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 Congress". Of the statues in this part of the Capitol, the Rogers sculpture is the only one facing the Chamber entrance. According to Capitol guides, each US president rubs the left shoe of the Rogers statue for good luck before entering the House Chamber to give the State of the Union address. A state appropriation paid for the work. It was sculpted in clay by Jo Davidson. He had been a close friend of Rogers. Davidson had the work cast in bronze in Brussels, Belgium. Dedicated on June 6, 1939, before a crowd of more than 2,000 people, the statue