Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1905-08-23
- Day of Death1946-08-20 (40 years)
- Place of BirthLouisville, Kentucky, USA
- Also Known AsJohn Lee Morgan Beauregard Ragland
Rags 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 as a good-natured oaf with a knack for fracturing the English language, had as his sole movie...Read More
Acting Career
- 1946
The Hoodlum Saint
As: Fishface
- 1945
Her Highness and the Bellboy
As: Albert Weever
- 1945
Anchors Aweigh
As: Police Sergeant
- 1944
The Canterville Ghost
As: Big Harry Waters
- 1944
Meet the People
As: Mr. Smith
- 1944
3 Men in White
As: Hobart Genet
- 1943
Whistling in Brooklyn
As: Chester Conway
- 1943
Girl Crazy
As: 'Rags'
- 1943
Du Barry was a Lady
As: Charlie / Dauphin
1942Whistling in Dixie
As: Chester Conway / Sylvester 'Lester' Conway
1942Panama Hattie
As: Rags (as 'Rags' Ragland)
1942Somewhere I'll Find You
As: Charlie
1942The War Against Mrs. Hadley
As: Louie
1942Maisie Gets Her Man
As: Ears Cofflin
1942Sunday Punch
As: 'Killer' Connolly
1942Born to Sing
As: 'Grunt'
1941Whistling in the Dark
As: Sylvester
1941Ringside Maisie
As: Vic