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 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.
Tuntud rollide järgi
7.5 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Tony Awards
1956
5.8 The Mike Douglas Show
1961
5.8 The Mike Douglas Show
1961
6.3 The Love Boat
1977
6.3 The Love Boat
1977
6.8 The Partridge Family
1970
6.8 The Partridge Family
1970
8.0 Väike maja preerias
1974
7.4 The Red Skelton Show
1951
6.5 Fantasy Island
1978
6.5 Fantasy Island
1978
Filmograafia
- 2009To Oz! The Making of a Classic (Self)
- 2009Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (Self (archive footage))
- 2004Judy Garland: By Myself (Self - Actor (archive sound))
- 2000The Dark Side of the Rainbow ('Hunk' (archive footage))
- 1997Vaudeville (Self (archive footage))
- 1994That's Entertainment! III ((archive footage))
- 1990The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (Self (archive footage))
- 1985That's Dancing! (Self - Host)
- 1985The Whimsical World of Oz (Self)
- 1983Peter and the Magic Egg (Uncle Amos (voice))
- 1982Annie (Sound Effects Man at Radio Station (uncredited))
- 1979The Runner Stumbles (Monsignor Nicholson)
- 1979Just You and Me, Kid (Tom)
- 1979The Making of the Wizard of Oz (Self)
- 1979Heaven Only Knows (Simon)
- 1978Three on a Date (Andrew)
- 1976The Entertainer (Billy Rice)
- 1974That's Entertainment! ((archive footage) (uncredited))
- 1966The Daydreamer (The Pieman)
- 1961Backstage Party (Self)
- 1961Babes in Toyland (Barnaby)
- 1958The All-Star Christmas Show (Self)
- 1954A Star Is Born World Premiere (Self)
- 1952April in Paris (Sam Winthrop Putnam)
- 1952Where's Charley? (Charley Wykeham)
- 1949Make Mine Laughs ((archive footage))
- 1949Look for the Silver Lining (Jack Donahue)
- 1946The Harvey Girls (Chris Maule)
- 1943Stage Door Canteen (Ray Bolger)
- 1942Four Jacks and a Jill (Nifty Sullivan, a Jack)
- 1941Sunny (Bunny Billings)
- 1939Võlur Oz ("Hunk")
- 1938Another Romance of Celluloid: Electrical Power (Self (uncredited))
- 1938Sweethearts (Hans)
- 1937Rosalie (Bill Delroy)
- 1936The Great Ziegfeld (Ray Bolger)
- -Oz (Self / Scarecrow (archive footage))
- 2025The Wizard of Oz at Sphere (Hunk (archive footage))
- 1978Diff'rent Strokes
- 1978Battlestar Galactica (Vector)
- 1978Fantasy Island (Spencer Randolph)
- 1978Fantasy Island (Gaylord Nelson)
- 1977The Love Boat (Horace McDonald)
- 1977The Love Boat (Andy Hopkins)
- 1976Captains and the Kings (R.J. Squibbs)
- 1976Donny & Marie (Self)
- 1975Baretta
- 1974Väike maja preerias (Toby Noe)
- 1970The Partridge Family (Grandpa Fred Renfrew)
- 1970The Partridge Family (Grandpa Walter Renfrew)
- 1970Nanny and the Professor (Uncle Horace)
- 1967Omnibus (Self)
- 1967Omnibus
- 1964The Hollywood Palace (Self - Host)
- 1963The Judy Garland Show (Self)
- 1962The Merv Griffin Show (Self)
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (Self)
- 1961The Mike Douglas Show (Self)
- 1961The Mike Douglas Show (Self - Co-Host)
- 1959The Bell Telephone Hour (Self)
- 1959The Bell Telephone Hour (Self - Host)
- 1956Washington Square (Self - HOst)
- 1956The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (Self)
- 1956Tony Awards (Self - Presenter)
- 1955MGM Parade
- 1954The Wonderful World of Disney (Self)
- 1954The George Gobel Show (Self)
- 1953Where's Raymond? (Raymond Wallace)
- 1953General Electric Theater (Alfred Boggs)
- 1953General Electric Theater (Stan Maylor)
- 1951The Red Skelton Show ('Mayor' Threadbare III)
- 1950The Colgate Comedy Hour (Self - Host)
- 1950The Bob Hope Show (Self)
- 1950What's My Line? (Self)