
Directing
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,…

A Burlesque on the Opera "Carmen"

A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios
as Himself

Triple Trouble
as Crook

Her Torpedoed Love
as Messenger Inside the House

Police
as Jailbird and Thief

Behind the Screen
as Actor (uncredited)

The Pawnshop
as Ring Client (uncredited)

The Floorwalker
as Policeman (uncredited)

Beatrice Fairfax
as #15 Wristwatches

Shanghaied
as Shipowner
Police
1916