Will Rogers current at the time of the performance. The Tony Award-winning musical "The Will Rogers Follies", produced on Broadway in 1991, starred Keith Carradine in the lead role. Rogers was portrayed by actor Keith Carradine in the 1994 film "Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle". Carradine had played Rogers three years earlier on Broadway, in the stage musical "The Will Rogers Follies". Travelog Series Will Rogers William Penn Adair Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was an American stage and motion picture actor, vaudeville performer, American cowboy, humorist, newspaper columnist, and social commentator from Oklahoma. He was a Cherokee
Will Rogers Institute Will Rogers Institute The Will Rogers Institute's mission is to perpetuate the memory of Will Rogers by promoting and engaging in medical research pertaining to cardiopulmonary diseases and educating the public on topics of health and fitness. It is named for actor and comedian Will Rogers, who died in a plane crash in 1935. The Institute supports research programs that study debilitating pulmonary disorders and provides pulmonary rehabilitation at academic and medical centers across the country and provides neonatal ventilators to needy hospitals so not one baby suffers or dies because of the lack of a proper ventilation system. For