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The Wizard of Oz 'Hunk' / The Scarecrow

(1939)

Babes in Toyland Barnaby Barnicle

(1960)

April in Paris S. 'Sam' Winthrop Putnam

(1952)

The Great Ziegfeld Ray Bolger

(1936)

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Actor (38 credits)

1984 Diff'rent Strokes (TV Series)
Clarence Markwell

- A Haunting We Will Go (1984) ... Clarence Markwell

1983 Peter and the Magic Egg (TV Short)
Uncle Amos Egg (voice)

1978-1982 Fantasy Island (TV Series)
Gaylord Nelson / Spencer Randolph

- Dancing Lady/The Final Round (1982) ... Gaylord Nelson

- The Over the Hill Caper/Poof! You're a Movie Star (1978) ... Spencer Randolph

1982 Annie
Sound Effects Man at Radio Station (uncredited)

1981 Aloha Paradise (TV Series)
Harry Carr

- The Best of Friends/Success/9 Carats (1981) ... Harry Carr

1979 Heaven Only Knows (TV Movie)
Simon

1979 Just You and Me, Kid
Tom

1979 The Runner Stumbles
Monsignor Nicholson

1979 Battlestar Galactica (TV Series)
Vector

- Greetings from Earth (1979) ... Vector

1978-1979 Little House on the Prairie (TV Series)
Toby Noe

- Dance with Me (1979) ... Toby Noe

- There's No Place Like Home: Part 1 (1978) ... Toby Noe

1977-1979 The Love Boat (TV Series)
Andy Hopkins / Horace McDonald

- My Sister, Irene/The 'Now' Marriage/Second Time Around (1979) ... Andy Hopkins

- Julie's Old Flame/The Jinx/The Identical Problem (1977) ... Horace McDonald

1978 Three on a Date (TV Movie)
Andrew

1978 Baretta (TV Series)

- Just for Laughs (1978)

1976 Captains and the Kings (TV Mini-Series)
R.J. Squibbs

- Chapter I (1976) ... R.J. Squibbs

1975 The Entertainer (TV Movie)
Billy Rice

1970-1972 The Partridge Family (TV Series)
Grandpa Fred Renfrew / Grandpa Walter Renfrew

- The Modfather (1972) ... Grandpa Walter Renfrew

- The Forty-Year Itch (1971) ... Grandpa Fred Renfrew

- Whatever Happened to the Old Songs? (1970) ... Grandpa Fred Renfrew

1971 Nanny and the Professor (TV Series)
Uncle Horace

- South Sea Island Sweetheart (1971) ... Uncle Horace

1966 The Jean Arthur Show (TV Series)
Johnny Wingate

- Rich Man, Poor Man (1966) ... Johnny Wingate

1966 The Daydreamer
The Pieman

1962 The Little Sweep (TV Movie)
Storyteller

1962 The Red Skelton Hour (TV Series)
'Mayor' Threadbare III

- The Mayor of Central Park (1962) ... 'Mayor' Threadbare III

1960 Babes in Toyland
Barnaby Barnicle

1958-1959 General Electric Theater (TV Series)
Stan Maylor / Alfred Boggs

- Silhouette (1959) ... Stan Maylor

- The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (1958) ... Alfred Boggs

1953-1955 Where's Raymond? (TV Series)
Ray Wallace / Raymond

- Final (1955) ... Raymond

- Last of the Showboats (1955) ... Ray Wallace

- Ray's Mother and Father (1955) ... Ray Wallace

- The Efficiency Expert (1955) ... Ray Wallace

- Herman, the Wonder Dog (1955) ... Ray Wallace

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1952 April in Paris
S. 'Sam' Winthrop Putnam

1952 Where's Charley?
Charley Wykeham

1949 Look for the Silver Lining
Jack Donahue

1946 The Harvey Girls
Chris Maule

1943 Stage Door Canteen
Ray Bolger

1943 Forever and a Day
Sentry (scenes deleted)

1942 Four Jacks and a Jill
Nifty Sullivan

1941 Sunny
Bunny Billings

1939 The Wizard of Oz
'Hunk' / The Scarecrow

1938 Sweethearts
Hans

1938 The Girl of the Golden West
Happy Moore (scenes deleted)

1937 Rosalie
Bill Delroy

1936 The Great Ziegfeld
Ray Bolger

1926 The Berth Mark (Short)
Banker

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Soundtrack (29 credits)

2018 Good Morning Britain (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Episode dated 30 November 2018 (2018) ... (performer: "We're Off to See the Wizard" - uncredited)

2011 Kirstie's Handmade Britain (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Chagford Show (2011) ... (performer: "If I Only Had a Brain" - uncredited)

2005 Prettier Than Ever: The Restoration of Oz (Video documentary short) (performer: "The Merry Old Land of Oz" - uncredited)

2001 Hildegarde (performer: "If I Only Had a Brain")

2001 Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (TV Mini-Series) (performer: "We're Off to See the Wizard" - uncredited)

1998 Quest for Camelot Sing-Alongs (Video short) (performer: "We're Off To See The Wizard")

1985 That's Dancing! (Documentary) (performer: "If I Only Had A Brain", "On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe", "We're Off To See The Wizard")

1983 Peter and the Magic Egg (TV Short) (performer: "A Wonderment" (1983), "A Wonderment (Reprise; Finale)" (1983) - uncredited)

1977 Donny and Marie (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Episode #3.2 (1977) ... (performer: "You Make Me Feel So Young", "Younger Than Springtime", "Poor Lost Soul", "It Just Ain't the Same Old Oz")

1976 The 48th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) (performer: "Hollywood Honors Its Own")

1974 That's Entertainment! (Documentary) (performer: "We're Off to See the Wizard" (1938), "If I Only Had the Nerve" (1938) - uncredited)

1970 The Partridge Family (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Whatever Happened to the Old Songs? (1970) ... (performer: "Bye, Bye, Blackbird" - uncredited)

1966 The Daydreamer (performer: "Who Can Tell" - uncredited)

1961 The Bell Telephone Hour (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- The Music of Richard Rodgers (1961) ... (performer: "The Three B's", "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue")

1960 Babes in Toyland (performer: "We Won't Be Happy Till We Get It", "Castle in Spain")

1959 Sunday Showcase (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Give My Regards to Broadway (1959) ... (performer: "That's Entertainment" (uncredited), "Together, Wherever We Go" (uncredited), "Everybody Likes My Girl", "Harrigan" (uncredited), "Give Me Regards to Broadway" (uncredited))

1955 MGM Parade (TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)

- Episode #1.2 (1955) ... (performer: "If I Only Had the Nerve/We're Off To See The Wizard" - uncredited)

1953-1954 Where's Raymond? (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)

- Redecorate the Coffeshop (1954) ... (performer: "Louise", "Tiptoe Through The Tulips" - uncredited)

- Christmas (1953) ... (performer: "I Hope You Have a Merry Christmas")

1952 April in Paris (performer: "Life Is Such A Pleasure", "I'm Gonna Ring the Bell Tonight" (uncredited), "I Ask You" (uncredited))

1952 Where's Charley? (performer: "Make a Miracle", "My Darling, My Darling", "Once in Love with Amy", "Better Get Out of Here" - uncredited)

1949 Look for the Silver Lining (performer: "Can't Yo' Heah Me Callin' Caroline", "Who?", "Ballroom Dance Medley", "Carolina in the Morning", "'Twas the Night Before Christmas", "Jingle Bells" - uncredited)

1946 The Harvey Girls (performer: "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe", "Swing Your Partner Round and Round" - uncredited)

1943 Stage Door Canteen (performer: "The Girl I Love to Leave Behind" (1943))

1942 Four Jacks and a Jill (performer: "I'm in Good Shape", "Karanina", "Boogie Woogie Conga", "Wherever You Go" - uncredited)

1941 Sunny (performer: "Jack Tar and Sam Gob", "Ringmaster", "Who?")

1939 The Wizard of Oz (performer: "If I Only Had a Brain" (1939), "We're Off to See the Wizard" (1939), "We're Off To See The Wizard" (1939), "If I Only Had the Nerve/We're Off To See The Wizard" (1939), "The Merry Old Land of Oz" (1939), "If I Were King of the Forest" (1939) - uncredited)

1938 Sweethearts (performer: "Wooden Shoes" (1938) - uncredited)

1937 Rosalie (performer: "On, Brave Old Army Team" (1910), "Anchors Aweigh" (1906), "To Love or Not To Love" (1937) - uncredited)

1936 The Great Ziegfeld (performer: "She's a Follies Girl" (1936) - uncredited)

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Thanks (1 credit)

2015 Jake and the Giants (grateful acknowledgment)

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Self (56 credits)

2004 American Masters (TV Series documentary)
Himself - Actor

- Judy Garland: By Myself (2004) ... Himself - Actor (voice)

1985 The Whimsical World of Oz (TV Movie documentary)
Himself / The Scarecrow

1985 That's Dancing! (Documentary)
Himself - Host

1984 The 56th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special documentary)
Himself - Presenter

1979 The Making of 'The Wizard of Oz' (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

1979 Good Morning America (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 19 November 1979 (1979) ... Himself

1971-1979 The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series)
Himself - Co-Host / Himself - Actor

- Episode #18.190 (1979) ... Himself - Actor

- Episode #15.126 (1976) ... Himself - Actor

- Episode #10.170 (1971) ... Himself - Co-Host

- Episode #10.169 (1971) ... Himself - Co-Host

- Ray Bolger/William Gargan/Rosemary DeCamp/Craig Hundley/Marvin Braverman (1971) ... Himself - Co-Host

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1979 The 51st Annual Academy Awards (TV Special documentary)
Himself - Presenter

1978 ABC's Silver Anniversary Celebration (TV Special)
Himself

1977 Tomorrow Coast to Coast (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 16 December 1977 (1977) ... Himself

- Episode dated 15 December 1977 (1977) ... Himself

1977 Donny and Marie (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #3.2 (1977) ... Himself

1976 The 48th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Performer

1963-1976 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series)
Himself / Himself - Guest

- Episode #13.102 (1976) ... Himself

- (FROM LOS ANGELES) James Drury, Doug McClure, Ray Bolger Shirley Jones (1968) ... Himself - Guest

- Episode dated 8 March 1963 (1963) ... Himself

1975 The 29th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Presenter

1975 At Long Last Cole (TV Special)
Himself

1972 Omnibus (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Judy: Impressions of Garland (1972) ... Himself

1972 Dinah's Place (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 23 October 1972 (1972) ... Himself

1970 The Bob Hope Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Johnny Cash, Johnny Carson, Ray Bolger, Bing Crosby, Raquel Welch, Nelson Rockefeller, President Richard Nixon, Mamie Eisenhower, Oleg Cassini, the West Point Glee Club (1970) ... Himself

1968 The Joey Bishop Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #2.120 (1968) ... Himself

1968 The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Eydie Gorme, Ray Bolger, Aliza Kashi, Xavier Cugat, Charo, Buckminster Fuller, Russell Baker (1968) ... Himself

1963-1967 Password (TV Series)
Himself - Celebrity Contestant

- Eve Arden vs. Ray Bolger (1967) ... Himself - Celebrity Contestant

- Carol Channing vs. Ray Bolger (1963) ... Himself - Celebrity Contestant

1965-1967 The Match Game (TV Series)
Himself - Team Captain

- Episode #5.133 (1967) ... Himself - Team Captain

- Episode #5.132 (1967) ... Himself - Team Captain

- Episode #5.131 (1967) ... Himself - Team Captain

- Episode #5.130 (1967) ... Himself - Team Captain

- Marilyn Van Derbur & Ray Bolger (1967) ... Himself - Team Captain

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1965-1967 The Hollywood Palace (TV Series)
Himself - Host

- Episode #4.16 (1967) ... Himself - Host

- Episode #3.7 (1965) ... Himself - Host

1966 The Dean Martin Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #2.8 (1966) ... Himself

1960-1966 The Bell Telephone Hour (TV Series)
Himself - Host / Himself - Singer / Dancer

- Music of the Movies (1966) ... Himself - Host

- The Masques of Music (1965) ... Himself - Host

- Episode #6.18 (1964) ... Himself - Host

- Episode #6.3 (1963) ... Himself - Host

- Episode #5.3 (1962) ... Himself - Host

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1964 The Lloyd Thaxton Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #3.86 (1964) ... Himself

1964 Missing Links (TV Series)
Himself

- Ray Bolger/Tom Poston/Joel Grey (1964) ... Himself

1964 The Price Is Right (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 5 June 1964 (1964) ... Himself

1964 The Judy Garland Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #1.22 (1964) ... Himself

1963 The Christophers (TV Series)
Himself

- The Meaning of Excellence (1963) ... Himself

1956-1963 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV Series)
Himself / Himself - Guest Host

- Ray Bolger, Lauren Bacall (1963) ... Himself

- guest host: Ray Bolger; guest stars: Ginger Rogers, Connie Francis, The Mary Kaye Trio (1958) ... Himself - Guest Host

- Ray Bolger, Guy Madison, Jo Stafford, Rudy Cardenas, Yogi Berra, The De Castro Sisters (1956) ... Himself

1961-1962 I've Got a Secret (TV Series)
Himself - Guest

- Episode dated 10 December 1962 (1962) ... Himself - Guest

- Episode dated 13 November 1961 (1961) ... Himself - Guest

1962 Here's Hollywood (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #2.219 (1962) ... Himself

1962 The 16th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Host

1961 The Magical World of Disney (TV Series)
Himself

- Back Stage Party (1961) ... Himself

1956-1961 What's My Line? (TV Series)
Himself - Panelist / Himself - Mystery Guest

- Simone Signoret (1961) ... Himself - Panelist

- Ray Bolger (1956) ... Himself - Mystery Guest

1960 Celebrity Golf (TV Series)
Himself

- Ray Bolger (1960) ... Himself

1960 The Revlon Revue (TV Series)
Himself

- Accent on Comedy (1960) ... Himself

1960 The 14th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Presenter

1959 Sunday Showcase (TV Series)
Himself - Performer

- Give My Regards to Broadway (1959) ... Himself - Performer

1958-1959 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #3.24 (1959) ... Himself

- Episode #3.13 (1958) ... Himself

- Episode #2.23 (1958) ... Himself

1958 Social Security in Action (TV Series)
Himself

1958 The All-Star Christmas Show (TV Special)
Himself

1958 The Big Record (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #1.32 (1958) ... Himself

1958 Saturday Spectacular (TV Series)
Himself

- The Ray Bolger Show (1958) ... Himself

1958 Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (TV Series)
Himself - Top of the Bill

- Episode #3.25 (1958) ... Himself - Top of the Bill

1958 Ted Mack & the Original Amateur Hour (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 22 February 1958 (1958) ... Himself

1956-1957 Washington Square (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #1.14 (1957) ... Himself

- Episode #1.13 (1957) ... Himself

- Episode #1.12 (1957) ... Himself

- Episode #1.11 (1957) ... Himself

- Episode #1.10 (1957) ... Himself

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1957 The George Gobel Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #3.14 (1957) ... Himself

1955 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Plays Golf (Short)
Himself

1955 Max Liebman Presents: Big Time (TV Special)
Himself - Host

1954 A Star Is Born World Premiere (TV Short)
Himself

1954 The Milton Berle Show (TV Series)
Himself - Host

- Episode #6.26 (1954) ... Himself - Host

1952 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV Series)
Himself - Host

- Episode #3.14 (1952) ... Himself - Host

1939 Houston Post Contest Winners Arrive in Los Angeles (Short)
Himself

1938 Electrical Power (Documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)

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Archive footage (32 credits)

2011 Lost Forever (Documentary)
The Scarecrow (clip from The Wizard of Oz (1939)) (uncredited)

2011 These Amazing Shadows (Documentary)
'Hunk' / The Scarcrow (clip from The Wizard of Oz (1939)) (uncredited)

2011 Toys of Anti-Christ (TV Mini-Series documentary)
The Scarecrow

- Part 1: The Living Image (2011) ... The Scarecrow (uncredited)

2010 A Star Is Born: Special Features (Video)

2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

2009 The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (TV Series)
The Scarecrow

- Kate Walsh/Jesse Eisenberg/Brad Paisley (2009) ... The Scarecrow

- John Krasinski/Patton Oswalt/Quinn Dahle (2009) ... The Scarecrow

2009 To Oz! The Making of a Classic (Video documentary short)
Himself

2009 The Yellow Brick Road and Beyond (Video documentary)
Himself / Scarecrow

2008 The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics (TV Movie documentary)

2008 The O'Reilly Factor (TV Series)
The Scarecrow

- Episode dated 10 June 2008 (2008) ... The Scarecrow

2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

2006 Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (Documentary)
Hunk / The Scarecrow (uncredited)

2005 Biography (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Buddy Ebsen (2005) ... Himself

2005 Prettier Than Ever: The Restoration of Oz (Video documentary short)
The Scarecrow (uncredited)

2005 Because of the Wonderful Things It Does: The Legacy of Oz (Video documentary short)
Hunk / The Scarecrow

2005 Oz Tribute: The Art of Imagination (Video documentary)
The Scarecrow

2004 Broadway: The American Musical (TV Mini-Series documentary)

- Syncopated City: 1919-1933 (2004)

2004 Remembering 'Battlestar Galactica' (Video documentary)
Vector (uncredited)

2001 Omnibus (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Fascinatin' Rhythm: The History of Tap (2001) ... Himself

2000 The Legend Floyd: The Dark Side of the Rainbow (TV Movie)
'Hunk' / The Scarecrow

1997 American Masters (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Vaudeville (1997) ... Himself

1994 That's Entertainment! III (Documentary)
Performer in Clip from 'The Harvey Girls' (uncredited)

1992 Legends of the West (Documentary)
Actor in 'The Harvey girls' (uncredited)

1990 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

1985 The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue (Video short)
Barnaby

1974 That's Entertainment! (Documentary)
Clips from 'The Wizard of Oz' and 'The Harvey Girls'

1970 The Hollywood Palace (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #7.17 (1970) ... Himself

1969 The Magical World of Disney (TV Series)
Barnaby

- Babes in Toyland: Part 2 (1969) ... Barnaby

- Babes in Toyland: Part 1 (1969) ... Barnaby

1961 The DuPont Show of the Week (TV Series)
Himself

- USO - Wherever They Go! (1961) ... Himself

1956 Ford Star Jubilee (TV Series)
Hunk / The Scarecrow

- The Wizard of Oz (1956) ... Hunk / The Scarecrow

1955 MGM Parade (TV Series documentary)
Himself - Dancer / Scarecrow

- Episode #1.7 (1955) ... Himself - Dancer

- Episode #1.2 (1955) ... Scarecrow

1949 Make Mine Laughs

Personal Details

Other Works:

Stage: Appeared (as "Charley Wykeham") in "Where's Charley?" on Broadway. Musical comedy [return engagement]. Music / Lyrics by Frank Loesser. Book by / Directed by George Abbott. Based on the play "Charley's Aunt" by Brandon Thomas. Musical Director: Edward Scott. Vocal arrangements by Herbert Greene. Music orchestrated by Ted Royal ... See more »

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1 Print Biography | 1 Portrayal | 5 Articles | 1 Magazine Cover Photo | See more »

Height:

5' 10½" (1.79 m)

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Personal Quote:

[When asked how much money he made from the repeat showings of The Wizard of Oz (1939), he and his wife often responded] No residuals, just immortality. See more »

Trivia:

He was posthumously awarded a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars in Palm Springs, California on January 10, 1998. See more »

Trademark:

His rubbery dancing style See more »

Star Sign:

Capricorn

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