CHARLIE RUGGLES - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 11/16/1933 - HFSID 70238

CHARLIE RUGGLES
Tony Award-winning actor Charlie Ruggles signed this type letter in 1933, thanking the recipient for Imaginary Passport: "As we Americans say, it's 'perfectly swell".
Typed letter signed "Charlie Ruggles". 1 page, 7¼x10½, on Ruggles' personalized stationery. Nov. 16, 1933. In full: "Dear Mr. Withers: My enthusiastic thanks to you for sending me the 'Imaginary Passport..' As we Americans say, it's 'perfectly swell,' and I appreciate it no end. Yours,". Ruggles (1886-1971), born Charles Ruggles, won a Tony Award for his performance in The Pleasure of his Company (1958-1959). A veteran actor who began acting in a 1905 stock production of Nathan Hale, Ruggles amassed 15 acting credits on Broadway between 1914 and 1964 (including his most popular play, the musical comedy Queen High, 1926-1927) and over 140 movies and TV shows between 1914 and 1968. Often appearing as drunk reporters and other comedy relief characters, he could also turn out some memorable dramatic performances in such films as Exclusive (1937) and The Parson of Panamint (1941). He also teamed up with Mary Boland in 14 comedies during the 1930s, including Six of a Kind (1934), Ruggles of Red Gap (1935), Early to Bed (1936) and Boy Trouble (1939). On TV, he headlined The Ruggles (1949-1952) and The World of Mr. Sweeney (1954), often appeared on The Red Skelton Show (1957-1962) and had recurring roles as Charles Wingfield on Burke's Law (1963-1964) and as Lowell Redlings Farquhar, Mrs. Drysdale's father, on The Beverly Hillbillies (1965-1966). Rocky and Bullwinkle fans may also recognize his voice as that of Aesop from the Aesop & Son segment on Rocky and His Friends (1959-1961) and The Bulwinkle Show (1961-1962). But his first love was the stage. He even took a 12-year break from the silver screen, from 1949 to 1961, to concentrate on stage and TV acting. Lightly creased. Irregular edges. Folded once vertically and twice horizontally. Folds are discolored on verso (no show-through). Otherwise in fine condition.