Shipowner — Shanghaied Character Profile

About Shipowner

The malicious owner of the S.S. Vaquero who plots with the captain to scuttle the ship for insurance money. He is outsmarted and defeated by the Tramp.

Character Facts

Played by

Wesley Ruggles

Appears in

Shanghaied (1915)

Role

Supporting

More characters from Shanghaied

• Tramp (Charlie Chaplin)
• Daughter of the Shipowner (Edna Purviance)
• Second Mate, The Other Man (Bud Jamison)
• First Shanghaied Seaman (Billy Armstrong)
• Second Shanghaied Seaman (Paddy McGuire)
• Third Shanghaied Seaman (Leo White)
• Ship's Cook (John Rand)
• Cabin Boy in Coveralls (Fred Goodwins)
• Sailor in Rain Hat (Lee Hill)