Ray Bolger
- Schauspiel
- 10. Januar 1904 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- 15. Januar 1987
Biografie
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.
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Filmografie
- To Oz! The Making of a Classic · Selbst
- Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression · Selbst
- Judy Garland: By Myself · Selbst
- The Dark Side of the Rainbow · 'Hunk' (archive footage)
- Vaudeville · Selbst
- That's Entertainment! III · (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic · Selbst
- That's Dancing! · Selbst
- The Whimsical World of Oz · Selbst
- Peter and the Magic Egg · Uncle Amos (Stimme)
- Annie · Sound Effects Man at Radio Station (uncredited)
- The Runner Stumbles · Monsignor Nicholson
- Nur du und ich · Tom
- The Making of the Wizard of Oz · Selbst
- Heaven Only Knows · Simon
- Noch Fragen Arnold?
- Kampfstern Galactica · Vector
- Three on a Date · Andrew
- Fantasy Island · Spencer Randolph, Gaylord Nelson
- Love Boat · Horace McDonald, Andy Hopkins
- Der Preis der Macht · R.J. Squibbs
- The Entertainer · Billy Rice
- Donny & Marie · Selbst
- Baretta
- Unsere kleine Farm · Toby Noe
- Das gibt's nie wieder · (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Die Partridge-Familie · Grandpa Fred Renfrew, Grandpa Walter Renfrew
- Nanny und der Professor · Uncle Horace
- Omnibus · Selbst
- Der Tagträumer · The Pieman
- The Hollywood Palace · Selbst
- The Judy Garland Show · Selbst
- The Merv Griffin Show · Selbst
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson · Selbst
- Backstage Party · Selbst
- Aufruhr im Spielzeugland · Barnaby
- The Mike Douglas Show · Selbst
- The Bell Telephone Hour · Selbst
- The All-Star Christmas Show · Selbst
- Washington Square · Selbst
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show · Selbst
- Tony Awards · Selbst
- MGM Parade
- The Wonderful World of Disney · Selbst
- The George Gobel Show · Selbst
- A Star Is Born World Premiere · Selbst
- Where's Raymond? · Raymond Wallace
- General Electric Theater · Alfred Boggs, Stan Maylor
- April in Paris · Sam Winthrop Putnam
- Where's Charley? · Charley Wykeham
- The Red Skelton Show · 'Mayor' Threadbare III
- The Colgate Comedy Hour · Selbst
- The Bob Hope Show · Selbst
- What's My Line? · Selbst
- Make Mine Laughs · (archive footage)
- Stern vom Broadway · Jack Donahue
- The Harvey Girls · Chris Maule
- Stage Door Canteen · Ray Bolger
- Four Jacks and a Jill · Nifty Sullivan, a Jack
- Sunny · Bunny Billings
- Der Zauberer von Oz · Scarecrow / Hunk
- Another Romance of Celluloid: Electrical Power · Selbst
- Sweethearts · Hans
- Hoheit tanzt inkognito · Bill Delroy
- Der große Ziegfeld · Ray Bolger
- Oz · Self / Scarecrow (archive footage)