Ray Bolger

Actor

Born: January 10, 1904
Died: January 15, 1987 (age 83)
From: 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…

Filmography (38)

The Wizard of Oz at Sphere (2025)
Hunk (archive footage)
To Oz! The Making of a Classic
To Oz! The Making of a Classic (2009)
Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009)
Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself (2004)
Self - Actor (archive sound)
The Dark Side of the Rainbow (2000)
'Hunk' (archive footage)
Vaudeville (1997)
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
(archive footage)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (1990)
Self (archive footage)
That's Dancing! (1985)
Self - Host
The Whimsical World of Oz
The Whimsical World of Oz (1985)
Self
Peter and the Magic Egg (1983)
Uncle Amos (voice)
Annie (1982)
Sound Effects Man at Radio Station (uncredited)
The Runner Stumbles (1979)
Monsignor Nicholson
Just You and Me, Kid (1979)
Tom
The Making of the Wizard of Oz (1979)
Self
Heaven Only Knows (1979)
Simon
Three on a Date (1978)
Andrew
The Entertainer (1976)
Billy Rice
That's Entertainment! (1974)
(archive footage) (uncredited)
The Daydreamer (1966)
The Pieman
Backstage Party (1961)
Self
Babes in Toyland (1961)
Barnaby
The All-Star Christmas Show (1958)
Self
A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954)
Self
April in Paris (1952)
Sam Winthrop Putnam
Where's Charley? (1952)
Charley Wykeham
Make Mine Laughs (1949)
(archive footage)
Look for the Silver Lining (1949)
Jack Donahue
The Harvey Girls (1946)
Chris Maule
Stage Door Canteen (1943)
Ray Bolger