---
name: "Babe Ruth"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/babe-ruth"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 February 1895"
died: "16 August 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T00:51:10.737813+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Babe Ruth

Actor. Born 5 February 1895 in Pigtown, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Died 16 August 1948.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 February 1895, Pigtown, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- **Died:** 16 August 1948
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_Ruth, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q213812, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0751899/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/88960

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*The Pride of the Yankees*](https://film.one/film/the-pride-of-the-yankees.md) (71)

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## Biography

George Herman "Babe" Ruth was an American professional baseball player who also worked as an actor, appearing as himself in films.

He played in Major League Baseball from 1914 to 1935, mainly as a right fielder for the New York Yankees, and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936. Ruth portrayed himself in the films *Speedy* (1928) and *The Pride of the Yankees* (1942).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, baseball-reference.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Pride of the Yankees* (1942), Fi1m 71, as Babe Ruth — [page](https://film.one/film/the-pride-of-the-yankees.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *When It Was a Game* (1991), as (archive footage)
- *Going Hollywood: The '30s* (1984), as (archive footage)
- *The Pride of the Yankees* (1942), as Babe Ruth — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/the-pride-of-the-yankees.md)
- *Home Run on the Keys* (1937), as Babe Ruth
- *At the Ball Game* (1929), Actor
- *Speedy* (1928), as Babe Ruth
- *Babe Comes Home* (1927), as Babe Dugan
- *Ways to Strength and Beauty* (1925), Actor
- *Headin' Home* (1920), as Babe (as George Herman 'Babe' Ruth)
- *How Babe Ruth Knocks a Home Run* (1920), Actor

## Gallery

- ![The Babe wears his road greys at the Polo Grounds](https://film.one/media/person/1233211/gallery-78a34e8c7de6.jpg) The Babe wears his road greys at the Polo Grounds — Underwood & Underwood, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Babe_Ruth_c1922_by_Underwood_%26_Underwood.jpg/1280px-Babe_Ruth_c1922_by_Underwood_%26_Underwood.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Babe Ruth](https://film.one/media/person/1233211/gallery-bd5af1e68c4a.jpg) Babe Ruth — Charles M. Conlon, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Babe_Ruth%2C_1933.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Babe Ruth](https://film.one/media/person/1233211/gallery-3e06cfc35f74.jpg) Babe Ruth — Underwood & Underwood, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Babe_Ruth_1917-18.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Babe Ruth pitching for Boston](https://film.one/media/person/1233211/gallery-a06b8d888a54.jpg) Babe Ruth pitching for Boston — Frances P. Burke, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Babe_Ruth_Boston_pitching.jpg/1280px-Babe_Ruth_Boston_pitching.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Obverse of a Babe Ruth trading card produced by the Collins-McCarthy Candy Co. in 1917](https://film.one/media/person/1233211/gallery-1e1d95ea4263.jpg) Obverse of a Babe Ruth trading card produced by the Collins-McCarthy Candy Co. in 1917 — Collins-McCarthy Candy Co., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/1917_Collins-McCarthy_%28E135%29_147_Babe_Ruth.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![American baseball player Babe Ruth (1947)](https://film.one/media/person/1233211/gallery-139bb513022d.jpg) American baseball player Babe Ruth (1947) — Unknown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Babe_Ruth_1947_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Other awards — 7 won

- Presidential Medal of Freedom 2018: Presidential Medal of Freedom (won)
- Major League Baseball All-Century Team 1999: Major League Baseball All-Century Team (won)
- Major League Baseball All-Time Team 1997: Major League Baseball All-Time Team (won)
- Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame 1995: Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame (won)
- Major League Baseball All-Star 1934: Major League Baseball All-Star (won)
- Major League Baseball All-Star 1933: Major League Baseball All-Star (won)
- Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award 1923: Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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