Billy Ruge Net Worth
Billy Ruge Net Worth is
$500,000
Billy Ruge Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Billy Ruge was an American film actor. He began his career on stage as an acrobat in Vaudeville before moving in to silent movies. Eventually appearing in 64 films between 1915 and 1922, mostly one-reeler Comedy Shorts. He was teamed up with Babe Hardy (AKA Oliver Hardy) playing the part of 'Runt' to Hardy's 'Plump' in what can be seen as a precursor to the more famous Stan and Ollie partnership.After 40 plus shorts Hardy moved on, eventually to Hollywood working with Billy West. For Ruge a new partnership with frequent co-star Kate Price was formed for a series of "Sparkle Comedies". Finally after a few solo projects he disappeared from the movie world.Ruge 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. | Date Of Birth | 1885-01-01 |
| Died | 1955-01-01 |
| Place Of Birth | New York City, New York, USA |
| Profession | Actor |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Ruge was diminutive of stature, wiry and acrobatic, having had previous experience as a circus clown. In silent comedy, he was a minor star of one-reel comedies (he was 'Runt', Oliver Hardy was 'Plump'), produced by the New York-based company Vim at facilities leased from the Florida Yacht Club between 1915 and 1916. Ruge later partnered Kate Price in a series of 'Sparkle Comedies' for the Jaxon Film Corporation. By the early 1920's, his popularity had begun to decline and he eventually disappeared from the screen. |
| 2 | Partnered Babe Hardy (AKA Oliver Hardy of Laurel and Hardy fame) in several films the late teens early twenties. Frequently playing the characters Plump and Runt. |
| 3 | Disappeared from acting in the mid twenties and was not heard of again. |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bone Dry Blues | 1922 | Short | |
| He Got It | 1922 | Short | |
| It's a Live One | 1922 | Short | |
| Nest Inn | 1922 | Short | |
| Winning a Widow | 1922 | Short | |
| Bullin' the Bullsheviki | 1919 | Lean Itsky | |
| Stripes and Stars | 1918 | Short | |
| Out and In | 1918 | Short | Haddie |
| Smashing the Plot | 1918 | Short | |
| Close Shaves | 1918 | Short | Haddie |
| Hash and Horrors | 1918 | Short | Haddie |
| Her Fatal Shot | 1918 | Short | Haddie |
| In Wrong | 1918 | Short | Haddie |
| On the Love Line | 1917 | Short | |
| The Detective | 1917 | Short | |
| Monkey, Maid, Man | 1917 | Short | |
| After the Matinee | 1917 | Short | |
| Double Cross | 1917 | Short | |
| His Fishy Footsteps | 1917 | Short | Haddie |
| The Best of a Bad Bargain | 1917 | Short | |
| Their Model Careers | 1917 | Short | Haddie |
| In High Speed | 1917 | Short | |
| A Bargain at $37.50 | 1917 | Short | |
| Ambition | 1917 | Short | |
| Pals | 1917 | Short | |
| Week-End Shopping | 1917 | Short | |
| Terrible Kate | 1917 | Short | |
| The Guilty Ones | 1916 | Short | A Detective |
| Prize Winners | 1916 | Short | Billy |
| The Precious Parcel | 1916/II | Short | Runt |
| The Candy Trail | 1916 | Short | Runt |
| Royal Blood | 1916 | Short | Runt |
| The Reformers | 1916 | Short | Runt |
| Love and Duty | 1916 | Short | Lt. Runt |
| Stranded | 1916/II | Short | Runt |
| Sidetracked | 1916 | Short | Runt |
| An Aerial Joyride | 1916 | Short | Runt |
| Their Honeymoon | 1916 | Short | Runt |
| Life Savers | 1916 | Short | Runt |
| Dreamy Knights | 1916 | Short | Runt |
| Human Hounds | 1916 | Short | Runt |
| The Heroes | 1916 | Short | Runt |
| Aunt Bill | 1916 | Short | Runt |
| Spaghetti | 1916 | Short | Runt |
| A Day at School | 1916 | Short | Runt |
| Better Halves | 1916 | Short | Runt |
| Never Again | 1916 | Short | Runt |
| Hungry Hearts | 1916 | Short | Runt |
| Sea Dogs | 1916 | Short | Runt |
| The Schemers | 1916/I | Short | Runt |
| Baby Doll | 1916 | Short | Runt |
| Thirty Days | 1916 | Short | Runt |
| The Water Cure | 1916/I | Short | Runt |
| The Real Dr. Kay | 1916 | Short | John Brown (as William Ruge) |
| The Brave Ones | 1916 | Short | Runt |
| What's Sauce for the Goose | 1916 | Short | Runt |
| All for a Girl | 1916 | Short | Runt |
| The Battle Royal | 1916 | Short | Runt |
| Mamma's Boys | 1916 | Short | Runt |
| Their Vacation | 1916 | Short | Runt |
| Nerve and Gasoline | 1916 | Short | Runt |
| The Serenade | 1916 | Short | Runt |
| One Too Many | 1916 | Short | Runt |
| A Sticky Affair | 1916 | Short | Runt |
| A Special Delivery | 1916 | Short | Runt |
| This Way Out | 1916 | Short | Runt |
| Mixed and Fixed | 1915 | Short | |
| Speed Kings | 1915 | Short | |
| The Hand of the Law | 1915 | Short | Ezra |
| Strangled Harmony | 1915 | Short | Runt |
| Love, Pepper and Sweets | 1915 | Short | Runt |
| Pressing Business | 1915 | Short | Runt |
| A Pair of Birds | 1915 | Short | Runt |
| The Midnight Prowlers | 1915 | Short | |
| McQuade of the Traffic Squad | 1915 | Short | Mike Leary - Nora's Brother (as William Ruge) |
| Chinks and Chickens | 1915 | Short | 2nd Chinese Laundry Man |
| Fantasma | 1914 | Hagreth (as William Ruge) |
Known for movies
One Too Many (1916)
as Runt
The Battle Royal (1916)
as Runt
Love and Duty (1916)
as Lt. Runt
Spaghetti (1916)
as Runt