Rags Ragland

Rags Ragland

1905-08-23

Biography

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)

Also appears in

Anchors Aweigh

Anchors Aweigh

6.8

Du Barry was a Lady

Du Barry was a Lady

6.1

Panama Hattie

Panama Hattie

4.0

Girl Crazy

Girl Crazy

5.6

Sunday Punch

Sunday Punch

5.0

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

5.7

The Canterville Ghost

The Canterville Ghost

6.6

The Hoodlum Saint

The Hoodlum Saint

5.2

Somewhere I’ll Find You

Somewhere I’ll Find You

5.9

The War Against Mrs. Hadley

The War Against Mrs. Hadley

4.8

Her Highness and the Bellboy

Her Highness and the Bellboy

6.3

Born to Sing

Born to Sing

5.0

3 Men in White

3 Men in White

6.0

Meet the People

Meet the People

5.0

Maisie Gets Her Man

Maisie Gets Her Man

6.5

Whistling in the Dark

Whistling in the Dark

5.8

Whistling in Brooklyn

Whistling in Brooklyn

6.3

Ringside Maisie

Ringside Maisie

7.0

Whistling in Dixie

Whistling in Dixie

5.0