Will Rogers
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1879-11-03 (56 years old)
Deathday
1935-08-15
Place of Birth
Oologah, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma)
Also known As
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Will Rogers
Biography
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 ...
Acting
1934
as Judge William Pitman 'Billy' Priest
1922
1933
as Abel Frake
1933
as Dr. George 'Doc' Bull
1935
as Doctor John Pearly
1927
as Cattle Brander
1961
as Self (archive footage)
1923
as Will Rogers
1931
as Bill Harper
1931
as Hank Martin
1922
as 'Ropes' Reilly
1929
as Minstrel Show Performer
1932
as Pike Peters
1924
1924
as Bill Bunian / Joe Jackson
1935
as Thomas Brown
1935
as Keneshaw H. Clark
1929
as Pike Peters
1933
as Ira Skitch
1932
as Earl Tinker
1942
as Self (archive footage)
1934
as David Harum
2010
as Self (archive footage)
1984
as (archive footage)
1923
as Jubilo
1927
as Uncle Hen Kaye
1919
as Sam Lyman
1919
as Jubilo
1924
as Jubilo / Himself
1920
as Billy Fortune
1920
as Jim Fenton
1920
as Alec Lloyd
1920
as Hutch
1921
as Hjalmar Maartens
1921
as Peep O'Day
1976
as Self(archive footage)
1921
as Sam Cody / Romeo
1918
as Bill Hyde
1932
as Jubilo
1927
as Himself
1993
as Self (archive footage)
1935
as Steve Tapley
1924
as 'Two Straw' Bill
1990
as himself
1930
as Lightnin' Bill Jones
1924
as Alfalfa Doolittle
1924
as Ambassador Alfalfa Doolittle
1923
as Lem Skagwillow
1930
as Hiram Draper
1934
as Andrew Yates
1935
as Jim Hackler
1931
as Lemuel Morehouse
1940
as Will Rogers (uncredited/archive footage)
1975
as Self (archive footage)
1923
as Hank
1924
1957
as archive footage
1921
as Noah Vale
1922
as Ichabod crane
1921
as Dick
1927
as Self
1922
as Professor Ezra Botts
1920
as Sam Gardner
1931
as Himself
Production
1922
as Writer
1922
as Producer
1924
as Writer
1921
as Writer
1927
as Writer
1934
as Story
1929
as Additional Dialogue
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