Ray Bolger
Acting
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…
Filmography
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The Wizard of Oz at Sphere
2025
To Oz! The Making of a Classic
To Oz! The Making of a Classic
2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
2009
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004
The Dark Side of the Rainbow
2000
Vaudeville
1997
That's Entertainment! III
1994
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic
1990
That's Dancing!
1985
The Whimsical World of Oz
The Whimsical World of Oz
1985
Peter and the Magic Egg
1983
Annie
1982
The Runner Stumbles
1979
Just You and Me, Kid
1979
The Making of the Wizard of Oz
1979
Heaven Only Knows
1979
Diff'rent Strokes
1978
Battlestar Galactica
1978
Three on a Date
1978
Fantasy Island
1978
The Love Boat
1977
Captains and the Kings
1976
The Entertainer
1976
Donny & Marie
1976
Baretta
1975
Little House on the Prairie
1974
That's Entertainment!
1974
The Partridge Family
1970
Nanny and the Professor
1970
Omnibus
1967
The Daydreamer
1966
The Hollywood Palace
1964
The Judy Garland Show
1963
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Backstage Party
1961
Babes in Toyland
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
Tony Awards
1956
MGM Parade
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
The George Gobel Show
The George Gobel Show
1954
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
Where's Raymond?
1953
General Electric Theater
1953
April in Paris
1952
Where's Charley?
1952
The Red Skelton Show
1951
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
The Bob Hope Show
1950
What's My Line?
1950
Make Mine Laughs
1949
Look for the Silver Lining
1949
The Harvey Girls
1946
Stage Door Canteen
1943
Four Jacks and a Jill
1942
Sunny
1941
The Wizard of Oz
1939
Another Romance of Celluloid: Electrical Power
1938
Sweethearts
1938
Rosalie
1937
The Great Ziegfeld
1936
Oz
Oz