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Will Rogers

Will Rogers

Acting·1879–1935·59 films

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.

As Actor

Judge Priest
Judge Priest (1934)Judge William Pitman 'Billy' Priest
State Fair
State Fair (1933)Abel Frake
Steamboat Round the Bend
Steamboat Round the Bend (1935)Doctor John Pearly
The Golden Age of Comedy
The Golden Age of Comedy (1957)archive footage
Doctor Bull
Doctor Bull (1933)Dr. George 'Doc' Bull
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)Self (archive footage)
The Headless Horseman
The Headless Horseman (1922)Ichabod crane
They Had to See Paris
They Had to See Paris (1929)Pike Peters
A Connecticut Yankee
A Connecticut Yankee (1931)Hank Martin
Jubilo
Jubilo (1919)Jubilo
Jes' Call Me Jim
Jes' Call Me Jim (1920)Jim Fenton
Ambassador Bill
Ambassador Bill (1931)Bill Harper
Lightnin'
Lightnin' (1930)Lightnin' Bill Jones
Jubilo, Jr.
Jubilo, Jr. (1924)Jubilo / Himself
Uncensored Movies
Uncensored Movies (1923)Lem Skagwillow
Hollywood
Hollywood (1923)Will Rogers
Happy Days
Happy Days (1929)Minstrel Show Performer
Mr. Skitch
Mr. Skitch (1933)Ira Skitch
Business and Pleasure
Business and Pleasure (1932)Earl Tinker
Big Moments from Little Pictures
Big Moments from Little Pictures (1924)
The Ropin' Fool
The Ropin' Fool (1922)'Ropes' Reilly
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)(archive footage)
David Harum
David Harum (1934)David Harum
So This Is London
So This Is London (1930)Hiram Draper
Down To Earth
Down To Earth (1932)Pike Peters
Doubting Thomas
Doubting Thomas (1935)Thomas Brown
Handy Andy
Handy Andy (1934)Andrew Yates
Too Busy to Work
Too Busy to Work (1932)Jubilo
The County Chairman
The County Chairman (1935)Jim Hackler
Jus' Passin' Through
Jus' Passin' Through (1923)Jubilo
The Cake Eater
The Cake Eater (1924)
The Cowboy Sheik
The Cowboy Sheik (1924)'Two Straw' Bill
Going to Congress
Going to Congress (1924)Alfalfa Doolittle
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (1961)Self (archive footage)
A Texas Steer
A Texas Steer (1927)Cattle Brander
Life Begins at Forty
Life Begins at Forty (1935)Keneshaw H. Clark
In Old Kentucky
In Old Kentucky (1935)Steve Tapley
Young as You Feel
Young as You Feel (1931)Lemuel Morehouse
Honest Hutch
Honest Hutch (1920)Hutch
Water, Water, Everywhere
Water, Water, Everywhere (1920)Billy Fortune
Guile of Women
Guile of Women (1921)Hjalmar Maartens
Doubling for Romeo
Doubling for Romeo (1921)Sam Cody / Romeo
One Glorious Day
One Glorious Day (1922)Professor Ezra Botts
Boys Will Be Boys
Boys Will Be Boys (1921)Peep O'Day
The Strange Boarder
The Strange Boarder (1920)Sam Gardner
A Poor Relation
A Poor Relation (1921)Noah Vale
An Unwilling Hero
An Unwilling Hero (1921)Dick
Tiptoes
Tiptoes (1927)Uncle Hen Kaye
Two Wagons Both Covered
Two Wagons Both Covered (1924)Bill Bunian / Joe Jackson
Cupid the Cowpuncher
Cupid the Cowpuncher (1920)Alec Lloyd
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) (1942)Self (archive footage)
Laughing Bill Hyde
Laughing Bill Hyde (1918)Bill Hyde
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12 (1922)Self
Almost a Husband
Almost a Husband (1919)Sam Lyman
Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3)
Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3) (1931)Himself
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling (1993)Self (archive footage)
Babe Ruth: The Man, the Myth, the Legend
Babe Ruth: The Man, the Myth, the Legend (1990)himself
Will Rogers and American Politics
Will Rogers and American Politics (2010)Self (archive footage)

As Writer