystone comedy.

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