Ray Bolger

Personal Info

Birthday

January 10, 1904

Day of Death

1987-01-15

(83 years old)

Place of Birth

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Also Known As

Raymond Wallace Bulcao

Рэй Болджер

Raymond Wallace Bolger

Ray Bolger

Biography

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).

Known For

The Love Boat

Battlestar Galactica

The Red Skelton Show

Fantasy Island

The Wizard of Oz

Nanny and the Professor

The Partridge Family

Where's Raymond?

Filmography

2009
To Oz! The Making of a Classic
as Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
as Self (archive)
2004
Judy Garland: By Myself
as Self - Actor (archive sound)
2000
The Dark Side of the Rainbow
as 'Hunk' (archive footage)
1995
The Dark Side of Oz
as Hunk / Scarecrow (archive footage)
1994
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1990
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
as Self (archive footage)
1985
That's Dancing!
as Self - Host
The Whimsical World of Oz
as Self
1983
Peter and the Magic Egg
as Uncle Amos (voice)
1982
Annie
as Sound Effects Man at Radio Station (uncredited)
1979
The Runner Stumbles
as Monsignor Nicholson
Just You and Me, Kid
as Tom
The Making of the Wizard of Oz
as Self
1978
Three on a Date
as Andrew
1976
The Entertainer
as Billy Rice
1974
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage)
1966
The Daydreamer
as The Pieman
1961
Backstage Party
as Self
Babes in Toyland
as Barnaby
1954
A Star Is Born World Premiere
as Self
1952
April in Paris
as Sam Winthrop Putnam
Where's Charley?
as Charley Wykeham
1949
Make Mine Laughs
as (archive footage)
Look for the Silver Lining
as Jack Donahue
1946
The Harvey Girls
as Chris Maule
1943
Stage Door Canteen
as Ray Bolger
1942
Four Jacks and a Jill
as Nifty Sullivan, a Jack
1941
Sunny
as Bunny Billings
1939
The Wizard of Oz
as "Hunk" / Scarecrow
1938
Another Romance of Celluloid: Electrical Power
as Self (uncredited)
Sweethearts
as Hans
1937
Rosalie
as Bill Delroy
1936
The Great Ziegfeld
as Ray Bolger