Ray Bolger
Acting
Born January 10, 1904 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Biography
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 first dancing and singing role was in Sweethearts (1938), where he did the "wooden shoes" number with red-headed soprano/actress Jeanette MacDonald. This got him noticed by MGM producers and resulted in…
Known For · 40 titles
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Mike Douglas Show
The Love Boat
Tony Awards
The Bob Hope Show
The Merv Griffin Show
The Red Skelton Show
Little House on the Prairie
What's My Line?
Omnibus
Fantasy Island
The Partridge Family
Baretta
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
The Wizard of Oz
Battlestar Galactica
MGM Parade
The Bell Telephone Hour
The George Gobel Show
Donny & Marie
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Hollywood Palace
Nanny and the Professor
The Judy Garland Show
Where's Raymond?
General Electric Theater
Captains and the Kings
Annie
Diff'rent Strokes
That's Entertainment!
That's Entertainment! III
Babes in Toyland
Rosalie
The Harvey Girls
Vaudeville
The Great Ziegfeld
A Star Is Born World Premiere
That's Dancing!
Just You and Me, Kid