Ray Bolger
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Raymond Wallace Bolger was an American vaudevillian, eccentric dancer, comedian, actor and singer best known for his performance as the Scarecrow in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. H
Bolger in 1953
Bolger c. 1928
Members of Gus Edwards' revue, Ritz Carlton Nights, in 1928. Bolger is the tall man in the center rear.
Bolger in the trailer for The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
Bert Lahr
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Irving Lahrheim, known professionally as Bert Lahr, was an American actor and comedian. He was best known for his role as the Cowardly Lion, as well as his counterpart Kansas farmworker "Zeke", in the
Ray Bolger
…1935. Lee Shubert had asked Bolger to play Balzac, the lead, but Bolger, believing he did not yet have the fame and experience to be a leading man, let Bert Lahr take that role. A contract for two films was made between Bolger and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on March 7, 1935. The first was the 1936 musical biopic The…
Lahr c. 1936
Lahr as the Cowardly Lion in the MGM feature film The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Lahr as Skid in the Broadway revival of Burlesque, 1946
Lahr c. 1948