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1 | Despite persistent web rumors, Ray was born Raymond Wallace Bolger, and the family's surname was never "Bulcao". His father, James Edward Bolger, was the son of Raymond Bolger and Maria Mahoney. His mother, Anne C. (Wallace), was the daughter of William Wallace and Joanna Hassett. All of his grandparents were of Irish origin. |
2 | Ray Bolger passed away five days after his 83rd birthday. |
3 | Inducted into the International Tap Dance Hall of Fame in 2015. |
4 | Inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1980. |
5 | He was posthumously awarded a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars on January 10, 1998. |
6 | He was a member of the Good Shepherd Parish and the Catholic Motion Picture Guild in Beverly Hills, California. |
7 | Bolger was among those entertainers who opened Manhattan's famed Radio City Music Hall on December 27, 1932. After the management realized that the public's taste for vaudeville had waned, it cut back on the live entertainment and supplemented it with movies. |
8 | Made his first Broadway stage appearance in 1926. |
9 | Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 115-116. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999. |
10 | Won Broadway's 1949 Tony Award as Best Actor (Musical) for "Where's Charley?", a role he recreated in the film version, Where's Charley? (1952). He was also nominated in the same Tony Award category in 1962 for "All American". |
11 | Was the last surviving cast member of The Wizard of Oz (1939). |
12 | Following his death, he was interred at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. |
13 | He was always closely identified with the Scarecrow. He once guest starred on the game show Password All-Stars (1961). When the word "Ray" came up, he said to his partner "Me!". His partner readily answered "Scarecrow!". |
14 | He was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures at 6788 Hollywood Boulevard; and for Television at 6834 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. |
15 | Great-uncle of actor John Bolger. |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Kirstie's Handmade Britain | 2011 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
Prettier Than Ever: The Restoration of Oz | 2005 | Video documentary short performer: "The Merry Old Land of Oz" - uncredited | |
Hildegarde | 2001 | performer: "If I Only Had a Brain" | |
Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows | 2001 | TV Mini-Series performer: "We're Off to See the Wizard" - uncredited | |
Quest for Camelot Sing-Alongs | 1998 | Video short performer: "We're Off To See The Wizard" | |
That's Dancing! | 1985 | Documentary performer: "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe", "If I Only Had a Brain", "We're Off to See the Wizard" | |
The 48th Annual Academy Awards | 1976 | TV Special performer: "Hollywood Honors Its Own" | |
That's Entertainment! | 1974 | performer: "We're Off to See the Wizard" 1938, "If I Only Had the Nerve" 1938 - uncredited | |
The Partridge Family | 1970 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
The Daydreamer | 1966 | performer: "Who Can Tell" | |
Babes in Toyland | 1961 | performer: "We Won't Be Happy Till We Get It", "Castle in Spain" | |
The Bell Telephone Hour | 1961 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
Sunday Showcase | 1959 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
MGM Parade | 1955 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
Where's Raymond? | 1953-1954 | TV Series performer - 2 episodes | |
April in Paris | 1952 | performer: "Life Is Such A Pleasure", "I Ask You" uncredited, "The Place You Hold in My Heart" uncredited, "I Know a Place" uncredited | |
Where's Charley? | 1952 | performer: "MAKE A MIRACLE", "MY DARLING, MY DARLING", "ONCE IN LOVE WITH AMY", "BETTER GET OUT OF HERE" | |
Look for the Silver Lining | 1949 | performer: "Can't Yo' Heah Me Callin' Caroline", "Who?", "Ballroom Dance Medley", "Carolina in the Morning", "'Twas the Night Before Christmas", "Jingle Bells" - uncredited | |
The Harvey Girls | 1946 | performer: "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe", "Swing Your Partner Round and Round" - uncredited | |
Stage Door Canteen | 1943 | performer: "The Girl I Love to Leave Behind" 1943 | |
Four Jacks and a Jill | 1942 | performer: "I'm in Good Shape", "Karanina", "Boogie Woogie Conga", "Wherever You Go" - uncredited | |
Sunny | 1941 | performer: "Jack Tar and Sam Gob", "Ringmaster", "Who?" | |
The Wizard of Oz | 1939 | performer: "If I Only Had a Brain" 1939, "We're Off to See the Wizard" 1939, "We're Off To See The Wizard" 1939, "If I Only Had the Nerve/We're Off To See The Wizard" 1939, "The Merry Old Land of Oz" 1939, "If I Were King of the Forest" 1939 - uncredited | |
Sweethearts | 1938 | performer: "Wooden Shoes" 1938 - uncredited | |
Rosalie | 1937 | performer: "On, Brave Old Army Team" 1910, "Anchors Aweigh" 1906, "To Love or Not To Love" 1937 - uncredited | |
The Great Ziegfeld | 1936 | performer: "She's a Follies Girl" 1936 - uncredited | |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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American Masters | 2004 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Actor |
The Whimsical World of Oz | 1985 | TV Movie documentary | Himself / The Scarecrow |
That's Dancing! | 1985 | Documentary | Himself - Host |
The 56th Annual Academy Awards | 1984 | TV Special documentary | Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Original Score |
The Making of 'The Wizard of Oz' | 1979 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
Good Morning America | 1979 | TV Series | Himself |
The Mike Douglas Show | 1971-1979 | TV Series | Himself - Actor / Himself - Co-Host |
The 51st Annual Academy Awards | 1979 | TV Special documentary | Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Costume Design |
ABC's Silver Anniversary Celebration | 1978 | TV Special | Himself |
Tomorrow Coast to Coast | 1977 | TV Series | Himself |
Donny and Marie | 1977 | TV Series | Himself |
The 48th Annual Academy Awards | 1976 | TV Special | Himself - Performer |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1963-1976 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Guest |
The 29th Annual Tony Awards | 1975 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
At Long Last Cole | 1975 | TV Movie | Himself |
Omnibus | 1972 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Dinah's Place | 1972 | TV Series | Himself |
The Bob Hope Show | 1970 | TV Series | Himself |
The Joey Bishop Show | 1968 | TV Series | Himself |
Password All-Stars | 1963-1967 | TV Series | Himself - Celebrity Contestant |
The Match Game | 1965-1967 | TV Series | Himself - Team Captain |
The Hollywood Palace | 1965-1967 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
The Dean Martin Show | 1966 | TV Series | Himself |
The Bell Telephone Hour | 1960-1966 | TV Series | Himself - Host / Himself - Singer / Dancer |
The Judy Garland Show | 1964 | TV Series | Himself |
The Christophers | 1963 | TV Series | Himself |
I've Got a Secret | 1961-1962 | TV Series | Himself |
Here's Hollywood | 1962 | TV Series | Himself |
The 16th Annual Tony Awards | 1962 | TV Special | Himself - Host |
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | 1961 | TV Series | Himself |
What's My Line? | 1956-1961 | TV Series | Himself - Panelist / Himself - Mystery Guest |
The 15th Annual Tony Awards | 1961 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
The Revlon Revue | 1960 | TV Series | Himself |
The 14th Annual Tony Awards | 1960 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
Celebrity Golf | 1960 | TV Series | |
Sunday Showcase | 1959 | TV Series | Himself - Performer |
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | 1958-1959 | TV Series | Himself |
The All-Star Christmas Show | 1958 | TV Movie | Himself |
The Big Record | 1958 | TV Series | Himself |
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall | 1956-1958 | TV Series | Himself - Guest Host / Himself |
Spectacular | 1958 | TV Series | Himself |
Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium | 1958 | TV Series | Himself - Top of the Bill |
Ted Mack & the Original Amateur Hour | 1958 | TV Series | Himself |
Social Security in Action | 1958 | TV Series | Himself |
Washington Square | 1956-1957 | TV Series | Himself |
The George Gobel Show | 1957 | TV Series | Himself |
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Plays Golf | 1955 | Short | Himself |
Max Liebman Presents: Big Time | 1955 | TV Movie | Himself - Host |
A Star Is Born World Premiere | 1954 | TV Short | Himself |
Texaco Star Theatre | 1954 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
The Colgate Comedy Hour | 1952 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
Houston Post Contest Winners Arrive in Los Angeles | 1939 | Short | Himself |
Electrical Power | 1938 | Documentary short | Himself (uncredited) |