Rags Ragland
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By profession, Rags Ragland is an American actor, and the record offers the outline rather than the detail. The record shows 19 credits. Look for him in 'Anchors Aweigh', where he plays Police Sergeant.
Rags Ragland
19 Movies
By profession, Rags Ragland is an American actor, and the record offers the outline rather than the detail. The record shows 19 credits. Look for him in 'Anchors Aweigh', where he plays Police Sergeant.
Movies
Plays Police Sergeant
Anchors Aweigh
1945
Plays Vic
Ringside Maisie
1941
Plays Charlie / Dauphin
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
Plays Albert Weever
Her Highness and the Bellboy
1945
Plays Charlie
Somewhere I'll Find You
1942
Plays Fishface
The Hoodlum Saint
1946
Plays Big Harry Waters
The Canterville Ghost
1944
Plays Rags (as 'Rags' Ragland)
Panama Hattie
1942
Plays Sylvester
Whistling in the Dark
1941
Plays 'Rags'
Girl Crazy
1943
Plays 'Grunt'
Born to Sing
1942
Plays Chester Conway / Sylvester 'Lester' Conway
Whistling in Dixie
1942
Plays Mr. Smith
Meet the People
1944
Plays 'Killer' Connolly
Sunday Punch
1942
Plays Hobart Genet
3 Men in White
1944
Plays Louie
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
1942
Plays Chester Conway
Whistling in Brooklyn
1943
Plays Ears Cofflin
Maisie Gets Her Man
1942
Plays Rags
Hats and Dogs
1938
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Her Highness and the Bellboy
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The Hoodlum Saint
Fishface
1946
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Her Highness and the Bellboy
Albert Weever
1945
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Anchors Aweigh
Police Sergeant
1945
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The Canterville Ghost
Big Harry Waters
1944
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Meet the People
Mr. Smith
1944
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3 Men in White
Hobart Genet
1944
Film
Whistling in Brooklyn
Chester Conway
1943
Film
Girl Crazy
'Rags'
1943
Film
Du Barry Was a Lady
Charlie / Dauphin
1943
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Rags Ragland still alive?
Rags Ragland passed away on August 20, 1946 at age 40.
What are the most famous roles of Rags Ragland?
Rags Ragland is best known for roles in Anchors Aweigh, The Canterville Ghost, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood.
How many movies has Rags Ragland been in?
Over a 8-year career (since 1938), Rags Ragland has appeared in 19 movies and 0 TV shows.
What was Rags Ragland's first movie?
The career of Rags Ragland began with Hats and Dogs (1938).
What is Rags Ragland's most recent movie or series?
Rags Ragland's most recent release is The Hoodlum Saint, which premiered on April 4, 1946.
Rags Ragland
1905-08-23 · Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Rags Ragland was a boxer, then a burlesque comedian and then a Broadway performer before ending up in Hollywood to repeat his stage role as the boisterous sailor in Panama Hattie (1942), in which Ann Sothern played on film the part that had been played on Broadway by Ethel Merman. Ragland, typecast as a good-natured oaf with a knack for fracturing the English language, had as his sole movie employer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, in some two dozen of whose lighter vehicles he appeared, in the company of such MGM luminaries as Red Skelton, Lucille Ball, Judy Garland and Gene Kelly.
Date of Birth 23 August 1905, Louisville, Kentucky
Date of Death 20 August 1946, Los Angeles, California (uremic poisoning)