Personal Info
Known Credits
66
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1879-11-03 (146 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Oologah, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma)
Also Known For
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 new ...
Known For
Acting
2010 --
Will Rogers and American Politics
| Self (archive footage)
1993 --
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
| Self (archive footage)
1990 --
Babe Ruth: The Man, the Myth, the Legend
| himself
1984 --
Going Hollywood: The '30s
| (archive footage)
1976 --
The Biggest Little Star of the 30's
| Self(archive footage)
1975 --
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
| Self (archive footage)
1961 --
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
| Self (archive footage)
1957 --
The Golden Age of Comedy
| archive footage
1942 --
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
| Self (archive footage)
1940 --
If I Forget You
| Will Rogers (uncredited/archive footage)
1935 --
In Old Kentucky
| Steve Tapley
1935 --
Steamboat Round the Bend
| Doctor John Pearly
1935 --
Doubting Thomas
| Thomas Brown
1935 --
Life Begins at Forty
| Keneshaw H. Clark
1935 --
The County Chairman
| Jim Hackler
1934 --
Judge Priest
| Judge William Pitman 'Billy' Priest
1934 --
Handy Andy
| Andrew Yates
1934 --
David Harum
| David Harum
1933 --
Mr. Skitch
| Ira Skitch
1933 --
Doctor Bull
| Dr. George 'Doc' Bull
1933 --
State Fair
| Abel Frake
1932 --
Too Busy to Work
| Jubilo
1932 --
Down To Earth
| Pike Peters
1932 --
Business and Pleasure
| Earl Tinker
1931 --
Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3)
| Himself
1931 --
Ambassador Bill
| Bill Harper
1931 --
Young as You Feel
| Lemuel Morehouse
1931 --
A Connecticut Yankee
| Hank Martin
1930 --
Lightnin'
| Lightnin' Bill Jones
1930 --
So This Is London
| Hiram Draper
1929 --
They Had to See Paris
| Pike Peters
1929 --
Happy Days
| Minstrel Show Performer
1927 --
Exploring England with Will Rogers
|
1927 --
A Texas Steer
| Cattle Brander
1927 --
Winging Around Europe with Will Rogers
| Himself
1927 --
Tiptoes
| Uncle Hen Kaye
1927 --
With Will Rogers in Dublin
| Self
1924 --
A Truthful Liar
| Ambassador Alfalfa Doolittle
1924 --
Jubilo, Jr.
| Jubilo / Himself
1924 --
Don't Park There
|
1924 --
Going to Congress
| Alfalfa Doolittle
1924 --
Big Moments from Little Pictures
|
1924 --
The Cake Eater
|
1924 --
The Cowboy Sheik
| 'Two Straw' Bill
1924 --
Two Wagons Both Covered
| Bill Bunian / Joe Jackson
1923 --
Uncensored Movies
| Lem Skagwillow
1923 --
Hustlin' Hank
| Hank
1923 --
Jus' Passin' Through
| Jubilo
1923 --
Hollywood
| Will Rogers
1922 --
The Headless Horseman
| Ichabod crane
1922 --
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12
| Self
1922 --
The Ropin' Fool
| 'Ropes' Reilly
1922 --
One Glorious Day
| Professor Ezra Botts
1921 --
A Poor Relation
| Noah Vale
1921 --
Doubling for Romeo
| Sam Cody / Romeo
1921 --
Boys Will Be Boys
| Peep O'Day
1921 --
An Unwilling Hero
| Dick
1921 --
Guile of Women
| Hjalmar Maartens
1920 --
Honest Hutch
| Hutch
1920 --
Cupid the Cowpuncher
| Alec Lloyd
1920 --
Jes' Call Me Jim
| Jim Fenton
1920 --
The Strange Boarder
| Sam Gardner
1920 --
Water, Water, Everywhere
| Billy Fortune
1919 --
Jubilo
| Jubilo
1919 --
Almost a Husband
| Sam Lyman
1918 --
Laughing Bill Hyde
| Bill Hyde