Editing Ray Bolger (section)

===Television===
Bolger appeared in his own [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] television sitcom with a variety show theme, ''[[Where's Raymond?]]'' (1953–1954), renamed the second year as ''The Ray Bolger Show'' (1954–55). He continued to star in several films, including Walt Disney's remake of ''Babes in Toyland'' (1961) and smaller cameos throughout the 1960s and 1970.

Bolger made frequent guest appearances on television, including the episode "Rich Man, Poor Man" of the short-lived ''[[The Jean Arthur Show]]'' in 1966. In the 1970s, he had a recurring role as Fred Renfrew, the father of Shirley Partridge ([[Shirley Jones]]) on ''[[The Partridge Family]]'', and appeared in ''[[Little House on the Prairie (TV series)|Little House on the Prairie]]'' as Toby Noe and also guest-starred on other television series, such as ''[[Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'', ''[[Fantasy Island]]'', and ''[[The Love Boat]]''. In the late 1970s, Bolger played in a commercial for Safeway Supermarket's "Scotch Buy" brand, in which he popularized the jingle, "Scotch Buy – 'taint fancy, but it shore is good."<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/9RIsDvq2Joo Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20190908043549/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RIsDvq2Joo&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|title=Ray Bolger 1978 Safeway Scotch Buy Commercial|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RIsDvq2Joo|website=YouTube| date=July 29, 2014 |access-date=May 7, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> His last television appearance was on ''[[Diff'rent Strokes]]'' in 1984, three years before his death.<ref>{{cite web |last=Cross |first=Lucy E. |title=About Ray Bolger |url=http://www.masterworksbroadway.com/artist/ray-bolger |access-date=June 12, 2011}}</ref>

In 1976 Bolger performed the opening number for the [[48th Academy Awards]] ceremony.

In his later years, he danced in a [[Dr Pepper]] television commercial, and in 1985, he and [[Liza Minnelli]], the daughter of his ''Oz'' costar [[Judy Garland]], starred in ''[[That's Dancing!]]'', a film written by [[Jack Haley Jr.]], the son of [[Jack Haley]], who portrayed the Tin Woodman in ''The Wizard of Oz''.