Ray Bolger(1904-1987)

Stage: Appeared (Broadway debut) in "The Merry World" on Broadway. Musical revue. Music by Maurice Ruebens, J. Fred Coots, Herman Hupfeld and Sam Timber. Lyrics by Clifford Grey. Musical Director: Alfred Goodman. Featuring songs by Marc Anthony and Albert von Tilzer. Featuring songs with lyrics by Leo Robin, Donovan Parsons and Herbert Reynolds. Staged by James C. Huffman. Directed by Charles Judels. Imperial Theatre (moved to The Shubert Theatre from 2 Aug 1926-close): 8 Jun 1926-21 Aug 1926 (87 performances). Cast: Beatrice Bickel, Laine Blaire, Billie Blake, Marian Boazo, Emil Boreo, Margaret Breen, Ann Burnes, Donald Calthrop, Louise Chowning, Carmen Conley, Grace Connelly, Lucita Corvera, Wilma Crossman, Edith Davis, Betty De Pascue, Bernard Dudley, Mary Dunckley, Irving Edwards, Sudworth Frazier, Selby Galloway, Grace Glover, Alexander Gray, Nicholas Grey, Elna Gudrun, Fred Harper, Morris Harvey, Grace Hayes, Evelyn Herbert, Frank Jarvis, Ann LaVerne, Edwin Lawrence, Morhora Lloyd, Lily Long, Lillian Lorray, Yoland Losee, June Lovewell, Cookie Lunsford, Eva Lynn, Frances Lynn, Helen Madigan, Ada Marcus, Jaquelyn Marshall, Ritta Martin, Maryland Collegians, Marion Mooney, Gale Moore, Jane Moore, Ruth Moore, Maxine Morton, Sylvia Neirick, Dorothy Noble, Starke Patterson, Betty Pecan, Bunnie Pedreau, Lola Raine, Dezso Retter, Annie Rose, Salt and Pepper, Betty Sheldon, Ruth Simmons, Lily Smart, Olga Smirnova, Evan Southwell, Leonie Spiro, Frances Suzanne, Mabelle Swor, Myrtle Thompson, Kao Tortoni, Peaches Tortoni, Rosalie Trego, Nicholas Tripolitoff, Helen Wallace, Thomas Whitely, Dorothy Whitmore, Virginia Whitmore. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.