Raymond Wallace Bolger

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actor dancer film actor human singer stage actor television actor vaudeville performer

Raymond Wallace Bolger was an American actor, singer, and dancer best known for his iconic role as the Scarecrow in the classic film "The Wizard of Oz."

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Raymond Wallace Bolger canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf actor ⓘ
dancer ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
human ⓘ
singer ⓘ
stage actor ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
vaudeville performer ⓘ
activeIn Broadway theater ⓘ
surface form: Broadway theatre

Hollywood ⓘ
surface form: Hollywood film industry
alsoKnownAs Ray Bolger ⓘ
awardReceived Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ
surface form: Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
awardReceivedFor Where's Charley? (stage musical) ⓘ
surface form: Where’s Charley?
burialPlace Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath bladder cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1904-01-10 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1987-01-15 ⓘ
educatedAt The English High School of Boston ⓘ
surface form: English High School of Boston
ethnicGroup Irish American ⓘ
familyName Bolger ⓘ
fullName Raymond Wallace Bolger self-link ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ
givenName Raymond ⓘ
marriageStart 1929 ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableRole The Scarecrow ⓘ
surface form: Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz
notableWork The Wizard of Oz ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
comedian ⓘ
dancer ⓘ
singer ⓘ
performedIn April in Paris ⓘ
Babes in Arms ⓘ
Sweethearts ⓘ
The Colgate Comedy Hour ⓘ
The Great Ziegfeld ⓘ
The Harvey Girls ⓘ
The Ray Bolger Show ⓘ
Where's Charley? (stage musical) ⓘ
surface form: Where’s Charley?
placeOfBirth Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ
surface form: Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
portrayed The Scarecrow ⓘ
surface form: Scarecrow
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Gwendolyn Rickard ⓘ
yearOfWork 1939 ⓘ
yearsActive 1920s–1980s ⓘ

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Ray Bolger → birthName → Raymond Wallace Bolger ⓘ
Where's Charley? (1952 film) → starredActor → Raymond Wallace Bolger ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ray Bolger
Babes in Toyland (1961 film) → stars → Raymond Wallace Bolger ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ray Bolger
Raymond Wallace Bolger → fullName → Raymond Wallace Bolger self-link ⓘ
Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke → workedWith → Raymond Wallace Bolger ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ray Bolger