Will Rogers

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Will Rogers

Born 1879-11-03 Oologah, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) 68 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. 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 m…

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Filmography

68 films
In Old Kentucky poster

Horse trainer Steve Tapley is caught between the feuding Martingale and Shattuck families. He sides…

In Old Kentucky

★ 10.0 1935

Judge Priest poster

Judge Priest, a proud Confederate veteran, restores the justice in a small town in the Post-Bellum…

Judge Priest

★ 6.4 1934

Handy Andy poster

A small-town druggist is henpecked by his social-climbing wife to sell his pharmacy to a national c…

Handy Andy

★ 5.5 1934

David Harum poster

Rogers plays a small town banker in the 1890s whose chief rival is the deacon (Middleton) with whom…

David Harum

★ 7.5 1934

Mr. Skitch poster

After losing their Missouri home during the Great Depression, the Skitch family pulls up stakes and…

Mr. Skitch

★ 7.3 1933

Doctor Bull poster

In this engaging adaptation of James Gould Cozzen's novel The Last Adam, film icon Will Rogers port…

Doctor Bull

★ 6.7 1933