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Ray Bolger

1904 - 1987

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Raymond Wallace Bolger (; January 10, 1904 – January 15, 1987) was an American actor, dancer, singer, vaudevillian, and stage performer (particularly musical theater) who started his movie career in the silent-film era. Bolger was a major Broadway performer in the 1930s and beyond. He is best known for his roles in The Wizard of Oz (1939) as the Scarecrow and in Walt Disney's holiday musical fantasy Babes in Toyland in 1961 as the villainous Barnaby. Bolger was the host of The Ray Bolger Show on TV from 1953 to 1955, originally titled Where's Raymond? Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ray Bolger is the 2,621st most popular actor (up from 3,687th in 2019), the 4,545th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,512th in 2019) and the 1,270th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Ray Bolger ranks 2,621 out of 13,578. Before him are Gabriel Macht, Barbara Steele, George Raft, Liz Sheridan, Loretta Swit, and Tony Leung Ka-fai. After him are Federico Luppi, Lesley Nicol, Oona Chaplin, Bruno Kirby, Toni Servillo, and Savely Kramarov.

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Among people born in 1904, Ray Bolger ranks 157. Before him are Emilio Recoba, Nikos Skalkottas, Grete Stern, Dmitri Ivanenko, Joseph Schmidt, and Pyotr Koshevoy. After him are Lin Huiyin, Oliver Macdonald, Giulio Gaudini, A. H. M. Jones, Armando Castellazzi, and Chen Boda. Among people deceased in 1987, Ray Bolger ranks 113. Before him are Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Bertrand de Jouvenel, Bernardus Johannes Alfrink, Jimmy Mullen, Alfredo Oscar Saint Jean, and Kishore Kumar. After him are Arne Brustad, Hermann Lang, Bernhard Grzimek, Adile Naşit, René Lévesque, and R. Budd Dwyer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ray Bolger ranks 4,545 out of 20,380. Before him are George Raft (1901), Liz Sheridan (1929), Loretta Swit (1937), James Quinn (1906), Robert Ressler (1937), and Francis Lane (1874). After him are Carolyn Schuler (1943), Byron Scott (1961), B. J. Thomas (1942), Oliver Macdonald (1904), Ruggiero Ricci (1918), and Crawford Long (1815).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Ray Bolger ranks 1,270. Before him are Broncho Billy Anderson (1880), Tom Atkins (1935), Gabriel Macht (1972), George Raft (1901), Liz Sheridan (1929), and Loretta Swit (1937). After him are Bruno Kirby (1949), Josephine Hull (1877), Eddie "Rochester" Anderson (1905), Marlee Matlin (1965), Pernell Roberts (1928), and Joe Viterelli (1937).

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