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person_profile-Will Rogers

Will Rogers Died at age: 55

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Will Rogers

Date of Birth:

Nov 03, 1879

Country of birth:

Indian Territory (now Oklahoma)

Died:

Aug 15, 1935

Biography of

Will Rogers

    William "Will" Penn Adair Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was an American cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentator, vaudeville performer and actor and one of the best-known celebrities in the 1920s and 1930s.

    Known as Oklahoma's favorite son, Rogers was born to a prominent Cherokee Nation family in Indian Territory (now part of Oklahoma). He traveled around the world three times, made 71 movies (50 silent films and 21 "talkies"), wrote more than 4,000 nationally-syndicated newspaper columns, and became a world-famous figure. By the mid-1930s, Rogers was adored by the American people. He was the leading political wit of the Progressive Era, and was the top-paid Hollywood movie star at the time. Rogers died in 1935 with aviator Wiley Post, when their small airplane crashed near Barrow, Alaska.

    His vaudeville rope act led to success in the Ziegfeld Follies, which in turn led to the first of his many movie contracts. His 1920s syndicated newspaper column and his radio appearances increased his visibility and popularity. Rogers crusaded for aviation expansion, and provided Americans with first-hand accounts of his world travels. His earthy anecdotes and folksy style allowed him to poke fun at gangsters, prohibition, politicians, government programs, and a host of other controversial topics in a way that was readily appreciated by a national audience, with no one offended. His short aphorisms, couched in humorous terms, were widely quoted: "I am not a member of an organized political party. I am a Democrat."

    Rogers even provided an epigram on his most famous epigram:

        When I die, my epitaph, or whatever you call those signs on gravestones, is going to read: "I joked about every prominent man of my time, but I never met a man I dident like." I am so proud of that, I can hardly wait to die so it can be carved.

    Description above from the Wikipedia article Will Rogers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Will Rogers

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Filmography of

Will Rogers

Found 47 Movies in total

... 2010

Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1993

... 1990

Going Hollywood: The '30s

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1984

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1975

Hollywood My Home Town

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1965

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1961

The Golden Age of Comedy

archive footage ( Actor )

... 1957

In Old Kentucky

Steve Tapley ( Actor )

... 1935

Steamboat Round the Bend

Doctor John Pearly ( Actor )

... 1935

Doubting Thomas

Thomas Brown ( Actor )

... 1935

Life Begins at Forty

Keneshaw H. Clark ( Actor )

... 1935

The County Chairman

Jim Hackler ( Actor )

... 1935

Judge Priest

Judge William Pitman 'Billy' Priest ( Actor )

... 1934

Handy Andy

Andrew Yates ( Actor )

... 1934

David Harum

David Harum ( Actor )

... 1934

Mr. Skitch

Ira Skitch ( Actor )

... 1933

Doctor Bull

Dr. George 'Doc' Bull ( Actor )

... 1933

State Fair

Abel Frake ( Actor )

... 1933

Too Busy to Work

Jubilo ( Actor )

... 1932

Down To Earth

Pike Peters ( Actor )

... 1932

Business and Pleasure

Earl Tinker ( Actor )

... 1932

Ambassador Bill

Bill Harper ( Actor )

... 1931

Young as You Feel

Lemuel Morehouse ( Actor )

... 1931

A Connecticut Yankee

Hank Martin ( Actor )

... 1931

Lightnin'

Lightnin' Bill Jones ( Actor )

... 1930

So This Is London

Hiram Draper ( Actor )

... 1930

They Had to See Paris

Pike Peters ( Actor )

Additional Dialogue

... 1929

Happy Days

Minstrel Show Performer ( Actor )

... 1929

A Texas Steer

Cattle Brander ( Actor )

Writer

... 1927

Tiptoes

Uncle Hen Kaye ( Actor )

... 1927

Hollywood

Will Rogers ( Actor )

... 1923

The Headless Horseman

Ichabod crane ( Actor )

... 1922

One Glorious Day

Professor Ezra Botts ( Actor )

... 1922

A Poor Relation

Noah Vale ( Actor )

... 1921

Doubling for Romeo

Sam Cody / Romeo ( Actor )

Writer

... 1921

Boys Will Be Boys

Peep O'Day ( Actor )

... 1921

An Unwilling Hero

Dick ( Actor )

... 1921

Guile of Women

Hjalmar Maartens ( Actor )

... 1921

Honest Hutch

Hutch ( Actor )

... 1920

Cupid the Cowpuncher

Alec Lloyd ( Actor )

... 1920

Jes' Call Me Jim

Jim Fenton ( Actor )

... 1920

The Strange Boarder

Sam Gardner ( Actor )

... 1920

Water, Water, Everywhere

Billy Fortune ( Actor )

... 1920

Jubilo

Jubilo ( Actor )

... 1919

Almost a Husband

Sam Lyman ( Actor )

... 1919

Laughing Bill Hyde

Bill Hyde ( Actor )

... 1918