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 (Davidson) was returned to the US and donated to the Will Rogers Memorial Fund, a charity established by the movie industry as a tribute to Will Rogers, in 1936. The WRMF was an eventual replacement for the National Vaudeville Artist Fund, which operated social assistance programs and a hospital for vaudevillians suffering from tuberculosis. The hospital was in Saranac Lake, New York and often referred to as the NVA Lodge. As a result of an agreement between vaudeville producers and movie moguls, the hospital name was changed to the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital, where the plaster cast was on display until