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From 1929, Ruggles appeared in talking pictures.

His first was Gentleman of the Press in which he played a comic, alcoholic newspaper reporter.

Throughout the 1930s he was teamed with comic actress Mary Boland in a string of domestic farces, notably Six of a Kind, Ruggles of Red Gap, and People Will Talk ; Boland was the domineering wife and Ruggles the mild-mannered husband.

Ruggles is best remembered today as the big-game hunter in Bringing Up Baby.

In other films he often played the " comic relief " character in otherwise straight films.

In all, he appeared in about 100 movies.