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Ray Bolger

Ray Bolger

Actor Jan 10 (died age 83) Boston, Massachusetts, USA 1936–2009 (73 year career)
6.5 avg rating

Biography

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 …

Known For

The Wizard of Oz
Film

The Wizard of Oz

"Hunk" / Scarecrow
Annie
Film

Annie

Sound Effects Man at Radio Station (uncredited)
The Great Ziegfeld
Film

The Great Ziegfeld

Ray Bolger
That's Entertainment!
Film

That's Entertainment!

(archive footage)
Babes in Toyland
Film

Babes in Toyland

Barnaby
The Harvey Girls
Film

The Harvey Girls

Chris Maule
That's Entertainment! III
Film

That's Entertainment! III

(archive footage)
That's Dancing!
Film

That's Dancing!

Self - Host

Filmography

Acting (64)

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Movies (36)

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression

2009

as Self (archive footage)

To Oz! The Making of a Classic

To Oz! The Making of a Classic

2009

as Self

Judy Garland: By Myself

Judy Garland: By Myself

2004

as Self - Actor (archive sound)

7.5
The Dark Side of the Rainbow

The Dark Side of the Rainbow

2000

as 'Hunk' (archive footage)

8.7
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

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic

1990

as Self (archive footage)

8.3
The Whimsical World of Oz

The Whimsical World of Oz

1985

as Self

That's Dancing!

That's Dancing!

1985

as Self - Host

7.0
Peter and the Magic Egg

Peter and the Magic Egg

1983

as Uncle Amos (voice)

3.0
Annie

Annie

1982

as Sound Effects Man at Radio Station (uncredited)

6.6
The Making of the Wizard of Oz

The Making of the Wizard of Oz

1979

as Self

7.0
The Runner Stumbles

The Runner Stumbles

1979

as Monsignor Nicholson

6.8
Just You and Me, Kid

Just You and Me, Kid

1979

as Tom

5.4
Heaven Only Knows

Heaven Only Knows

1979

as Simon

Three on a Date

Three on a Date

1978

as Andrew

1.0
The Entertainer

The Entertainer

1976

as Billy Rice

5.5
That's Entertainment!

That's Entertainment!

1974

as (archive footage)

7.4
The Daydreamer

The Daydreamer

1966

as The Pieman

4.6
Backstage Party

Backstage Party

1961

as Self

7.0
Babes in Toyland

Babes in Toyland

1961

as Barnaby

5.8
The All-Star Christmas Show

The All-Star Christmas Show

1958

as Self

6.0
A Star Is Born World Premiere

A Star Is Born World Premiere

1954

as Self

8.0
Where's Charley?

Where's Charley?

1952

as Charley Wykeham

10.0
April in Paris

April in Paris

1952

as Sam Winthrop Putnam

4.4
Make Mine Laughs

Make Mine Laughs

1949

as (archive footage)

5.0
Look for the Silver Lining

Look for the Silver Lining

1949

as Jack Donahue

5.7
The Harvey Girls

The Harvey Girls

1946

as Chris Maule

6.5
Stage Door Canteen

Stage Door Canteen

1943

as Ray Bolger

6.1
Four Jacks and a Jill

Four Jacks and a Jill

1942

as Nifty Sullivan, a Jack

6.0
Sunny

Sunny

1941

as Bunny Billings

5.5
The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz

1939

as "Hunk" / Scarecrow

7.6
Another Romance of Celluloid: Electrical Power

Another Romance of Celluloid: Electrical Power

1938

as Self (uncredited)

4.8
Sweethearts

Sweethearts

1938

as Hans

5.7
Rosalie

Rosalie

1937

as Bill Delroy

5.5
The Great Ziegfeld

The Great Ziegfeld

1936

as Ray Bolger

6.3
Oz

Oz

as Self / Scarecrow (archive footage)