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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ray Bolger has received more than 3,479,337 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Ray Bolger is the 3,422nd most popular actor (down from 2,743rd in 2019), the 5,300th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,479th in 2019) and the 1,615th most popular American Actor.

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  • 1.89

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  • 4.38

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ray Bolger ranks 3,422 out of 9,996Before him are Beverly Aadland, Shin Min-a, Kerem Bürsin, Joe Manganiello, Nikolai Grinko, and Margo Martindale. After him are Otto Waalkes, Marina Sirtis, Bridget Moynahan, Linden Ashby, Catherine Bach, and Ingrid van Bergen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Ray Bolger ranks 198Before him are Dick Powell, Mykola Bazhan, Anton Yugov, Shunryū Suzuki, Abraham Alikhanov, and Jeane Dixon. After him are John Farrow, Joseph Asajiro Satowaki, Tita Merello, Piero Toscani, Vladimir Kokkinaki, and Rambai Barni. Among people deceased in 1987, Ray Bolger ranks 147Before him are Madeleine Carroll, Kristjan Palusalu, Woody Herman, Conny Plank, Georg Muche, and Arturo Torres Carrasco. After him are Gerardo Diego, Meena Keshwar Kamal, Charles Malik, Aldo Boffi, Arne Brustad, and Antonio Sastre.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ray Bolger ranks 5,300 out of 18,182Before him are Spencer Tunick (1967), Rob Cohen (1949), Edna Ferber (1885), Beverly Aadland (1942), Joe Manganiello (1976), and Margo Martindale (1951). After him are Sam Childers (1963), Bret Easton Ellis (1964), Shel Silverstein (1930), Robert Mills (1927), Thomas S. Monson (1927), and Bridget Moynahan (1971).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Ray Bolger ranks 1,615Before him are Jim Varney (1949), Josephine Chaplin (1949), Michael B. Jordan (1987), Beverly Aadland (1942), Joe Manganiello (1976), and Margo Martindale (1951). After him are Bridget Moynahan (1971), Linden Ashby (1960), Catherine Bach (1954), Gregory Itzin (1948), Lizabeth Scott (1922), and Rachel Ticotin (1958).

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