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Jan 16, 1987 · Ray Bolger, the loose-limbed song-and-dance man who became known to millions as the Scarecrow in ''The Wizard of Oz,'' died yesterday of cancer in Los Angeles. He...
Jan 16, 1987 · Ray Bolger, the angular, disjointed hoofer whose crackling voice and lilting smile made him a favorite of film fans and theatergoers for nearly 60 years, died Thursday.
Jan 15, 2022 · Actor Ray Bolger died of bladder cancer on January 15, 1987, at age 83 after a brief battle with the disease. He’s best known for playing Scarecrow in the seminal film The Wizard of Oz. Treatments for bladder cancer can include surgery, biological therapy, chemotherapy, and in some cases, immunotherapy.
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).
Bolger returned to Broadway in 1942, winning accolades as the lead in Rodgers and Hart’s last musical, “By Jupiter,” and in 1949 he became the second leading musical actor to win a Tony ...
American dancer, actor, singer, and vaudeville comic Ray Bolger (b. Dorchester, MA, 10 January 1904; d. Los Angeles, CA, 15 January 1987), remembered by millions for his brilliant portrayal of the rubber-legged, straw-stuffed Scarecrow in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, was equally brilliant on Broadway.
Died Jan. 15, 1987 in Los Angeles, CA. B est known as the Scarecrow from "The Wizard of Oz," Ray Bolger was an angular, disjointed hoofer whose crackling voice and lilting smile made him a...
