Ray Bolger
Acting
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Acting Credits
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). His first dancing and singing role was in Sweethearts (1938), where he did the "wooden shoes" number with ...
Known For
Filmography
To Oz! The Making of a Classic
2009
as Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004
as Self - Actor (archive sound)
The Dark Side of the Rainbow
2000
as 'Hunk' (archive footage)
Vaudeville
1997
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
1990
as Self (archive footage)
That's Dancing!
1985
as Self - Host
The Whimsical World of Oz
1985
as Self
Peter and the Magic Egg
1983
as Uncle Amos (voice)
Annie
1982
as Sound Effects Man at Radio Station (uncredited)
Just You and Me, Kid
1979
as Tom
The Making of the Wizard of Oz
1979
as Self
The Runner Stumbles
1979
as Monsignor Nicholson
Heaven Only Knows
1979
as Simon
Three on a Date
1978
as Andrew
Diff'rent Strokes
1978
Battlestar Galactica
1978
as Vector
Fantasy Island
1978
as Spencer Randolph
Fantasy Island
1978
as Gaylord Nelson
The Love Boat
1977
as Horace McDonald
The Love Boat
1977
as Andy Hopkins
The Entertainer
1976
as Billy Rice
Donny & Marie
1976
as Self
Captains and the Kings
1976
as R.J. Squibbs
Baretta
1975
That's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Little House on the Prairie
1974
as Toby Noe
Nanny and the Professor
1970
as Uncle Horace
The Partridge Family
1970
as Grandpa Fred Renfrew
The Partridge Family
1970
as Grandpa Walter Renfrew
Omnibus
1967
as Self
Omnibus
1967
The Daydreamer
1966
as The Pieman
The Hollywood Palace
1964
as Self - Host
The Judy Garland Show
1963
as Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Babes in Toyland
1961
as Barnaby
Backstage Party
1961
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self - Co-Host
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
as Self
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
as Self - Host
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
as Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Washington Square
1956
as Self - HOst
MGM Parade
1955
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
as Self
The George Gobel Show
1954
as Self
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Self
General Electric Theater
1953
as Alfred Boggs
Where's Raymond?
1953
as Raymond Wallace
General Electric Theater
1953
as Stan Maylor
April in Paris
1952
as Sam Winthrop Putnam
Where's Charley?
1952
as Charley Wykeham
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as 'Mayor' Threadbare III
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self - Host
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self
Look for the Silver Lining
1949
as Jack Donahue
Make Mine Laughs
1949
as (archive footage)
The Harvey Girls
1946
as Chris Maule
Stage Door Canteen
1943
as Ray Bolger
Four Jacks and a Jill
1942
as Nifty Sullivan, a Jack
Sunny
1941
as Bunny Billings
The Wizard of Oz
1939
as Scarecrow / Hunk
Sweethearts
1938
as Hans
Another Romance of Celluloid: Electrical Power
1938
as Self (uncredited)
Rosalie
1937
as Bill Delroy
The Great Ziegfeld
1936
as Ray Bolger