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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

36 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.0

Known For

The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz
1939 as "Hunk" / Scarecrow
★ 7.6
Annie
Annie
1982 as Sound Effects Man at Radio Station (uncredited)
★ 6.6
That's Entertainment!
That's Entertainment!
1974 as (archive footage)
★ 7.4
Babes in Toyland
Babes in Toyland
1961 as Barnaby
★ 5.8
The Great Ziegfeld
The Great Ziegfeld
1936 as Ray Bolger
★ 6.3
The Harvey Girls
The Harvey Girls
1946 as Chris Maule
★ 6.5
Stage Door Canteen
Stage Door Canteen
1943 as Ray Bolger
★ 6.1
That's Dancing!
That's Dancing!
1985 as Self - Host
★ 7.0
That's Entertainment! III
That's Entertainment! III
1994 as (archive footage)
★ 7.0
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic
★ 8.3
Judy Garland: By Myself
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004 as Self - Actor (archive sound)
★ 7.5
The Daydreamer
The Daydreamer
1966 as The Pieman
★ 4.6
Look for the Silver Lining
Look for the Silver Lining
1949 as Jack Donahue
★ 5.7
Rosalie
Rosalie
1937 as Bill Delroy
★ 5.5
April in Paris
April in Paris
1952 as Sam Winthrop Putnam
★ 4.4
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
The All-Star Christmas Show
★ 6.0
Just You and Me, Kid
Just You and Me, Kid
1979 as Tom
★ 5.4
The Entertainer
The Entertainer
1976 as Billy Rice
★ 5.5
Make Mine Laughs
Make Mine Laughs
1949 as (archive footage)
★ 5.0
Sunny
Sunny
1941 as Bunny Billings
★ 5.5
movie
Sweethearts
Sweethearts
1938 as Hans
★ 5.7
Peter and the Magic Egg
Peter and the Magic Egg
1983 as Uncle Amos (voice)
★ 3.0
Another Romance of Celluloid: Electrical Power
★ 4.8
The Runner Stumbles
The Runner Stumbles
1979 as Monsignor Nicholson
★ 6.8
Backstage Party
Backstage Party
1961 as Self
★ 7.0
Three on a Date
Three on a Date
1978 as Andrew
★ 1.0
The Making of the Wizard of Oz
★ 7.0
Four Jacks and a Jill
Four Jacks and a Jill
1942 as Nifty Sullivan, a Jack
★ 6.0
Where's Charley?
Where's Charley?
1952 as Charley Wykeham
★ 10.0
movie
movie
Oz
as Self / Scarecrow (archive footage)
Heaven Only Knows
Heaven Only Knows
1979 as Simon