Ray Bolger
- Recitazione
- 10 gennaio 1904 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- 15 gennaio 1987
Biografia
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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Filmografia
- To Oz! The Making of a Classic · In persona
- Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression · In persona
- Judy Garland: By Myself · In persona
- The Dark Side of the Rainbow · 'Hunk' (archive footage)
- Vaudeville · In persona
- That's Entertainment! III · (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic · In persona
- That's Dancing! · In persona
- The Whimsical World of Oz · In persona
- Peter and the Magic Egg · Uncle Amos (Voce)
- Annie · Sound Effects Man at Radio Station (uncredited)
- Uno strano caso di omicidio · Monsignor Nicholson
- Just You and Me, Kid · Tom
- The Making of the Wizard of Oz · In persona
- Heaven Only Knows · Simon
- Il mio amico Arnold
- Galactica · Vector
- Three on a Date · Andrew
- Fantasilandia · Spencer Randolph, Gaylord Nelson
- Love Boat · Horace McDonald, Andy Hopkins
- Capitani e Re · R.J. Squibbs
- Il grande Jack · Billy Rice
- Donny & Marie · In persona
- Baretta
- La casa nella prateria · Toby Noe
- C'era una volta Hollywood · (archive footage) (uncredited)
- La famiglia Partridge · Grandpa Fred Renfrew, Grandpa Walter Renfrew
- La tata e il professore · Uncle Horace
- Omnibus · In persona
- The Daydreamer · The Pieman
- The Hollywood Palace · In persona
- The Judy Garland Show · In persona
- The Merv Griffin Show · In persona
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson · In persona
- Backstage Party · In persona
- Babes in Toyland · Barnaby
- The Mike Douglas Show · In persona
- The Bell Telephone Hour · In persona
- The All-Star Christmas Show · In persona
- Washington Square · In persona
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show · In persona
- Tony Awards · In persona
- MGM Parade
- The Wonderful World of Disney · In persona
- The George Gobel Show · In persona
- A Star Is Born World Premiere · In persona
- Where's Raymond? · Raymond Wallace
- General Electric Theater · Alfred Boggs, Stan Maylor
- Aprile a Parigi · Sam Winthrop Putnam
- Where's Charley? · Charley Wykeham
- The Red Skelton Show · 'Mayor' Threadbare III
- The Colgate Comedy Hour · In persona
- The Bob Hope Show · In persona
- What's My Line? · In persona
- Una risata per favore · (archive footage)
- Look for the Silver Lining · Jack Donahue
- Le ragazze di Harvey · Chris Maule
- La taverna delle stelle · Ray Bolger
- Four Jacks and a Jill · Nifty Sullivan, a Jack
- Sunny · Bunny Billings
- Il mago di Oz · Scarecrow / Hunk
- Another Romance of Celluloid: Electrical Power · In persona
- Sweethearts · Hans
- Rosalie · Bill Delroy
- Il paradiso delle fanciulle · Ray Bolger
- Oz · Self / Scarecrow (archive footage)