Will Rogers

★ Acting #59,411

1879 - 1935 (age 55) • Acting

Born: 11/3/1879 in Oologah, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma)

Died: 8/15/1935 (age 55)

Known for: Acting

Will Rogers

★ Acting #59,411

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 For

Judge Priest

64%

Judge William Pitman 'Billy' Priest

1934

State Fair

63%

Abel Frake

1933

Steamboat Round the Bend

75%

Doctor John Pearly

1935

The Golden Age of Comedy

71%

archive footage

1957

Doctor Bull

67%

Dr. George 'Doc' Bull

1933

Stand Up and Cheer!

53%

Story

1934

The Headless Horseman

52%

Ichabod crane

1922

A Connecticut Yankee

61%

Hank Martin

1931

Will Rogers and American Politics

Self (archive footage)

2010

The Parrott Chase

(archive footage) (uncredited)

2009

Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling

Self (archive footage)

1993

Babe Ruth: The Man, the Myth, the Legend

himself

1990

Going Hollywood: The '30s

90%

(archive footage)

1984

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)

1976

The Biggest Little Star of the 30's

Self(archive footage)

1976

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

63%

Self (archive footage)

1975

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

70%

Self (archive footage)

1961

The Golden Age of Comedy

71%

archive footage

1957

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

Pike Peters

1932

Business and Pleasure

63%

Earl Tinker

1932

Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3)

Himself

1931