Ray Bolger
Actor/Actriz
34
Movies
27
TV Shows
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 red-headed soprano/actress Jeanette MacDonald. This got him noticed by MGM producers and resulted in his being cast in his most famous role, that of the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz (1939). Surprisingly, even though the film was a success, Bolger's contract with MGM ended. He went to RKO to make Four Jacks and a Jill (1942). After this, Bolger went to Broadway, where he received his greatest satisfaction. In 1953 he turned to television and got his own sitcom, Where's Raymond? (1953), later changed to "The Ray Bolger Show". After his series ended, Bolger made frequent guest appearances on TV and had some small roles in movies. In 1985 he co-hosted That's Dancing! (1985) with Liza Minnelli. Bolger died in 1987 at the age of 83. Interred at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California, USA, in the Mausoleum, Crypt F2, Block 35.
As Actor/Actress
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
The Love Boat
Horace McDonald
La familia Ingalls
Toby Noe
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
Omnibus
Self
The Red Skelton Show
'Mayor' Threadbare III
La Isla de la Fantasía
Spencer Randolph
Baretta
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self - Host
The Bob Hope Show
Self
The Partridge Family
Grandpa Fred Renfrew
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
Battlestar Galactica
Vector
El mago de Oz
"Hunk" / Scarecrow
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self
MGM Parade
The Hollywood Palace
Self - Host
Nanny and the Professor
Uncle Horace
Donny & Marie
Self
The Wonderful World of Disney
Self
Annie
Sound Effects Man at Radio Station (uncredited)
Captains and the Kings
R.J. Squibbs
General Electric Theater
Alfred Boggs
The Judy Garland Show
Self
Blanco y negro
Where's Raymond?
Raymond Wallace
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)