What is Ray Bolger?
[[File:Ray Bolger 1942.jpg|thumb|Bolger in 1942]] '''Raymond Wallace Bolger''' (January 10, 1904 – January 15, 1987) was an American singer, dancer, and actor. He was born in [[Boston]]. His theatrical career started in [[vaudeville]]. He appeared in [[Broadway]] shows. He went to [[Hollywood]]. He appeared in several movies. He played the Scarecrow in the 1939 [[MGM]] movie ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]''. He married Gwen Rickard in 1929, but they didn't have children. Bolger died of [[bladder cancer]] in [[Los Angeles, California]], five days after his 83rd birthday.<ref name=obit>{{cite news|author=Glenn Fowler|title=Ray Bolger, Scarecrow in 'Oz' Dies|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DEEDE1F3AF935A25752C0A961948260|work=The New York Times|date=January 16, 1987|accessdate=2013-10-13}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{US-actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bolger, Ray}} [[Category:American dancers]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:Deaths from bladder cancer]] [[Category:Actors from Boston]] [[Category:1904 births]] [[Category:1987 deaths]]