Will Rogers
Born in Oologah, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) — Nov 03 1879• Died Aug 15 1935
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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…
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Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
Guile of Women
Hjalmar Maartens
Stand Up and Cheer!
Writing
Life Begins at Forty
Keneshaw H. Clark
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Self (archive footage)
Judge Priest
Judge William Pitman 'Billy' Priest
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood
Will Rogers
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Steamboat Round the Bend
Doctor John Pearly
Mr. Skitch
Ira Skitch
Doctor Bull
Dr. George 'Doc' Bull
Happy Days
Minstrel Show Performer
David Harum
David Harum
Ambassador Bill
Bill Harper
A Connecticut Yankee
Hank Martin
State Fair
Abel Frake
Down To Earth
Pike Peters
Honest Hutch
Hutch
Uncensored Movies
Lem Skagwillow
The Ropin' Fool
'Ropes' Reilly
A Poor Relation
Noah Vale
Jubilo
Jubilo
So This Is London
Hiram Draper
Jes' Call Me Jim
Jim Fenton
Handy Andy
Andrew Yates
In Old Kentucky
Steve Tapley
Lightnin'
Lightnin' Bill Jones
Young as You Feel
Lemuel Morehouse
Doubting Thomas
Thomas Brown
The County Chairman
Jim Hackler
The Golden Age of Comedy
archive footage
The Parrott Chase
Himself - archival footage
Doubling for Romeo
Sam Cody / Romeo
They Had to See Paris
Pike Peters
Cupid the Cowpuncher
Alec Lloyd
The Cowboy Sheik
'Two Straw' Bill
Babe Ruth: The Man, the Myth, the Legend
himself
Tiptoes
Uncle Hen Kaye
Hustlin' Hank
Hank
A Texas Steer
Cattle Brander
The Headless Horseman
Ichabod crane
Jubilo, Jr.
Jubilo / Himself
Too Busy to Work
Jubilo
Business and Pleasure
Earl Tinker
The Strange Boarder
Sam Gardner
Almost a Husband
Sam Lyman
One Glorious Day
Professor Ezra Botts
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12
Self
Jus' Passin' Through
Jubilo
Laughing Bill Hyde
Bill Hyde
Boys Will Be Boys
Peep O'Day
The Biggest Little Star of the 30's
Self(archive footage)
Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3)
Himself
Water, Water, Everywhere
Billy Fortune
A Truthful Liar
Ambassador Alfalfa Doolittle
Two Wagons Both Covered
Bill Bunian / Joe Jackson
If I Forget You
Will Rogers (uncredited/archive footage)
The Cake Eater
Going to Congress
Alfalfa Doolittle
An Unwilling Hero
Dick
Big Moments from Little Pictures
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
Don't Park There
Jubilo
Will Rogers and American Politics
Self (archive footage)
Exploring England with Will Rogers
With Will Rogers in Dublin
Self
Winging Around Europe with Will Rogers
Himself