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Ray Bolger (1904–1987)


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... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideActor (36 titles)
1984 Diff'rent Strokes (TV series)
Clarence Markwell
A Haunting We Will Go (1984) … Clarence Markwell
 
1983 Peter and the Magic Egg (TV movie)
Uncle Amos Egg (voice)
 
1978-1982 Fantasy Island (TV series)
Gaylord Nelson / Spencer Randolph
Dancing Lady/The Final Round (1982) … Gaylord Nelson
The Over the Hill Caper/Poof! You're a Movie Star (1978) … Spencer Randolph
 
1981 Aloha Paradise (TV series)
Harry Carr
Best of Friends/Success/Nine Karats (1981) … Harry Carr
 
1979 The Runner Stumbles
Monsignor Nicholson
 
1979 Just You and Me, Kid
Tom
 
1979 Battlestar Galactica (TV series)
Vector
Greetings from Earth (1979) … Vector
 
1978-1979 Little House on the Prairie (TV series)
Toby Noe
Dance with Me (1979) … Toby Noe
 
1977-1979 The Love Boat (TV series)
Andy Hopkins / Horris McDonald
Julie's Old Flame/The Jinx/The Identical Problem (1977) … Horris McDonald
 
1979 Heaven Only Knows (TV movie)
Simon
 
1978 Three on a Date (TV movie)
Andrew
 
1978 Baretta (TV series)
Just for Laughs (1978)
 
1976 Captains and the Kings (TV mini-series)
R.J. Squibbs
Chapter I (1976) … R.J. Squibbs
 
1976 The Entertainer (TV movie)
Billy Rice
 
1970-1972 The Partridge Family (TV series)
Grandpa / Grandpa Fred Renfrew
The Modfather (1972) … Grandpa
The Forty-Year Itch (1971) … Grandpa
Whatever Happened to the Old Songs? (1970) … Grandpa Fred Renfrew
 
1971 Nanny and the Professor (TV series)
Uncle Horace
South Sea Island Sweetheart (1971) … Uncle Horace
 
1966 The Jean Arthur Show (TV series)
Rich Man, Poor Man (1966)
 
1966 The Daydreamer
The Pieman
 
1962 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
'Mayor' Threadbare III
The Mayor of Central Park (1962) … 'Mayor' Threadbare III
 
1958-1959 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Alfred Boggs / Stan Maylor
Silhouette (1959) … Stan Maylor
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (1958) … Alfred Boggs
 
1953-1955 Where's Raymond? (TV series)
Ray Wallace / Raymond
Final (1955) … Raymond
Last of the Showboats (1955) … Ray Wallace
Ray's Mother and Father (1955) … Ray Wallace
The Efficiency Expert (1955) … Ray Wallace
Herman, the Wonder Dog (1955) … Ray Wallace
 
1952 April in Paris
S. 'Sam' Winthrop Putnam
 
1949 Look for the Silver Lining
Jack Donahue
 
1946 The Harvey Girls
Chris Maule
 
1943 Stage Door Canteen
Ray Bolger
 
1943 Forever and a Day
Sentry (scenes deleted)
 
1942 Four Jacks and a Jill
Nifty Sullivan
 
1941 Sunny
Bunny Billings
 
1938 Sweethearts
Hans
 
1938 The Girl of the Golden West
Happy Moore (scenes deleted)
 
1937 Rosalie
Bill Delroy
 
1936 The Great Ziegfeld
Ray Bolger
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (24 titles)
2001 Hildegarde (performer: "If I Only Had a Brain")
 
2001 Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (TV movie) (performer: "We're Off to See the Wizard" - uncredited)
 
1998 Quest for Camelot Sing-Alongs (video short) (performer: "We're Off To See The Wizard")
 
1985 That's Dancing! (documentary) (performer: "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe", "If I Only Had a Brain", "We're Off to See the Wizard")
 
1976 The 48th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (performer: "Hollywood Honors Its Own")
 
1974 That's Entertainment! (documentary) (performer: "We're Off to See the Wizard" 1938 - uncredited, "If I Only Had the Nerve" 1938 - uncredited)
 
1970 The Partridge Family (TV series)
Whatever Happened to the Old Songs? (1970) (performer: "Bye, Bye, Blackbird" - uncredited)
 
1966 The Daydreamer (performer: "Who Can Tell")
 
1961 Babes in Toyland (performer: "We Won't Be Happy Till We Get It", "Castle in Spain")
 
1961 The Bell Telephone Hour (TV series)
The Music of Richard Rodgers (1961) (performer: "The Three B's", "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue")
 
1959 Sunday Showcase (TV series)
Give My Regards to Broadway (1959) (performer: "That's Entertainment" - uncredited, "Together, Wherever We Go" - uncredited, "Everybody Likes My Girl", "Harrigan" - uncredited, "Give Me Regards to Broadway" - uncredited)
 
1955 MGM Parade (TV series)
Episode #1.2 (1955) (performer: "If I Only Had the Nerve/We're Off To See The Wizard" - uncredited)
 
1953-1954 Where's Raymond? (TV series)
Redecorate the Coffeshop (1954) (performer: "Louise" - uncredited, "Tiptoe Through The Tulips" - uncredited)
Christmas (1953) (performer: "I Hope You Have a Merry Christmas")
 
1952 April in Paris (performer: "I Ask You" - uncredited, "The Place You Hold in My Heart" - uncredited, "I Know a Place" - uncredited)
 
1952 Where's Charley? (performer: "MAKE A MIRACLE", "MY DARLING, MY DARLING", "ONCE IN LOVE WITH AMY", "BETTER GET OUT OF HERE")
 
1949 Look for the Silver Lining (performer: "Can't Yo' Heah Me Callin' Caroline" - uncredited, "Who?" - uncredited, "Ballroom Dance Medley" - uncredited, "Carolina in the Morning" - uncredited, "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" - uncredited, "Jingle Bells" - uncredited)
 
1946 The Harvey Girls (performer: "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" - uncredited, "Swing Your Partner Round and Round" - uncredited)
 
1943 Stage Door Canteen (performer: "The Girl I Love to Leave Behind" 1943)
 
1942 Four Jacks and a Jill (performer: "I'm in Good Shape" - uncredited, "Karanina" - uncredited, "Boogie Woogie Conga" - uncredited, "Wherever You Go" - uncredited)
 
1941 Sunny (performer: "Jack Tar and Sam Gob", "Ringmaster", "Who?")
 
1939 The Wizard of Oz (performer: "If I Only Had a Brain" 1939 - uncredited, "We're Off to See the Wizard" 1939 - uncredited, "We're Off To See The Wizard" 1939 - uncredited, "If I Only Had the Nerve/We're Off To See The Wizard" 1939 - uncredited, "The Merry Old Land of Oz" 1939 - uncredited, "If I Were King of the Forest" 1939 - uncredited)
 
1938 Sweethearts (performer: "Wooden Shoes" 1938 - uncredited)
 
1937 Rosalie (performer: "On, Brave Old Army Team" 1910 - uncredited, "Anchors Aweigh" 1906 - uncredited, "To Love or Not To Love" 1937 - uncredited)
 
1936 The Great Ziegfeld (performer: "She's a Follies Girl" 1936 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (45 titles)
2004 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself - Actor
Judy Garland: By Myself (2004) … Himself - Actor (voice)
 
1985 That's Dancing! (documentary)
Himself - Host (also archive footage)
 
1985 The Whimsical World of Oz (TV documentary)
Himself (also archive footage) / The Scarecrow (also archive footage)
 
1984 The 56th Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Original Score
 
1979 Good Morning America (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 19 November 1979 (1979) … Himself
 
1979 The 51st Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Costume Design
 
1979 The Making of 'The Wizard of Oz' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1977 Tomorrow Coast to Coast (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 16 December 1977 (1977) … Himself
Episode dated 15 December 1977 (1977) … Himself
 
1976 The 48th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Performer
 
1963-1976 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
Episode dated 6 March 1976 (1976) … Himself
Episode dated 13 February 1968 (1968) … Himself - Guest
Episode dated 11 March 1963 (1963) … Himself
 
1975 The 29th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1975 At Long Last Cole (TV movie)
Himself
 
1972 Omnibus (TV series documentary)
Himself
Judy: Impressions of Garland (1972) … Himself
 
1972 Dinah's Place (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 23 October 1972 (1972) … Himself
 
1971 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself - Co-Host
Episode dated 3 May 1971 (1971) … Himself - Co-Host
 
1970 The Bob Hope Show (TV series)
Himself
Five Stars for a Five Star Man (1970) … Himself
 
1968 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.120 (1968) … Himself
 
1963-1967 Password All-Stars (TV series)
Himself / Panelist
Eve Arden vs. Ray Bolger (1967) … Himself
Carol Channing vs. Ray Bolger (1963) … Panelist
 
1965-1967 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
Himself - Host / Singer / Dancer / …
Episode #4.16 (1967) … Himself - Host/Singer/Dancer/Ralph (Honeymooners Parody)
Episode #3.7 (1965) … Himself - Host/Singer
 
1966 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 3 November 1966 (1966) … Himself
 
1966 The Match Game (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 7 April 1966 (1966) … Himself
 
1960-1966 The Bell Telephone Hour (TV series)
Himself - Host / Dancer / Himself / …
Music of the Movies (1966) … Himself - Host
The Masques of Music (1965) … Himself - Host
Episode #6.18 (1964) … Himself - Host
Episode dated 5 November 1963 (1963) … Himself
Episode #5.3 (1962) … Himself - Host
 
1964 The Judy Garland Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.10 (1964) … Himself
 
1963 The Christophers (TV series)
Himself
The Meaning of Excellence (1963) … Himself
 
1961-1962 I've Got a Secret (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 10 December 1962 (1962) … Himself
Episode dated 13 November 1961 (1961) … Himself
 
1962 The 16th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
1961 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Himself
Back Stage Party (1961) … Himself
 
1956-1961 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Guest Panelist / Himself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 5 November 1961 (1961) … Himself - Guest Panelist
Episode dated 8 April 1956 (1956) … Himself - Mystery Guest
 
1961 The 15th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1960 The Revlon Revue (TV series)
Himself
Accent on Comedy (1960) … Himself
 
1960 The 14th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1960 Celebrity Golf (TV series)
 
1959 Sunday Showcase (TV series)
Himself - Performer
Give My Regards to Broadway (1959) … Himself - Performer
 
1958-1959 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.24 (1959) … Himself
Episode #2.23 (1958) … Himself
 
1956-1958 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest Host
Episode dated 22 March 1958 (1958) … Himself - Guest Host
Episode dated 13 October 1956 (1956) … Himself
 
1958 Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (TV series)
Himself - Top Of The Bill
Episode #3.23 (1958) … Himself - Top Of The Bill
 
1956-1957 Washington Square (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.14 (1957) … Himself
Episode #1.13 (1957) … Himself
Episode #1.12 (1957) … Himself
Episode #1.11 (1957) … Himself
Episode #1.10 (1957) … Himself
 
1957 The George Gobel Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.14 (1957) … Himself
 
1955 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Plays Golf (short)
Himself
 
1955 Max Liebman Presents: Big Time (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
1954 A Star Is Born World Premiere (TV short)
Himself
 
1954 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Himself - Dancer
Episode #6.26 (1954) … Himself - Dancer
 
1952 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself - Host
Episode #3.14 (1952) … Himself - Host
 
1938 Electrical Power (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (27 titles)
2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2009 To Oz! The Making of a Classic (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2009 The Yellow Brick Road and Beyond (video documentary)
Himself/Scarecrow
 
2008 The O'Reilly Factor (TV series)
 
2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (documentary)
Hunk/The Scarecrow (uncredited)
 
2005 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
2005 Because of the Wonderful Things It Does: The Legacy of Oz (video documentary short)
Hunk/ The Scarecrow
 
2005 The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz (video documentary short)
The Scarecrow
 
2004 Broadway: The American Musical (TV series documentary)
 
2004 Remembering 'Battlestar Galactica' (video documentary)
Vector (uncredited)
 
2000 The Legend Floyd: The Dark Side of the Rainbow (TV movie)
'Hunk'/The Scarecrow
 
1997 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
1994 That's Entertainment! III (documentary)
Performer in Clip from 'The Harvey Girls' (uncredited)
 
1992 Legends of the West (documentary)
Actor in 'The Harvey girls' (uncredited)
 
1990 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1985 The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue (video short)
Barnaby
 
1974 That's Entertainment! (documentary)
Clips from 'The Wizard of Oz' and 'The Harvey Girls'
 
1970 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
 
1961 The DuPont Show of the Week (TV series)
 
1956 Ford Star Jubilee (TV series)
 
1955 MGM Parade (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(Late 70s) TV commercials: Scotch Buy Products for Safeway See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography  | 1 Article  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

Height:

5' 10½" (1.79 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

(on playing the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz) I knew that I was taking part in a strange kind of adventure. See more »

Trivia:

Made his first Broadway stage appearance in 1926. See more »

Trademark:

"Rubbery" dancing style See more »

Star Sign:

Capricorn