Raymond Wallace Bolger (1904 - 1987)

Born 10 Jan 1904 in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Died 15 Jan 1987 at age 83 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Ray Bolger is Notable.

Ray Bolger was an actor and dancer who got his start in vaudeville. He is best known for his role as the scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz. He was born into a Roman Catholic family of Portuguese and Irish descent in Dorchester, Boston, the son of Anne (née Wallace) and James Edward Bulcao.

He had many movie roles over the years, but the scarecrow was his favorite. Whenever asked whether he received any residuals from telecasts of the 1939 classic, Bolger would reply: "No, just immortality. I'll settle for that."

He was good friends with actress Margaret Hamilton, who played the Wicked Witch of the West, until her death, and gave a eulogy at her memorial service in 1985. Judy Garland often referred to Bolger as "My Scarecrow". Upon the death of Haley in 1979, Bolger said, "It's going to be very lonely on that Yellow Brick Road now." Ray died in 1987, he was survived by his wife of over 57 years, Gwendolyn Rickard. They had no children.

Sources

• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Bolger
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Bolger
• http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001961/?ref_=tt_cl_t3