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Film & TV
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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…
Known for
- To Oz! The Making of a Classic — Self2009
- Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression — Self (archive footage)2009
- Judy Garland: By Myself — Self - Actor (archive sound)2004
- The Dark Side of the Rainbow — 'Hunk' (archive footage)2000
- Vaudeville — Self (archive footage)1997
- That's Entertainment! III — (archive footage) (uncredited)1994
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic — Self (archive footage)1990
- That's Dancing! — Self - Host1985
- The Whimsical World of Oz — Self1985
- Peter and the Magic Egg — Uncle Amos (voice)1983
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Wallace
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Dorchester
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Employer
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Notable work
- The Wizard of Oz
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Ray Bolger 1942.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ray Bolger
- date of birth
- 1904-01-10
- date of death
- 1987-01-15
- cause of death
- bladder cancer
- place of burial
- Holy Cross Cemetery
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons gallery
- Ray Bolger
- writing language
- English language
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
- start of work period
- 1922-00-00
- end of work period
- 1985-00-00
- name in native language
- Ray Bolger
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