Ray Bolger
American actor (1904-1987) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 83
Raymond Wallace Bolger was an American actor, dancer, singer, vaudevillian, and stage performer who started his movie career in the silent-film era. Bolger was a major Broadway performer in the 1930s and beyond.
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That's Dancing!Film1982
AnnieFilm, Sound Effects Man at Radio Station (uncredited)1978
Battlestar GalacticaSeries, Vector
Three on a DateFilm, 1978Andrew1976
Donny & MarieSeries1975
BarettaSeries1974
That's Entertainment!Film, (archive footage) (uncredited)1970
Nanny and the ProfessorSeries, Uncle Horace1964
The Hollywood PalaceSeries1962
The Merv Griffin ShowSeries1961
Babes in ToylandFilm, Barnaby1960Star on Hollywood Walk of FameAward1959
The Bell Telephone HourSeries1955
MGM ParadeSeries1954The George Gobel ShowSeries
A Star Is Born World PremiereFilm, 19541950
The Bob Hope ShowSeries1949Tony Award for Best Actor in a MusicalAward
Look for the Silver LiningFilm, 1949Jack Donahue1943
Stage Door CanteenFilm, Ray Bolger1941
SunnyFilm, Bunny Billings1938
Another Romance of Celluloid: Electrical PowerFilm1936
The Great ZiegfeldFilm, Ray Bolger1904Born10 January 1904People around Ray
David Butler Directed April in Paris (1952)
Frank Morgan Also in The Great Ziegfeld and Sweethearts
Robert Z. Leonard Directed The Great Ziegfeld and Sweethearts
W. S. Van Dyke Directed Sweethearts and Rosalie
Arthur Freed Produced The Wizard of Oz and The Harvey Girls
Hunt Stromberg Produced The Great Ziegfeld and Sweethearts
Ed Wynn Also in Stage Door Canteen and Babes in Toyland
Virginia Grey Also in The Great Ziegfeld (1936)- Ray Heindorf Wrote April in Paris (1952)
- William Anthony McGuire Produced Rosalie (1937)
Walt Disney Produced Babes in Toyland (1961)
Judy Garland Also in The Wizard of Oz and The Harvey Girls
John Huston Directed Annie (1982)
Margaret Hamilton Also in The Wizard of Oz and The Daydreamer
Frank Borzage Directed Stage Door Canteen (1943)
Tallulah Bankhead Also in Stage Door Canteen and The Daydreamer
Richard Fleischer Directed Make Mine Laughs (1949)
Reginald Owen Also in The Great Ziegfeld and Rosalie
Selena Royle Also in The Harvey Girls and Stage Door Canteen
Sol Lesser Produced Stage Door Canteen (1943)
Herman Bing Also in The Great Ziegfeld and Sweethearts
Rolfe Sedan Also in The Wizard of Oz and April in Paris
Jules Bass Directed The Daydreamer (1966)- Leonard B. Stern Directed Just You and Me, Kid (1979)
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The Wizard of Oz 1939
That's Entertainment! 1974
The Harvey Girls 1946
Annie 1982
The Great Ziegfeld 1936
Filmography 37
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Television 24
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He is best known for his roles in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie The Wizard of Oz (1939) as Hunk and the Scarecrow and in Walt Disney's holiday musical fantasy Babes in Toyland in 1961 as the villainous Barnaby.
