Ray Bolger

Ray Bolger

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

The Wizard of Oz

as "Hunk" / Scarecrow

The Great Ziegfeld

as Ray Bolger

Cast Credits

The Dark Side of the Rainbow

as 'Hunk' (archive footage)

Peter and the Magic Egg

as Uncle Amos (voice)

Annie

as Sound Effects Man at Radio Station (uncredited)

The Runner Stumbles

as Monsignor Nicholson

The Entertainer

as Billy Rice

The Daydreamer

as The Pieman

April in Paris

as Sam Winthrop Putnam

Where's Charley?

as Charley Wykeham

Make Mine Laughs

as (archive footage)

The Harvey Girls

as Chris Maule

Stage Door Canteen

as Ray Bolger

Four Jacks and a Jill

as Nifty Sullivan, a Jack

Sunny

as Bunny Billings

The Wizard of Oz

as "Hunk" / Scarecrow

Rosalie

as Bill Delroy

The Great Ziegfeld

as Ray Bolger