Billy Ruge
American actor · United States · On the map · Actors · Lived 1885 to 1955 · aged 70
Billy Ruge was an American film actor. His early career was spent as an aerial trapeze acrobat in an act with partner Bill Frobel: Ruge and Frobel played Montreal in 1899, and shared a bill at London's Hippodrome with W. C. Fields, Houdini, and Sandow over the Easter holiday of 1904.
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Out and InFilm, Haddie1917On the Love LineFilm1916Aunt BillFilm, Runt
Hungry HeartsFilm, 1916Runt
Love and DutyFilm, 1916Lt. Runt
One Too ManyFilm, 1916Runt
The Candy TrailFilm, 1916Runt
The Guilty OnesFilm, 1916A Detective
The SerenadeFilm, 1916Runt1915A Pair of BirdsFilm, Runt
McQuade of the Traffic SquadFilm, 1915Mike Leary - Nora's Brother (as William Ruge)1885BornFilmography 15
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According to Ruge, prior to playing his first silent film part- for Edison- he had "just returned from a seven years' engagement in the variety houses of Germany, England, France, Russia, South America, Belgium, and Spain." Ruge eventually appeared in 64 films between 1915 and 1922, mostly one-reeler Comedy Shorts. He frequently worked for Actor/Director Willard Louis, filming in Jacksonville, Florida for the minor studios Lubin Studios, the Vim Comedy Company, and the Jaxon Film Corporation.
