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 Aweigh · 1945Anchors 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.
The Canterville Ghost · 1944The Canterville Ghost
★ 6.91944
MovieComedyFantasy
The descendent of a ghost imprisoned for cowardice hopes to free the spirit by displaying courage when under duress.
Du Barry Was a Lady · 1943Du 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.
Ringside Maisie · 1941Ringside Maisie
★ 5.61941
MovieDramaRomance
Young undefeated boxer Terry Dolan, who's been lying to his invalid mother about his career, confides to Maisie that he hates and is terrified by boxing and wants out. Not wanting to let down his best friend and manager Skeets Maguire, who has hopes of him becoming the next champion, he is reluctant to bring up the subject with him. Maisie convinces Terry to tell Skeets, whose unexpected reaction induces him to step into the ring again.
Her Highness and the Bellboy · 1945Her Highness and the Bellboy
★ 6.51945
MovieComedyRomance
In a fictional European country, a beautiful princess meets a handsome American reporter and falls in love with him. On a trip to New York, she hopes to find him again. While staying at one of the city's finest hotels she meets a kind-hearted bellhop who mistakes her for a maid. She invites him to be her escort, not realizing that he believes he has fallen in love with her. Every nice thing the princess does encourages him to believe that she feels the same way he does.
Meet the People · 1944Meet 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 Crazy · 1943Girl Crazy
★ 5.61943
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...
Somewhere I'll Find You · 1942Somewhere 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.
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Panama Hattie · 1942Panama Hattie
★ 5.71942
MovieComedy
Sailors and spies mingle in between the acts at Hattie's nightclub in the Canal Zone.
Rags (as 'Rags' Ragland)
Whistling in Dixie · 1942Whistling in Dixie
★ 6.21942
MovieComedyMystery
Radio sleuth Wally 'The Fox' Benton travels to Georgia with his fiancé Carol to be married; and to help Carol's college chum, Ellamae Downs, solve a mystery involving a murdered man, old Fort Dixon, and buried treasure.
Chester Conway / Sylvester 'Lester' Conway








