Will Rogers
Acting
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Acting Credits
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Directed
Biography
William "Will" Penn Adair Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was an American cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentator, vaudeville performer and actor and one of the best-known celebrities in the 1920s and 1930s. Known as Oklahoma's favorite son, Rogers was born to a prominent Cherokee Nation family in Indian Territory (now part of Oklahoma). He traveled around the world three times, made 71 movies (50 silent films and 21 "talkies"), wrote more than 4,000 nationally-syndicated new...
Known For
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Judge Priest
Judge William Pitman 'Billy' Priest
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
Happy Days
Minstrel Show Performer
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
So This Is London
Hiram Draper
Young as You Feel
Lemuel Morehouse
Steamboat Round the Bend
Doctor John Pearly
Filmography
Will Rogers and American Politics
2010
as Self (archive footage)
The Parrott Chase
2009
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
1993
as Self (archive footage)
Babe Ruth: The Man, the Myth, the Legend
1990
as himself
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
The Biggest Little Star of the 30's
1976
as Self(archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
as Self (archive footage)
The Golden Age of Comedy
1957
as archive footage
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942
as Self (archive footage)
If I Forget You
1940
as Will Rogers (uncredited/archive footage)
Steamboat Round the Bend
1935
as Doctor John Pearly
Doubting Thomas
1935
as Thomas Brown
Life Begins at Forty
1935
as Keneshaw H. Clark
In Old Kentucky
1935
as Steve Tapley
The County Chairman
1935
as Jim Hackler
Judge Priest
1934
as Judge William Pitman 'Billy' Priest
David Harum
1934
as David Harum
Handy Andy
1934
as Andrew Yates
State Fair
1933
as Abel Frake
Doctor Bull
1933
as Dr. George 'Doc' Bull
Mr. Skitch
1933
as Ira Skitch
Down To Earth
1932
as Pike Peters
Business and Pleasure
1932
as Earl Tinker
Too Busy to Work
1932
as Jubilo
Ambassador Bill
1931
as Bill Harper
A Connecticut Yankee
1931
as Hank Martin
Young as You Feel
1931
as Lemuel Morehouse
Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3)
1931
as Himself
Lightnin'
1930
as Lightnin' Bill Jones
So This Is London
1930
as Hiram Draper
Happy Days
1929
as Minstrel Show Performer
They Had to See Paris
1929
as Pike Peters
A Texas Steer
1927
as Cattle Brander
Tiptoes
1927
as Uncle Hen Kaye
Winging Around Europe with Will Rogers
1927
as Himself
Exploring England with Will Rogers
1927
With Will Rogers in Dublin
1927
as Self
Don't Park There
1924
as Jubilo
Two Wagons Both Covered
1924
as Bill Bunian / Joe Jackson
Big Moments from Little Pictures
1924
Jubilo, Jr.
1924
as Jubilo / Himself
The Cowboy Sheik
1924
as 'Two Straw' Bill
Going to Congress
1924
as Alfalfa Doolittle
A Truthful Liar
1924
as Ambassador Alfalfa Doolittle
The Cake Eater
1924
Hollywood
1923
as Will Rogers
Jus' Passin' Through
1923
as Jubilo
Uncensored Movies
1923
as Lem Skagwillow
Hustlin' Hank
1923
as Hank
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12
1922
as Self
The Ropin' Fool
1922
as 'Ropes' Reilly
The Headless Horseman
1922
as Ichabod crane
One Glorious Day
1922
as Professor Ezra Botts
Guile of Women
1921
as Hjalmar Maartens
Boys Will Be Boys
1921
as Peep O'Day
Doubling for Romeo
1921
as Sam Cody / Romeo
A Poor Relation
1921
as Noah Vale
An Unwilling Hero
1921
as Dick
Water, Water, Everywhere
1920
as Billy Fortune
Jes' Call Me Jim
1920
as Jim Fenton
Cupid the Cowpuncher
1920
as Alec Lloyd
Honest Hutch
1920
as Hutch
The Strange Boarder
1920
as Sam Gardner
Almost a Husband
1919
as Sam Lyman
Jubilo
1919
as Jubilo
Laughing Bill Hyde
1918
as Bill Hyde