Portrait of Ray Bolger

Acting

Ray Bolger

Career

Active from 1937 to 2000, with a break from 1984 to 1999, busiest in 1979 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
14
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score55/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 27 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ray Bolger Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.5, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    2.9, average 5.5
  • Violence
    1.7, average 4.1
  • Tension
    3.6, average 6.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Wholesome Entertainment 3
  • Optimistic 2
  • Nostalgic Charm 2
  • Show Business Drama 2
  • Classic Hollywood Musical 2
  • Musical Numbers 2
  • Family-Friendly 2
  • Golden Age Hollywood 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

38
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

1 title
The Dark Side of the Rainbow
The Dark Side of the Rainbow (2000)

as 'Hunk' (archive footage)

1990s

1 title ยท average score 88
That's Entertainment! III
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
GoodWatch score 88

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1980s

2 titles ยท average score 55
Peter and the Magic Egg
Peter and the Magic Egg (1983)

as Uncle Amos (voice)

Annie
Annie (1982)
GoodWatch score 55

as Sound Effects Man at Radio Station (uncredited)

1970s

15 titles ยท average score 62
Heaven Only Knows
Heaven Only Knows (1979)

as Simon

Just You and Me, Kid
Just You and Me, Kid (1979)
GoodWatch score 52

as Tom

The Runner Stumbles
The Runner Stumbles (1979)
GoodWatch score 57

as Monsignor Nicholson

Three on a Date
Three on a Date (1978)

as Andrew

Fantasy Island
Fantasy Island (1978)
GoodWatch score 43

TV show ยท as Gaylord Nelson / Spencer Randolph

Battlestar Galactica
Battlestar Galactica (1978)
GoodWatch score 58

TV show ยท as Vector

The Love Boat
The Love Boat (1977)
GoodWatch score 53

TV show ยท as Horace McDonald / Andy Hopkins

The Entertainer
The Entertainer (1976)

as Billy Rice

Baretta
Baretta (1975)
GoodWatch score 44

TV show

Little House on the Prairie
Little House on the Prairie (1974)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Toby Noe

The Partridge Family
The Partridge Family (1970)
GoodWatch score 44

TV show ยท as Grandpa Walter Renfrew / Grandpa Fred Renfrew

Nanny and the Professor
Nanny and the Professor (1970)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Uncle Horace

1960s

3 titles ยท average score 58
Omnibus
Omnibus (1967)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Self

The Daydreamer
The Daydreamer (1966)
GoodWatch score 50

as The Pieman

Babes in Toyland
Babes in Toyland (1961)
GoodWatch score 54

as Barnaby

1950s

6 titles ยท average score 65
MGM Parade
MGM Parade (1955)

TV show

Where's Raymond?
Where's Raymond? (1953)

TV show ยท as Raymond Wallace

General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater (1953)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Alfred Boggs / Stan Maylor

April in Paris
April in Paris (1952)
GoodWatch score 49

as Sam Winthrop Putnam

Where's Charley?
Where's Charley? (1952)

as Charley Wykeham

The Red Skelton Show
The Red Skelton Show (1951)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as 'Mayor' Threadbare III

1940s

6 titles ยท average score 52
Look for the Silver Lining
Look for the Silver Lining (1949)
GoodWatch score 49

as Jack Donahue

Make Mine Laughs
Make Mine Laughs (1949)

as (archive footage)

The Harvey Girls
The Harvey Girls (1946)
GoodWatch score 68

as Chris Maule

Stage Door Canteen
Stage Door Canteen (1943)
GoodWatch score 62

as Ray Bolger

Four Jacks and a Jill
Four Jacks and a Jill (1942)
GoodWatch score 45

as Nifty Sullivan, a Jack

Sunny
Sunny (1941)
GoodWatch score 37

as Bunny Billings

1930s

4 titles ยท average score 65
The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
GoodWatch score 88

as Scarecrow / Hunk

Sweethearts
Sweethearts (1938)
GoodWatch score 60

as Hans

Rosalie
Rosalie (1937)
GoodWatch score 52

as Bill Delroy

The Great Ziegfeld
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
GoodWatch score 62

as Ray Bolger