Will Rogers Net Worth
Will Rogers Net Worth is
$500,000
Will Rogers Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
World-famous, widely popular American humorist of the vaudeville stage and of silent and sound films, Will Rogers graduated from military school, but his first real job was in the livestock business in Argentina, of all places. He transported pack animals across the South Atlantic from Buenos Aires to South Africa for use in the Boer War (1899-... | Full Name | Will Rogers |
| Date Of Birth | November 4, 1879 |
| Died | 1935-08-15 |
| Place Of Birth | Oologah, Indian Territory, USA [now Oklahoma] |
| Height | 5' 11" (1.8 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Writer, Soundtrack |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Dalton Tavkitt |
| Children | James Blake Rogers, Mary Amelia Rogers, Fred Stone Rogers |
| Parents | Clement V. Rogers, Mary America Schrimsher |
| Siblings | Maude Ethel Rogers, May Rogers, Elizabeth Rogers, Zoe Rogers, Sallie Clementine Rogers, Robert Martin Rogers, Homer Rogers |
| Movies | Judge Priest, The Bay, Steamboat Round the Bend, The Headless Horseman, Life Begins at 40, A Connecticut Yankee, State Fair, In Old Kentucky, Doctor Bull, Too Busy to Work, They Had to See Paris, David Harum, The County Chairman, Ambassador Bill, Handy Andy, Stand Up and Cheer!, Business and Pleasur... |
| Star Sign | Scorpio |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Warm hearted fatherly roles |
| Title | Salary |
|---|---|
| A Connecticut Yankee (1931) | $150,000 |
| Lightnin' (1930) | $150,000 |
| So This Is London (1930) | $150,000 |
| They Had to See Paris (1929) | $150,000 |
| Laughing Bill Hyde (1918) | $150 /week |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these State of the Union speeches, there wouldn't be any inducement to go to heaven. |
| 2 | Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip. |
| 3 | [on introducing comic banter to his rope-twirling routines] The first gag I ever pulled was when I got my rope all tangled up and says, 'A rope ain't bad to get tangled up in if it ain't around your neck'. |
| 4 | The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected. |
| 5 | Most people and actors appearing on the stage have some writer write their material. I don't do that. Congress is good enough for me. They have been writing my material for years. |
| 6 | [on Commitee] Outside of traffic, there is nothing that has held this country back as much as committees. |
| 7 | [on looking over the Academy Awards audience, 1934]: This looks like the last roundup of the ermine. |
| 8 | You can't say that civilization don't advance, however, for in every war they kill you in a new way. |
| 9 | I don't care how poor and inefficient a little country is; they like to run their own business. I know men that would make my wife a better husband than I am, but, darn it, I'm not going to give her to 'em. |
| 10 | Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment. |
| 11 | Liberty don't work as good in practice as it does in speeches. |
| 12 | The man with the best job in the country is the Vice President. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, "How's the President?" |
| 13 | Nothing you can't spell will ever work. |
| 14 | We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by. |
| 15 | The minute you read something that you can't understand, you can almost be sure it was drawn up by a lawyer. |
| 16 | I can remember way back when a liberal was one who was generous with his own money. |
| 17 | If we ever pass out as a great nation we ought to put on our tombstone, 'America died from a delusion that she has moral leadership.' |
| 18 | People's minds are changed through observation and not through argument. |
| 19 | There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in. |
| 20 | Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do. |
| 21 | Do the best you can, and don't take life too serious. |
| 22 | My father was one eighth Cherokee and my mother one fourth Cherokee, which I figure makes me about an eight cigar-store Injun. |
| 23 | If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep. |
| 24 | When you put down the good things you ought to have done and leave out the bad things you did do -- that's Memoirs. |
| 25 | Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. |
| 26 | Let advertisers spend the same amount of money improving their product that they do on advertising and they wouldn't have to advertise it. |
| 27 | I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat. |
| 28 | Everything is changing. People are taking the comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke. |
| 29 | And the thing about my jokes is, they don't hurt anybody. You can take 'em or leave 'em - you can say they're funny or they're terrible or they're good, or whatever, but you can just pass 'em by. But with Congress, every time they make a joke, it's a law! And every time they make a law, it's a joke! |
| 30 | Always drink upstream from the herd. |
| 31 | I'm not a real movie star. I've still got the same wife I started out with 28 years ago. |
| 32 | Make crime pay. Become a lawyer. |
| 33 | Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie" until you can find a rock. |
| 34 | When the Okies left Oklahoma and moved to California, it raised the I.Q. of both states. |
| 35 | Broad-minded is just another way of saying a fellow is too lazy to form an opinion. |
| 36 | Never miss a good chance to shut up. |
| 37 | There's two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither one works. |
| 38 | I never met a man I didn't like. |
| 39 | [last words, in a radio broadcast by Rogers before the plane crash in which he and Wiley Post were killed] Well, Wiley's got her warmed up. Let's go. |
| 40 | The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself. |
| 41 | Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else. |
| 42 | My ancestors may not have come over on the Mayflower, but they met 'em at the boat. |
| 43 | Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it . . . You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week. |
| 44 | A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth. |
| 45 | Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on Earth. |
| 46 | No man can be condemned for owning a dog. As long as he has a dog, he has a friend; and the poorer he gets, the better friend he has. |
| 47 | I love a dog. He does nothing for political reasons. |
| 48 | There's only one thing that can kill the movies, and that's education. |
| 49 | It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Inducted into The National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum Hall of Fame in 2011. |
| 2 | Was portrayed by his son, Will Rogers Jr., in the movie, The Story of Will Rogers (1952). |
| 3 | Served as Honorary Mayor of Beverly Hills, California, from 1926-1928. |
| 4 | He was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio at 6608 Hollywood Boulevard and for Motion Pictures at 6401 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. |
| 5 | Has a turnpike named in his honor. The Will Rogers Turnpike is in northeast Oklahoma running from just outside of Tulsa, through Will's hometown of Claremore to the Missouri state line. |
| 6 | Cousin of Clu Gulager. |
| 7 | While growing up on the family ranch, he worked with cattle and learned to ride and lasso from a young age. He grew so talented with a rope, in fact, that he was placed in the Guinness Book of World Records for throwing three lassos at once. One went around the horse's neck, another circled around the rider, and the third flew under the horse, looping all four legs together. |
| 8 | Charter member of the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1955. |
| 9 | A friend, and frequent critic, of several U.S. Presidents, Rogers once visited Warren G. Harding (1865-1923, President 1921-1923) and said, "'Morning, Mr. President! Would you like to hear the latest political jokes?" Harding replied, "You don't have to, Will. I appointed them." |
| 10 | As host of the 1933 Academy Awards ceremony, he made a minor blunder when announcing the Best Director Award. After reading the nominees he told the winner, "Come and get it, Frank!" Frank Capra (nominated for Lady for a Day (1933)) was halfway to the podium before he realized Rogers meant Frank Lloyd (winner for Cavalcade (1933)). Capra could well afford to lick his wounds: He won the following year for It Happened One Night (1934) and became Academy President the year after that. |
| 11 | Attended Kemper Military School & College in Boonville, Missouri. |
| 12 | Pictured on a 15¢ US commemorative postage stamp in the Performing Arts and Artists series, 4 November 1979. |
| 13 | Pictured on a 3¢ US postage stamp in the Famous Americans series, issued 4 November 1948. |
| 14 | Was part Cherokee Indian. |
| 15 | Buried in Claremore, Oklahoma, at the Will Rogers Memorial. There's a lot of memorabilia, and it's a popular tourist attraction. |
| 16 | In 1922 his weekly articles for the "New York Times" became so popular that they appeared in more than 500 U.S. newspapers daily. The articles dished out down-to-earth, biting criticism of politics, politicians, big business and the imbalance of the wealthy and the poor. In all, Rogers wrote more than 2,800 daily articles up until his death. H.L. Mencken labeled him "the most dangerous man alive" because of the power his comments had on an adoring public. |
| 17 | His birthplace in the Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) is cited variously as Colagah, Colgah or Cologah. The correct name is "Oologah", which is situated in the northeast corner of the state, approximately 25 miles/40 kilometers north-northeast of Tulsa. |
| 18 | Died in the Arctic crash of a plane piloted by the world-renowned, one-eyed pioneer aviator, Wiley Post (in which Post died as well). |
| 19 | Rogers had four children with wife, Betty. They were: Fred (died 1920), Mary (died 1989), Will Rogers Jr. (died 1993) and Jimmy Rogers (died 2000). |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| In Old Kentucky | 1935 | Steve Tapley | |
| Steamboat Round the Bend | 1935 | Doctor John Pearly | |
| Doubting Thomas | 1935 | Thomas Brown | |
| Life Begins at 40 | 1935 | Kenesaw H. Clark | |
| The County Chairman | 1935 | Jim Hackler | |
| Judge Priest | 1934 | Judge Priest | |
| Handy Andy | 1934 | Andrew Yates | |
| David Harum | 1934 | David Harum | |
| Mr. Skitch | 1933 | Mr. Ira Skitch | |
| Doctor Bull | 1933 | Dr. George 'Doc' Bull | |
| State Fair | 1933 | Abel Frake | |
| Too Busy to Work | 1932 | Jubilo | |
| Down to Earth | 1932 | Pike Peters | |
| Business and Pleasure | 1932 | Earl Tinker | |
| Ambassador Bill | 1931 | Bill Harper | |
| Young as You Feel | 1931 | Lemuel Morehouse | |
| A Connecticut Yankee | 1931 | Hank Martin | |
| Lightnin' | 1930 | Lightnin' Bill Jones | |
| So This Is London | 1930 | Hiram Draper | |
| They Had to See Paris | 1929 | Pike Peters | |
| Happy Days | 1929 | Minstrel Show Performer | |
| A Texas Steer | 1927 | Cattle Brander | |
| Tiptoes | 1927 | Uncle Hen Kaye | |
| Gee Whiz, Genevieve | 1924 | Short | |
| A Truthful Liar | 1924 | Short | Ambassador Alfalfa Doolittle |
| Our Congressman | 1924 | Short | Alfalfa Doolittle |
| Jubilo, Jr. | 1924 | Short | Jubilo / Will Rogers |
| Don't Park There | 1924 | Short | |
| Going to Congress | 1924 | Short | Alfalfa Doolittle |
| High Brow Stuff | 1924 | Short | |
| The Cake Eater | 1924 | Short | |
| The Cowboy Sheik | 1924 | Short | Two Straw Bill |
| Two Wagons: Both Covered | 1924 | Short | Bill Bunian / Joe Jackson |
| Uncensored Movies | 1923 | Short | Lem Skagwillow |
| Hustlin' Hank | 1923 | Short | Hank |
| Jus' Passin' Through | 1923 | Short | Jubilo |
| Fruits of Faith | 1922 | Short | Larry |
| The Headless Horseman | 1922 | Ichabod Crane | |
| The Ropin' Fool | 1922 | Short | 'Ropes' Reilly (the ropin' fool) |
| One Glorious Day | 1922 | Professor Ezra Botts | |
| A Poor Relation | 1921 | Noah Vale | |
| Doubling for Romeo | 1921 | Sam Cody Romeo | |
| An Unwilling Hero | 1921 | Dick | |
| Boys Will Be Boys | 1921 | Peep O'Day | |
| Guile of Women | 1920 | Hjalmar Maartens | |
| Honest Hutch | 1920 | Hutch | |
| Cupid the Cowpuncher | 1920 | Alec Lloyd | |
| Jes' Call Me Jim | 1920 | Jim Fenton | |
| The Strange Boarder | 1920 | Sam Gardner | |
| Water, Water, Everywhere | 1920/II | Billy Fortune | |
| Jubilo | 1919 | Jubilo | |
| Almost a Husband | 1919 | Sam Lyman | |
| Laughing Bill Hyde | 1918 | Bill Hyde |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stand Up and Cheer! | 1934 | story idea suggested | |
| A Texas Steer | 1927 | titles | |
| Roaming the Emerald Isle with Will Rogers | 1927 | Short titles | |
| With Will Rogers in Dublin | 1927 | Short titles | |
| Our Congressman | 1924 | Short titles | |
| Going to Congress | 1924 | Short titles | |
| The Cake Eater | 1924 | Short titles | |
| The Cowboy Sheik | 1924 | Short titles | |
| Two Wagons: Both Covered | 1924 | Short screenplay | |
| The Ropin' Fool | 1922 | Short written by | |
| Doubling for Romeo | 1921 | ||
| Almost a Husband | 1919 | titles | |
| Roaring Camp | 1916 |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Judge Priest | 1934 | performer: "My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night" 1853 - uncredited | |
| Doctor Bull | 1933 | performer: "Abide with Me", "Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone" - uncredited |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Ropin' Fool | 1922 | Short producer |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Screen Snapshots | 1932/I | Documentary short | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 6 | 1931 | Short | Himself |
| Over the Bounding Blue with Will Rogers | 1928 | Short | Himself |
| Reeling Down the Rhine with Will Rogers | 1928 | Short | Himself |
| Exploring England with Will Rogers | 1927 | Short | Himself |
| Winging Around Europe with Will Rogers | 1927 | Short | Himself |
| Prowling Around France with Will Rogers | 1927 | Short | Himself |
| Roaming the Emerald Isle with Will Rogers | 1927 | Short | Himself |
| With Will Rogers in London | 1927 | Short | Himself |
| Through Switzerland and Bavaria with Will Rogers | 1927 | Short | Himself |
| Hunting for Germans in Berlin with Will Rogers | 1927 | Short | Himself |
| With Will Rogers in Paris | 1927 | Short | Himself |
| Hiking Through Holland with Will Rogers | 1927 | Short | Himself |
| With Will Rogers in Dublin | 1927 | Short | Himself |
| Big Moments from Little Pictures | 1924 | Short | Himself / Rufus the bullfighter / Robin Hood / ... |
| Hollywood | 1923 | Himself | |
| Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12 | 1922 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 17 | 1921 | Documentary short | Himself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Foxworthy's Comedy Classics | 2000 | Video documentary | |
| The 20th Century: A Moving Visual History | 1999 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| American Masters | 1994-1997 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| 20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years | 1997 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| The Roaring Twenties | 1996 | Video documentary short | Himself - Winks (uncredited) |
| America's Music: The Roots of Country | 1996 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself (1996) |
| Mo' Funny: Black Comedy in America | 1993 | TV Special documentary | |
| John Ford | 1993 | TV Movie documentary | Judge William 'Billy' Priest [in "Judge Priest"] (uncredited) |
| Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling | 1993 | TV Movie | |
| Legends of Comedy | 1992 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Literary Visions | 1992 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Babe Ruth: The Man, the Myth, the Legend | 1990 | Video short | Himself |
| The 1930's: Music, Memories & Milestones | 1988 | Video documentary | Himself - Before Death in Air Crash |
| Going Hollywood: The '30s | 1984 | Documentary | |
| The Great Standups | 1984 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Texaco Star Theatre Presents Bob Hope in 'Who Makes the World Laugh?' | 1983 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Hollywood | 1980 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Bob Hope's World of Comedy | 1976 | TV Movie | Tribute Montage |
| The Biggest Little Star of the 30's | 1976 | Short | Himself |
| Brother Can You Spare a Dime | 1975 | Documentary | Himself |
| Hollywood My Home Town | 1965 | Documentary | Himself |
| Hollywood and the Stars | 1963 | TV Series | Himself |
| Men of Our Time | 1963 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Show | 1962 | TV Series | Himself |
| The DuPont Show of the Week | 1961-1962 | TV Series | Himself |
| Biography | 1961 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Hollywood: The Golden Years | 1961 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| The Legend of Rudolph Valentino | 1961 | Video documentary | Himself |
| The Golden Age of Comedy | 1957 | Documentary | |
| The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | 1957 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Jackie Gleason Show | 1957 | TV Series | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Stars to Remember | 1954 | Short | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots: Men of the West | 1953 | Short | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots: Out West in Hollywood | 1953 | Documentary short | Himself (uncredited) |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | 1952 | TV Series | Himself |
| Fifty Years Before Your Eyes | 1950 | Documentary | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots Series 27, No. 1: Hollywood Cowboys | 1947 | Documentary short | Himself |
| If I Forget You | 1940 | Short | Will Rogers (uncredited) |
| The Movies March On | 1939 | Short documentary | Himself |
| For Auld Lang Syne | 1939 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Personality Parade | 1938 | Documentary short | Himself (uncredited) |
| Lest We Forget | 1937 | Short | Himself (uncredited) |
| Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 4 | 1935 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Hollywood on Parade No. B-13 | 1934 | Short | Himself |
| Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America | 2009 | TV Series documentary | |
| Broadway: The American Musical | 2004 | TV Mini-Series documentary | |
| Biography | 1995-2001 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Slaphappy | 2001 | TV Series | Himself (2001) |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Posthumous Award | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | ||
| 1983 | In Memoriam Award | Golden Boot Awards | ||
| 1960 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Motion Picture | On 8 February 1960. At 6401 Hollywood Blvd. |
| 1960 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Radio | On 8 February 1960. At 6608 Hollywood Blvd. |
Known for movies
Judge Priest (1934)
as Judge Priest
Steamboat Round the Bend (1935)
as Doctor John Pearly
State Fair (1933)
as Abel Frake
The Ropin' Fool (1922)
as 'Ropes' Reilly (the ropin' fool)