FILM DIRECTOR

Wesley Ruggles

1889 - 1972

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Wesley Ruggles (June 11, 1889 – January 8, 1972) was an American film director. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wesley Ruggles has received more than 105,013 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Wesley Ruggles is the 1,281st most popular film director (down from 1,168th in 2019), the 8,642nd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,797th in 2019) and the 327th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Wesley Ruggles by language

Over the past year Wesley Ruggles has had the most page views in the with 14,836 views, followed by Italian (1,609), and Persian (1,410). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Afrikaans (122.81%), Aragonese (120.61%), and Hungarian (85.57%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Wesley Ruggles ranks 1,281 out of 2,041. Before him are Bertrand Bonello, William C. deMille, Igor Maslennikov, Joseph Ruben, Tom Hooper, and Andrew Adamson. After him are Richard Eyre, Hossein Shahabi, Kjell Grede, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Céline Sciamma, and Georgy Tovstonogov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Wesley Ruggles ranks 262. Before him are Rolf Johnsson, Hans Walter, Alexander Patch, Alexia Bryn, Aleksei Dikiy, and José María Belauste. After him are Claude McKay, Louis Ségura, Harry Clarke, Minta Durfee, Irene Steer, and Joseph Ruttenberg. Among people deceased in 1972, Wesley Ruggles ranks 216. Before him are François Devries, Pandurang Vaman Kane, Juan Manuel Gálvez, Frank Tashlin, Ross Bagdasarian, and Sir George Thomas, 7th Baronet. After him are Caesar ten Cate, Werner Klingler, Colin Munro MacLeod, Mary Frizzell, Yuri Linnik, and Yevgeni Babich.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wesley Ruggles ranks 8,642 out of 20,380. Before him are Milton H. Greene (1922), Thomas Say (1787), Ben Burtt (1948), Alvah Meyer (1888), Rosalind Chao (1957), and Tom Florie (1897). After him are Alfred Carlton Gilbert (1884), Kevin Kelly (1952), Chris Barnes (1967), Nestor Serrano (1955), Dan Fogler (1976), and Bobby Joe Long (1953).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Wesley Ruggles ranks 327. Before him are Frank Tashlin (1913), Julie Taymor (1952), Rebecca Miller (1962), Dudley Nichols (1895), William C. deMille (1878), and Joseph Ruben (1950). After him are Owen Roizman (1936), Rian Johnson (1973), Buddy Van Horn (1928), Neil Burger (1963), Nunnally Johnson (1897), and David Frankel (1959).

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Filmography

Arizona
Director
Phoebe Titus is a tough, swaggering pioneer woman, but her ways become decidedly more feminine when she falls for California bound Peter Muncie. But Peter won't be distracted from his journey and Phoebe is left alone and plenty busy with villains Jefferson Carteret and Lazarus Ward plotting at every turn to destroy her freighting company. She has not seen the last of Peter, however.
Dec 25o 19406.1 / 10
Cimarron
Director
When the government opens up the Oklahoma territory for settlement, restless Yancey Cravat claims a plot of the free land for himself and moves his family there from Wichita. A newspaperman, lawyer, and just about everything else, Cravat soon becomes a leading citizen of the boom town of Osage. Once the town is established, however, he begins to feel confined once again, and heads for the Cherokee Strip, leaving his family behind. During this and other absences, his wife Sabra must learn to take care of herself and soon becomes prominent in her own right.
Jan 26o 19315.468 / 10
I'm No Angel
Director
The bold Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent need of money, she agrees to a risky new number: she'll put her head into the lion's mouth! With this attraction, the circus makes it to New York and Tira can pursue her dearest occupation— flirting with rich men and accepting expensive presents.
Oct 6o 19336.4 / 10