Will Rogers
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 newspaper columns, and became a world-famous figure. By the mid-1930s, Rogers was adored by the American people. He was the leading political wit of the Progressive Era, and was the top-paid Hollywood movie star at the time. Rogers died in 1935 with aviator Wiley Post, when their small airplane crashed near Barrow, Alaska.
His vaudeville rope act led to success in the Ziegfeld Follies, which in turn led to the first of his many movie contracts. His 1920s syndicated newspaper column and his radio appearances increased his visibility and popularity. Rogers crusaded for aviation expansion, and provided Americans with first-hand accounts of his world travels. His earthy anecdotes and folksy style allowed him to poke fun at gangsters, prohibition, politicians, government programs, and a host of other controversial topics in a way that was readily appreciated by a national audience, with no one offended. His short aphorisms, couched in humorous terms, were widely quoted: "I am not a member of an organized political party. I am a Democrat."
Rogers even provided an epigram on his most famous epigram:
When I die, my epitaph, or whatever you call those signs on gravestones, is going to read: "I joked about every prominent man of my time, but I never met a man I dident like." I am so proud of that, I can hardly wait to die so it can be carved.
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Will Rogers and American Politics
2010 · Self (archive footage)
The Parrott Chase
2009 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
1993 · Self (archive footage)
Babe Ruth: The Man, the Myth, the Legend
1990 · himself
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984 · (archive footage)
The Biggest Little Star of the 30's
1976 · Self(archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Self (archive footage)
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961 · Self (archive footage)
The Golden Age of Comedy
1957 · archive footage
Los ojos del siglo (Volumen I)
1957 · Él mismo (material de archivo)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942 · Self (archive footage)
If I Forget You
1940 · Will Rogers (uncredited/archive footage)
In Old Kentucky
1935 · Steve Tapley
Steamboat Round the Bend
1935 · Doctor John Pearly
Doubting Thomas
1935 · Thomas Brown
Life Begins at Forty
1935 · Keneshaw H. Clark
The County Chairman
1935 · Jim Hackler
Judge Priest
1934 · Judge William Pitman 'Billy' Priest
Handy Andy
1934 · Andrew Yates
Stand Up and Cheer!
1934 · Story
David Harum
1934 · David Harum
Mr. Skitch
1933 · Ira Skitch
Doctor Bull
1933 · Dr. George 'Doc' Bull
State Fair
1933 · Abel Frake
Too Busy to Work
1932 · Jubilo
Down To Earth
1932 · Pike Peters
Business and Pleasure
1932 · Earl Tinker
Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3)
1931 · Himself
Ambassador Bill
1931 · Bill Harper
Young as You Feel
1931 · Lemuel Morehouse
A Connecticut Yankee
1931 · Hank Martin
Lightnin'
1930 · Lightnin' Bill Jones
So This Is London
1930 · Hiram Draper
They Had to See Paris
1929 · Pike Peters, Additional Dialogue
Happy Days
1929 · Minstrel Show Performer
Exploring England with Will Rogers
1927
A Texas Steer
1927 · Cattle Brander, Writer
Winging Around Europe with Will Rogers
1927 · Himself, Director, Writer
Tiptoes
1927 · Uncle Hen Kaye
With Will Rogers in Dublin
1927 · Self
A Truthful Liar
1924 · Ambassador Alfalfa Doolittle
Jubilo, Jr.
1924 · Jubilo / Himself
Don't Park There
1924 · Jubilo
Going to Congress
1924 · Alfalfa Doolittle
Big Moments from Little Pictures
1924
The Cake Eater
1924
The Cowboy Sheik
1924 · 'Two Straw' Bill
Two Wagons Both Covered
1924 · Bill Bunian / Joe Jackson, Writer
Uncensored Movies
1923 · Lem Skagwillow
Hustlin' Hank
1923 · Hank
Jus' Passin' Through
1923 · Jubilo
Hollywood
1923 · Will Rogers
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12
1922 · Self
The Headless Horseman
1922 · Ichabod crane
The Ropin' Fool
1922 · 'Ropes' Reilly, Writer, Producer
One Glorious Day
1922 · Professor Ezra Botts
A Poor Relation
1921 · Noah Vale
Doubling for Romeo
1921 · Sam Cody / Romeo, Writer
Boys Will Be Boys
1921 · Peep O'Day
An Unwilling Hero
1921 · Dick
Guile of Women
1921 · Hjalmar Maartens
Honest Hutch
1920 · Hutch
Cupid the Cowpuncher
1920 · Alec Lloyd
Jes' Call Me Jim
1920 · Jim Fenton
The Strange Boarder
1920 · Sam Gardner
Water, Water, Everywhere
1920 · Billy Fortune
Jubilo
1919 · Jubilo
Almost a Husband
1919 · Sam Lyman
Laughing Bill Hyde
1918 · Bill Hyde
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