Ray Bolger

RAY BOLGER d1987. American film and television actor, vaudevillian, singer, dancer (particularly of tap) and stage performer (particularly musical theatre) who started in the silent film era. He was a major Broadway performer in the 1930s and beyond. He is best known for his role as the Scarecrow and his Kansas counterpart farm worker "Hunk" in film classic "The Wizard of Oz" (1939) and the villainous Barnaby in Walt Disney's holiday musical fantasy Babes in Toyland. He was also the host of his eponymous television show The Ray Bolger Show from 1953 and 1955. He died in California aged 83 on January 15th 1987