Ray Bolger
American actor (1904–1987) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Raymond Wallace Bolger (/ˈboʊldʒər/;[2] January 10, 1904 – January 15, 1987)[3] was an American actor, dancer, singer, vaudevillian, and stage performer (particularly musical theater) who started his movie career in the silent-film era.
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Born | Raymond Wallace Bolger[1] (1904-01-10)January 10, 1904 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | January 15, 1987(1987-01-15) (aged 83) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Resting place | Holy Cross Cemetery |
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Years active | 1922–1985 |
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Gwendolyn Rickard (m. 1929) |
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Bolger was a major Broadway performer in the 1930s and beyond. He is best known for his roles in The Wizard of Oz (1939) as the Scarecrow and in Walt Disney's holiday musical fantasy Babes in Toyland in 1961 as the villainous Barnaby.
Bolger was the host of The Ray Bolger Show on TV from 1953 to 1955, originally titled Where's Raymond?[3]