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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]
Ray Bolger. Actor: The Wizard of Oz. Ray Bolger was born Raymond Wallace Bolger on January 10, 1904 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, to Anne C. (Wallace) and James Edward Bolger, both Irish-Americans.
Ray Bolger. Actor: The Wizard of Oz. Ray Bolger was born Raymond Wallace Bolger on January 10, 1904 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, to Anne C. (Wallace) and James Edward Bolger, both Irish-Americans.
Though the aluminum makeup was changed, it still caused Haley a serious eye infection. In lesser makeup horror stories, actor Ray Bolger—who played the Scarecrow—removed the rubber prosthetics...
Ray Bolger, the angular, disjointed hoofer whose crackling voice and lilting smile made him a favorite of film fans and theatergoers for nearly 60 years, died Thursday.
An adaptation of L. Frank Baum 's 1900 children's fantasy novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, it was primarily directed by Victor Fleming, who left production to take over the troubled Gone with the Wind. It stars Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke and Margaret Hamilton.
Ray Bolger, the loose-limbed song-and-dance man who became known to millions as the Scarecrow in ''The Wizard of Oz,'' died yesterday of cancer in Los Angeles. He...
American dancer, actor, singer, and vaudeville comic Ray Bolger (b. Dorchester, MA, 10 January 1904; d. Los Angeles, CA, 15 January 1987), remembered by millions for his brilliant portrayal of the rubber-legged, straw-stuffed Scarecrow in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, was equally brilliant on Broadway.
The Scarecrow on the hunt for a brain in the 1939 classic "The Wizard of Oz" was played by Dorchester native Ray Bolger. His role as the Scarecrow captured the public's imagination some 80 years...
Actor Ray Bolger died of bladder cancer on January 15, 1987, at age 83 after a brief battle with the disease. He’s best known for playing Scarecrow in the seminal film The Wizard of Oz. Treatments for bladder cancer can include surgery, biological therapy, chemotherapy, and in some cases, immunotherapy.