40
Age
20
Movies
6.2
Rating
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.
40
Died at
20
Movies
6.2
Avg Rating
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.
Somewhere I'll Find You
1942
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)
Gender
Male
Birthday
August 23, 1905
Died
August 20, 1946
Birthplace
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Also Known As
The Canterville Ghost
1944
The Hoodlum Saint
1946
Somewhere I'll Find You
1942
Whistling in Dixie
1942
3 Men in White
1944
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
Her Highness and the Bellboy
1945
Hats and Dogs
1938
Whistling in Brooklyn
1943
Girl Crazy
1943
Anchors Aweigh
1945
Born to Sing
1942
Meet the People
1944
Ringside Maisie
1941
Panama Hattie
1942
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
1942
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945
Maisie Gets Her Man
1942
Whistling in the Dark
1941
Sunday Punch
1942