Rags Ragland

Acting

Rags Ragland

Born August 23, 1905 · Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Died August 20, 1946 · aged 40

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 employ…

Known For

Anchors AweighAnchors Aweigh · 1945
Anchors Aweigh
★ 6.81945
MovieMusicComedy
Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affairs of an aspiring singer and her precocious nephew.
Somewhere I'll Find YouSomewhere I'll Find You · 1942
Somewhere I'll Find You
★ 5.71942
MovieDramaRomance
Journalist brothers feud over a woman they both fall for while covering World War II in the far east.
Whistling in BrooklynWhistling in Brooklyn · 1943
Whistling in Brooklyn
★ 7.01943
MovieComedyCrime
Radio crime show host "The Fox" finds himself on the trail of a serial killer while a suspect himself.
Meet the PeopleMeet the People · 1944
Meet the People
★ 5.81944
MovieComedyRomance
A idealistic shipyard worker interests a beautiful Hollywood star in staging a musical tribute to the war industry, but they disagree on some important issues.
Girl CrazyGirl Crazy · 1943
Girl Crazy
★ 5.71943
MovieComedyRomance
Rich kid Danny Churchill has a taste for wine, women and song, but not for higher education. So his father ships him to an all-male college out West where there's not supposed to be a female for miles. But before Danny arrives, he spies a pair of legs extending out from under a stalled roadster. They belong to the Dean's granddaughter, Ginger Gray, who is more interested in keeping the financially strapped college open than falling for Danny's romantic line. At least at first...
Du Barry Was a LadyDu Barry Was a Lady · 1943
Du Barry Was a Lady
★ 6.51943
MovieComedyFantasy
Hat check man Louis Blore is in love with nightclub star May Daly. May, however, is in love with a poor dancer but wants to marry for money. When Louis wins the Irish Sweepstakes, he asks May to marry him and she accepts even though she doesn't love him. Soon after, Louis has an accident and gets knocked on the head, where he dreams that he's King Louis XV pursuing the infamous Madame Du Barry.
The Canterville GhostThe Canterville Ghost · 1944
The Canterville Ghost
★ 6.91944
MovieComedyFantasy
The descendent of a ghost imprisoned for cowardice hopes to free the spirit by displaying courage when under duress.
Panama HattiePanama Hattie · 1942
Panama Hattie
★ 5.71942
MovieComedy
Sailors and spies mingle in between the acts at Hattie's nightclub in the Canal Zone.

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