Acting
Will Rogers
Born November 3, 1879 · Oologah, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma)
Died August 15, 1935 · aged 55
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…
Known For
Happy Days · 1929Happy Days
★ 6.31929
MovieMusic
In Fox's contribution to the all-star revue cycle of early talkies, showboat singer Margie, hearing that the show is in arrears, goes to New York to gather all of the former stars to stage a minstrel show as a benefit.
Steamboat Round the Bend · 1935Steamboat Round the Bend
★ 7.51935
MovieComedyDrama
A Louisiana con man enters his steamboat into a winner-take-all race with a rival while trying to find a witness to free his nephew, about to be hanged for murder.
Handy Andy · 1934Handy Andy
★ 5.51934
MovieComedy
A small-town druggist is henpecked by his social-climbing wife to sell his pharmacy to a national chain. In addition, she tries to set up her pretty young daughter with the nitwit son of the chain's owner, even though the girl is in love with the handsome son of the town doctor. Finally the druggist decides he's had enough and takes matters into his own hands.
Mr. Skitch · 1933Mr. Skitch
★ 7.31933
MovieRomanceComedy
After losing their Missouri home during the Great Depression, the Skitch family pulls up stakes and heads west to California to begin life anew. Comedy, released in 1933.
Judge Priest · 1934Judge Priest
★ 6.41934
MovieComedyDrama
Judge Priest, a proud Confederate veteran, restores the justice in a small town in the Post-Bellum Kentucky using his common sense and his great sense of humanity.
Stand Up and Cheer! · 1934Stand Up and Cheer!
★ 5.31934
MovieComedyMusic
President Franklin Roosevelt appoints a theatrical producer as the new Secretary of Amusement in order to cheer up an American public still suffering through the Depression. The new secretary soon runs afoul of political lobbyists out to destroy his department.
Business and Pleasure · 1932Business and Pleasure
★ 6.31932
MovieComedy
On a Mediterranean cruise, Earl Tinker, a manufacturer of razor blades, is the target of a femme fatale in the pay of a business rival, and he becomes embroiled in a feud between two Arab tribes.
In Old Kentucky · 1935In Old Kentucky
★ 10.01935
MovieComedy
Horse trainer Steve Tapley is caught between the feuding Martingale and Shattuck families. He sides with young Nancy Martingale and her grandfather Ezra, and the feud is to be resolved by a horse race between the favorites of each family. Unfortunately, the Martingale's horse, Greyboy, only runs well in mud. And it hasn't rained in a long time.















