ray bolger played the scarecrow in the wizard of oz 1939.
ray bolger played the scarecrow in the wizard of oz 1939.
who played the scarecrow in the wizard of oz 1939?
ray bolger
the scarecrow first appears in "the wonderful wizard of oz", when he joins dorothy to go to the wizard in search of brains. when the wizard leaves oz, he makes the scarecrow ruler, a position he holds until the middle of the second book. later, he moves to a corn-shaped house in the winkie country. the scarecrow appears in many of the later books, including "the scarecrow of oz" (where he is the title character) and "the royal book of oz" (where he researches his ancestry). he was played by ray bolger in the 1939 movie. that actor also played the scarecrow's kansan counterpart, hunk, who was one of aunt em and uncle henry's three farmworkers.
list of oz characters (created by baum)
bullet::::- the scarecrow is also a minor character in author gregory maguire's revisionist novel "" and is made a more prominent character in its broadway musical adaptation "wicked". in the musical, the scarecrow is revealed to be the remnants of fiyero after he was captured by the wizard's officials, but made impervious to injury by elphaba's incomplete spell. the fiyero-scarecrow executes a plan to save elphaba through using the rumor that water will melt her; thus she stays alive and the two move out of oz. this has no basis in the book other than that in the final scenes elphaba hopes that the scarecrow is really her beloved fiyero in disguise, which is proven to be a false hope when he is attacked and she sees that he is nothing but straw. the scarecrow is featured more prominently in "son of a witch", maguire's sequel to "wicked". in that novel, the scarecrow helps the witch's son liir avoid political turmoil in the emerald city after the wizard's departure. later, various powerful interests place a different scarecrow on the throne of oz to serve as a puppet ruler; the suggestion is that most residents of oz are unable to distinguish one scarecrow from another. in the musical, the fiyero-scarecrow's appearance and style of walking are based on bolger's portrayal of the scarecrow in the 1939 film.
scarecrow (oz)