Highest rated movie: The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Lowest rated movie: Peter and the Magic Egg (1983)
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Movies starring Ray Bolger have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 62%.
The Wizard of Oz - released in 1939 - is Ray Bolger's highest rated movie, with a score of 84% based on 842 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Ray Bolger is Peter and the Magic Egg - released in 1983 - with a score of 48% based on 1 reviews.
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 in his being cast in his most famous role, that of the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz (1939). Surprisingly, even though the film was a success, Bolger's contract with MGM ended. He went to RKO to make Four Jacks and a Jill (1942). After this, Bolger went to Broadway, where he received his greatest satisfaction. In 1953 he turned to television and got his own sitcom, Where's Raymond? (1953), later changed to "The Ray Bolger Show". After his series ended, Bolger made frequent guest appearances on TV and had some small roles in movies. In 1985 he co-hosted That's Dancing! (1985) with Liza Minnelli. Bolger died in 1987 at the age of 83. Interred at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California, USA, in the Mausoleum, Crypt F2, Block 35.
Ray Bolger has acted in films with Judy Garland, Bess Flowers, Buddy Ebsen and Frank Morgan.
Ray Bolger has worked with these film directors: Jack Haley Jr., David Butler, John Huston and Victor Fleming.
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