Ray Bolger

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American actor dancer film actor human singer stage actor television actor

Ray Bolger was an American actor, singer, and dancer best known for his iconic role as the Scarecrow in the classic 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz."

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Label Occurrences
Ray Bolger canonical 19

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American actor ⓘ
dancer ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
human ⓘ
singer ⓘ
stage actor ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
awardReceivedFor Where's Charley? ⓘ
birthName Raymond Wallace Bolger ⓘ
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 ⓘ
employer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Irish-American ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ
knownFor rubber-legged dancing style ⓘ
marriageEnd 1987 ⓘ
marriageStart 1929 ⓘ
medium film ⓘ
stage ⓘ
television ⓘ
name Ray Bolger self-link ⓘ
notableAward Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ
notableWork The Wizard of Oz ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
dancer ⓘ
singer ⓘ
performedIn April in Paris (1952 film) ⓘ
Babes in Arms ⓘ
surface form: Babes in Arms (1939 film)

Babes in Toyland (1961 film) ⓘ
Fantasy Island (TV series) ⓘ
The Great Ziegfeld ⓘ
The Harvey Girls ⓘ
The Partridge Family (TV series) ⓘ
The Wizard of Oz ⓘ
surface form: The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)

Where's Charley? (1952 film) ⓘ
Where's Charley? (stage musical) ⓘ
placeOfBirth Dorchester ⓘ
surface form: Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
role Hunk ⓘ
The Scarecrow ⓘ
surface form: Scarecrow
spouse Gwendolyn Rickard ⓘ
workedWith Bert Lahr ⓘ
Jack Haley ⓘ
Judy Garland ⓘ
Victor Fleming ⓘ
yearsActive 1920s–1980s ⓘ

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The Wizard of Oz → starring → Ray Bolger ⓘ
The Harvey Girls → starring → Ray Bolger ⓘ
We're Off to See the Wizard → performer → Ray Bolger ⓘ
If I Only Had a Brain → performedBy → Ray Bolger ⓘ
Ray Bolger → name → Ray Bolger self-link ⓘ
The Scarecrow → portrayedBy → Ray Bolger ⓘ
Ziegfeld Follies → notablePerformer → Ray Bolger ⓘ
On Your Toes → originalCastMember → Ray Bolger ⓘ
Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California, United States → hasNotableBurial → Ray Bolger ⓘ
subject surface form: Holy Cross Cemetery (Culver City)
Where's Charley? (stage musical) → starred → Ray Bolger ⓘ
Where's Charley? (stage musical) → originalBroadwayLeadActor → Ray Bolger ⓘ
Where's Charley? (1952 film) → castMember → Ray Bolger ⓘ
The Great Ziegfeld → stars → Ray Bolger ⓘ
April in Paris (1952 film) → starring → Ray Bolger ⓘ
April in Paris (1952 film) → leadActor → Ray Bolger ⓘ
Where's Charley? → starred → Ray Bolger ⓘ
Where's Charley? → broadwayLeadActor → Ray Bolger ⓘ
Raymond Wallace Bolger → alsoKnownAs → Ray Bolger ⓘ
Gwendolyn Rickard → spouse → Ray Bolger ⓘ