Stage: Appeared (as "The Scarecrow") in "The Wizard of Oz" on Broadway. Musical. Book / lyrics by L. Frank Baum. Music by Paul Tietjen. , Majestic Theatre, New York City. Also in cast: David Craig Montgomery (as "The Tin Man").
A very close friend of both humorist Will Rogers and C.B. Irwin, of the
C.B. Irwin Circus and Racing Stable fame. Fred served as an honorary
pallbearer for Irwin. Fred and Rogers would sometimes appear on the
same vaudeville bill and shared a mutual love of steer roping, polo,
flying and even bulldogging. One of Will's children was named Fred
Stone Rogers.
