Directing
Wesley Ruggles
- Born
- Jun 10, 1889 · Aged 82
- Died
- Jan 8, 1972
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 17
- TV credits
- 0
- Directing credits
- 62
Also known as (3)
- Уэсли Рагглз
- Веслі Рагглз
- Веслі Раґґлз
Biography
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…
