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Will Rogers (I) (1879–1935)

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World-famous, widely popular American humorist of the vaudeville stage and of silent and sound films, Will Rogers graduated from military school, but his first real job was in the livestock business in Argentina, of all places. He transported pack animals across the South Atlantic from Buenos Aires to South Africa for use in the Boer War (1899-1902)... See full bio »

Born:

William Penn Adair Rogers
in Oologah, Indian Territory, USA. [now Oklahoma]

Died:

(age 55) in near Point Barrow, Territory of Alaska, USA
Will Rogers, NIck Cogley, HONEST HUTCH, Goldwyn, 1920, **I.V.
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1935 In Old Kentucky
Steve Tapley
 
1935 Steamboat Round the Bend
Doctor John Pearly
 
1935 Doubting Thomas
Thomas Brown
 
1935 Life Begins at Forty
Kenesaw H. Clark
 
1935 The County Chairman
Jim Hackler
 
1934 Judge Priest
Judge Priest
 
1934 Handy Andy
Andrew Yates
 
1934 David Harum
David Harum
 
1933 Mr. Skitch
Mr. Ira Skitch
 
1933 Doctor Bull
Dr. George 'Doc' Bull
 
1933 State Fair
Abel Frake
 
1932 Too Busy to Work
Jubilo
 
1932 Down to Earth
Pike Peters
 
1932 Business and Pleasure
Earl Tinker
 
1931 Ambassador Bill
Bill Harper
 
1931 Young as You Feel
Lemuel Morehouse
 
1931 A Connecticut Yankee
Hank Martin
 
1930 Lightnin'
Lightnin' Bill Jones
 
1930 So This Is London
Hiram Draper
 
1929 They Had to See Paris
Pike Peters
 
1929 Happy Days
Minstrel Show Performer
 
1927 A Texas Steer
Cattle Brander
 
1927 Tiptoes
Uncle Hen Kaye
 
1924 Gee Whiz, Genevieve (short)
 
1924 A Truthful Liar (short)
Ambassador Alfalfa Doolittle
 
1924 Our Congressman (short)
Alfalfa Doolittle
 
1924 Jubilo, Jr. (short)
Jubilo/Himself
 
1924 Don't Park There (short)
 
1924 Going to Congress (short)
Alfalfa Doolittle
 
1924 High Brow Stuff (short)
 
1924 The Cake Eater (short)
 
1924 The Cowboy Sheik (short)
'Two Straw' Bill
 
1924 Two Wagons Both Covered (short)
William Banion/Bill Jackson
 
1923 Uncensored Movies (short)
Lem Skagwillow
 
1923 Hustlin' Hank (short)
Hank
 
1923 Jus' Passin' Through (short)
Jubilo
 
1922 Fruits of Faith (short)
 
1922 The Headless Horseman
Ichabod Crane
 
1922 The Ropin' Fool (short)
'Ropes' Reilly (the ropin' fool)
 
1922 One Glorious Day
Professor Ezra Botts
 
1921 A Poor Relation
Noah Vale
 
1921 Doubling for Romeo
Sam Cody / Romeo
 
1921 An Unwilling Hero
Dick
 
1921 Boys Will Be Boys
Peep O'Day
 
1920 Guile of Women
Hjalmar Maartens
 
1920 Honest Hutch
Hutch
 
1920 Cupid the Cowpuncher
Alec Lloyd
 
1920 Jes' Call Me Jim
Jim Fenton
 
1920 The Strange Boarder
Sam Gardner
 
1920/II Water, Water, Everywhere
Billy Fortune
 
1919 Jubilo
Jubilo
 
1919 Almost a Husband
Sam Lyman
 
1918 Laughing Bill Hyde
Bill Hyde
 
Show ShowWriter (13 titles)
1934 Stand Up and Cheer! (story idea suggested)
 
1927 A Texas Steer (titles)
 
1927 Roaming the Emerald Isle with Will Rogers (short) (titles)
 
1927 With Will Rogers in Dublin (short) (titles)
 
1924 Our Congressman (short) (titles)
 
1924 Going to Congress (short) (titles)
 
1924 The Cake Eater (short) (titles)
 
1924 The Cowboy Sheik (short) (titles)
 
1924 Two Wagons Both Covered (short) (screenplay)
 
1922 The Ropin' Fool (short) (written by)
 
1921 Doubling for Romeo
 
1919 Almost a Husband (titles)
 
1916 Roaring Camp
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (2 titles)
1934 Judge Priest (performer: "My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night" 1853 - uncredited)
 
1933 Doctor Bull (performer: "Abide with Me" - uncredited, "Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1922 The Ropin' Fool (short) (producer)
 
Show ShowSelf (17 titles)
1932/I Screen Snapshots (documentary short)
Himself
 
1931 Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 6 (short)
Himself
 
1928 Over the Bounding Blue with Will Rogers (short)
Himself
 
1928 Reeling Down the Rhine with Will Rogers (short)
Himself
 
1927 Exploring England with Will Rogers (short)
Himself
 
1927 Winging Around Europe with Will Rogers (short)
Himself
 
1927 Prowling Around France with Will Rogers (short)
Himself
 
1927 Roaming the Emerald Isle with Will Rogers (short)
Himself
 
1927 With Will Rogers in London (short)
Himself
 
1927 Through Switzerland and Bavaria with Will Rogers (short)
Himself
 
1927 Hunting for Germans in Berlin with Will Rogers (short)
Himself
 
1927 With Will Rogers in Paris (short)
Himself
 
1927 Hiking Through Holland with Will Rogers (short)
Himself
 
1927 With Will Rogers in Dublin (short)
Himself
 
1924 Big Moments from Little Pictures (short)
Himself / Rufus the bullfighter / Robin Hood / …
 
1923 Hollywood
Himself
 
1921 Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 17 (documentary short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (39 titles)
2009 Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (TV series documentary)
 
2004 Broadway: The American Musical (TV series documentary)
 
2001 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
2001 Slaphappy (TV series)
Himself (2001)
 
1999 The 20th Century: A Moving Visual History (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
1994-1997 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
1996 America's Music: The Roots of Country (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself (1996)
 
1996 The Roaring Twenties (video documentary short)
Himself (winks) (uncredited)
 
1993 John Ford (TV documentary)
Judge William 'Billy' Priest [in "Judge Priest"] (uncredited)
 
1993 Mo' Funny: Black Comedy in America (TV documentary)
 
1992 Legends of Comedy (TV documentary)
 
1992 Literary Visions (TV series documentary)
 
1990 Babe Ruth: The Man, the Myth, the Legend (video short)
Himself
 
1988 The 1930's: Music, Memories & Milestones (video documentary)
Himself - Before Death in Air Crash
 
1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s (documentary)
 
1984 The Great Standups (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1980 Hollywood
Himself
 
1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (documentary)
Himself
 
1965 Hollywood My Home Town (documentary)
Himself
 
1963 Hollywood and the Stars (TV series)
 
1962 The Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Show (TV series)
 
1961-1962 The DuPont Show of the Week (TV series)
 
1961 The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (video documentary)
Himself
 
Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1957 The Golden Age of Comedy (documentary)
 
1957 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
 
1957 The Jackie Gleason Show (TV series)
 
1954 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Stars to Remember (short)
Himself
 
1953 Screen Snapshots: Men of the West (short)
Himself
 
1953 Screen Snapshots: Out West in Hollywood (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1952 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
 
1950 Fifty Years Before Your Eyes (documentary)
Himself
 
1947 Screen Snapshots Series 27, No. 1: Hollywood Cowboys (documentary short)
Himself
 
1939 The Movies March On (documentary short)
Himself
 
1939 For Auld Lang Syne (documentary short)
Himself
 
1938 Personality Parade (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1937 Lest We Forget (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1935 Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 4 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1934 Hollywood on Parade No. B-13 (short)
Himself
 

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Ziegfeld Follies of 1918 (1918). Musical revue. Music by Louis A. Hirsch and Dave Stamper. Based on material by Rennold Wolf and Gene Buck. Lyrics by Rennold Wolf and Gene Buck. Interpolations by Irving Berlin and Victor Jacobi. Musical Direction by Frank Darling. Featuring songs with lyrics by Buddy G... See more »

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3 Biographical Movies  | 14 Print Biographies  | 24 Articles  | See more »

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Height:

5' 11" (1.80 m)
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Personal Quote:

The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected. See more »

Trivia:

His birthplace in the Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) is cited variously as Colagah, Colgah or Cologah. The correct name is "Oologah", which is situated in the northeast corner of the state, approximately 25 miles/40 kilometers north-northeast of Tulsa. See more »

Nickname:

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Star Sign:

Scorpio