
Will Rogers
Known for: Acting
Born: November 3, 1879
Died: August 15, 1935
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

Judge Priest
1934

Doctor Bull
1933

Steamboat Round the Bend
1935

A Texas Steer
1927

Ambassador Bill
1931

A Connecticut Yankee
1931

The Ropin' Fool
1922

Down To Earth
1932
Don't Park There
1924

Big Moments from Little Pictures
1924

Two Wagons Both Covered
1924

Doubting Thomas
1935

Life Begins at Forty
1935

They Had to See Paris
1929

Mr. Skitch
1933

Business and Pleasure
1932

David Harum
1934

Will Rogers and American Politics
2010

Jus' Passin' Through
1923

Almost a Husband
1919

Jubilo
1919

Water, Water, Everywhere
1920

Jes' Call Me Jim
1920

Cupid the Cowpuncher
1920

Honest Hutch
1920

Guile of Women
1921

Boys Will Be Boys
1921

Doubling for Romeo
1921

Laughing Bill Hyde
1918

Too Busy to Work
1932
Winging Around Europe with Will Rogers
1927

In Old Kentucky
1935

The Cowboy Sheik
1924

Lightnin'
1930

Going to Congress
1924
A Truthful Liar
1924

Uncensored Movies
1923

So This Is London
1930

Handy Andy
1934

The County Chairman
1935
Exploring England with Will Rogers
1927

Young as You Feel
1931
Hustlin' Hank
1923

The Cake Eater
1924

A Poor Relation
1921

The Headless Horseman
1922

An Unwilling Hero
1921
With Will Rogers in Dublin
1927

One Glorious Day
1922

The Strange Boarder
1920

Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12
1922

State Fair
1933

Tiptoes
1927
The Biggest Little Star of the 30's
1976

Jubilo, Jr.
1924
If I Forget You
1940

The Golden Age of Comedy
1957

Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3)
1931

Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
1993

Babe Ruth: The Man, the Myth, the Legend
1990
The Parrott Chase
2009

Happy Days
1929

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942

Hollywood
1923

Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975