Rags Ragland
Acting
Born August 23, 1905 — Died August 20, 1946
From Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Also known as John Lee Morgan Beauregard Ragland
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 ...
Filmography
The Hoodlum Saint
Fishface
19465.5
Her Highness and the Bellboy
Albert Weever
19456.5
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Self
19455.8
Anchors Aweigh
Police Sergeant
19456.8
The Canterville Ghost
Big Harry Waters
19446.9
Meet the People
Mr. Smith
19445.8
3 Men in White
Hobart Genet
19446.4
Whistling in Brooklyn
Chester Conway
19437.0
Girl Crazy
'Rags'
19435.6
Du Barry Was a Lady
Charlie / Dauphin
19436.5
Whistling in Dixie
Chester Conway / Sylvester 'Lester' Conway
19426.2
Panama Hattie
Rags (as 'Rags' Ragland)
19425.7
Somewhere I'll Find You
Charlie
19425.7
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
Louie
19425.3
Maisie Gets Her Man
Ears Cofflin
19426.7
Sunday Punch
'Killer' Connolly
19426.0
Born to Sing
'Grunt'
19425.4
Whistling in the Dark
Sylvester
19415.9
Ringside Maisie
Vic
19415.6
Hats and Dogs
1938