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Ray Bolger

Ray Bolger

Ray Bolger began his career in vaudeville. He was half of a team called "Sanford and Bolger" and also did numerous Broadway shows on his own. He, like Gene Kelly, was a song-and-dance man as well as an actor. He was signed to a contract with MGM in 1936 and his first role was as himself in The Great Ziegfeld (1936). This was soon followed by a role opposite Eleanor Powell in Rosalie (1937). His first dancing and singing role was in Sweethearts (1938), where he did the "wooden shoes" number with

Born

Jan 10, 1904

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Died

Jan 15, 1987

Known For

Acting

Movies

37 acting

0 crew

Popularity

0.8

Known For

The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz
1939 • as Scarecrow / Hunk
★ 7.6
Annie
Annie
1982 • as Sound Effects Man at Radio Station (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Rosalie
Rosalie
1937 • as Bill Delroy
★ 6.0
Babes in Toyland
Babes in Toyland
1961 • as Barnaby
★ 5.9
The Entertainer
The Entertainer
1976 • as Billy Rice
★ 5.8
Backstage Party
Backstage Party
1961 • as Self
★ 7.0
The Great Ziegfeld
The Great Ziegfeld
1936 • as Ray Bolger
★ 6.3
That's Entertainment! III
That's Entertainment! III
1994 • as (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 7.1
That's Entertainment!
That's Entertainment!
1974 • as (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 7.4
Where's Charley?
Where's Charley?
1952 • as Charley Wykeham
★ 9.5
Vaudeville
Vaudeville
1997 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 8.0
That's Dancing!
That's Dancing!
1985 • as Self - Host
★ 6.8
The Harvey Girls
The Harvey Girls
1946 • as Chris Maule
★ 6.6
Another Romance of Celluloid: Electrical Power
★ 5.1
April in Paris
April in Paris
1952 • as Sam Winthrop Putnam
★ 4.9
Heaven Only Knows
Heaven Only Knows
1979 • as Simon
★ 7.0
Four Jacks and a Jill
Four Jacks and a Jill
1942 • as Nifty Sullivan, a Jack
★ 6.5
A Star Is Born World Premiere
★ 8.0
The Dark Side of the Rainbow
The Dark Side of the Rainbow
2000 • as 'Hunk' (archive footage)
★ 8.7
Look for the Silver Lining
Look for the Silver Lining
1949 • as Jack Donahue
★ 6.1
Stage Door Canteen
Stage Door Canteen
1943 • as Ray Bolger
★ 6.3
Just You and Me, Kid
Just You and Me, Kid
1979 • as Tom
★ 5.7
The Runner Stumbles
The Runner Stumbles
1979 • as Monsignor Nicholson
★ 6.7
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
1990 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 8.3
Sunny
Sunny
1941 • as Bunny Billings
★ 5.9
Judy Garland: By Myself
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004 • as Self - Actor (archive sound)
★ 8.3
Sweethearts
Sweethearts
1938 • as Hans
★ 5.8
The Daydreamer
The Daydreamer
1966 • as The Pieman
★ 5.1
The All-Star Christmas Show
★ 6.0
The Making of the Wizard of Oz
★ 7.5
Three on a Date
Three on a Date
1978 • as Andrew
★ 3.3
Peter and the Magic Egg
Peter and the Magic Egg
1983 • as Uncle Amos (voice)
★ 3.0
movie
Oz
• as Self / Scarecrow (archive footage)
movie
movie
★ 10.0
Make Mine Laughs
Make Mine Laughs
1949 • as (archive footage)
★ 5.5