Ray Bolger
Birthday
1904/01/10
Day of death
1987/01/15 (83 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Also know as
Raymond Wallace Bulcao, Рэй Болджер, Raymond Wallace Bolger
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 ...Read more
Acting
(1939) The Wizard of Oz
as "Hunk" / Scarecrow
(1979) Just You and Me, Kid
as Tom
(1961) Babes in Toyland
as Barnaby
(1952) April in Paris
as Sam Winthrop Putnam
(1946) The Harvey Girls
as Chris Maule
(1985) That's Dancing!
as Self - Host
(1936) The Great Ziegfeld
as Ray Bolger
(1937) Rosalie
as Bill Delroy
(1938) Sweethearts
as Hans
(1979) The Making of the Wizard of Oz
as Self
(1949) Look for the Silver Lining
as Jack Donahue
(1952) Where's Charley?
as Charley Wykeham
(1979) The Runner Stumbles
as Monsignor Nicholson
(1941) Sunny
as Bunny Billings
(1942) Four Jacks and a Jill
as Nifty Sullivan, a Jack
(1966) The Daydreamer
as The Pieman
(1976) The Entertainer
as Billy Rice
(1983) Peter and the Magic Egg
as Uncle Amos (voice)
(1974) That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage)
(1949) Make Mine Laughs
as (archive footage)
(2000) The Dark Side of the Rainbow
as 'Hunk' (archive footage)
(1994) That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
(2004) Judy Garland: By Myself
as Self - Actor (archive sound)
(1938) Another Romance of Celluloid: Electrical Power
as Self (uncredited)
(1954) A Star Is Born World Premiere
as Self
(1943) Stage Door Canteen
as Ray Bolger
(2009) To Oz! The Making of a Classic
as Self
(1985) The Whimsical World of Oz
as Self
(1982) Annie
as Sound Effects Man at Radio Station (uncredited)
(1990) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
as Self (archive footage)
(1961) Backstage Party
as Self
(1978) Three on a Date
as Andrew
(2009) Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
as Self (archive footage)
(1958) The All-Star Christmas Show
as Self
(1979) Heaven Only Knows
as Simon
Oz
as Self / Scarecrow (archive footage)
(1950) The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self - Host
(1974) Little House on the Prairie
as Toby Noe
(1977) The Love Boat
as Horace McDonald
(1978) Diff'rent Strokes
as ---
(1975) Baretta
as ---
(1976) Donny & Marie
as Self
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Alfred Boggs
(1964) The Hollywood Palace
as Self - Host
(1956) The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
(1953) Where's Raymond?
as Raymond Wallace
(1976) Captains and the Kings
as R.J. Squibbs
(1954) The George Gobel Show
as Self
(1963) The Judy Garland Show
as Self
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Stan Maylor
(1977) The Love Boat
as Andy Hopkins
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
(1959) The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self
(1959) The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self - Host
(1978) Battlestar Galactica
as Vector
(1978) Fantasy Island
as Spencer Randolph
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
(1970) Nanny and the Professor
as Uncle Horace
(1970) The Partridge Family
as Grandpa Fred Renfrew
(1970) The Partridge Family
as Grandpa Walter Renfrew
(1967) Omnibus
as Self
(1962) The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
(1954) The Wonderful World of Disney
as Self
(1951) The Red Skelton Show
as 'Mayor' Threadbare III
(1950) The Bob Hope Show
as Self