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Frank Morgan (I) (1890–1949)

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Jovial, somewhat flamboyant Frank Morgan (born Francis Wuppermann) will forever be remembered as the title character in The Wizard of Oz, but he was a veteran and respected actor long before he played that part, and turned in outstanding performances both before and after that film. One of 11 children of a wealthy manufacturer... See full bio »

Born:

Francis Philip Wuppermann
in New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 59) in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
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1950 Key to the City
Fire Chief Duggan
 
1949 Any Number Can Play
Jim Kurstyn
 
1949 The Great Sinner
Aristide Pitard
 
1949 The Stratton Story
Barney Wile
 
1948 The Three Musketeers
King Louis XIII
 
1948 Summer Holiday
Uncle Sid
 
1947 Green Dolphin Street
Dr. Edmond Ozanne
 
1946 Lady Luck
William Audrey
 
1946 The Cockeyed Miracle
Sam Griggs
 
1946 Courage of Lassie
Harry MacBain
 
1945 Yolanda and the Thief
Victor Budlow Trout
 
1944 Casanova Brown
Mr. Ferris
 
1944 Kismet
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1944 The White Cliffs of Dover
Hiram Porter Dunn
 
1943 Thousands Cheer
Dr. Frank Morgan
 
1943 A Stranger in Town
John Josephus Grant
 
1943 The Human Comedy
Willie Grogan
 
1942 White Cargo
The Doctor
 
1942 Tortilla Flat
The Pirate
 
1942 The Vanishing Virginian
Robert Yancey
 
1941 Honky Tonk
Judge Cotton
 
1941 Washington Melodrama
Calvin Claymore
 
1941 The Wild Man of Borneo
J. Daniel 'Dan' Thompson
 
1940 Keeping Company
Harry C. Thomas
 
1940 Hullabaloo
Frankie' Merriweather
 
1940 Boom Town
Luther Aldrich
 
1940 The Mortal Storm
Professor Roth
 
1940 The Ghost Comes Home
Vern Adams
 
1940 Broadway Melody of 1940
Bob Casey
 
1940 The Shop Around the Corner
Hugo Matuschek
 
1939 Balalaika
Ivan Danchenoff
 
1939 Henry Goes Arizona
Henry Conroy
 
1939 The Wizard of Oz
Professor Marvel / The Wizard of Oz / The Gatekeeper / …
 
1939 Broadway Serenade
Cornelius Collier, Jr.
 
1938 Sweethearts
Felix Lehman
 
1938 The Crowd Roars
Brian McCoy
 
1938 Port of Seven Seas
Panisse
 
1938 Paradise for Three
Rudolph Tobler
 
1937 Rosalie
King
 
1937 Beg, Borrow or Steal
Ingraham Steward
 
1937 Saratoga
Jesse Kiffmeyer
 
1937 The Emperor's Candlesticks
Colonel Baron Suroff
 
1937 The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
Lord Kelton
 
1936 Dimples
Prof. Eustace Appleby
 
1936 Piccadilly Jim
James Crocker - Sr./Count Olav Osric
 
1936 Trouble for Two
Col. Geraldine
 
1936 Dancing Pirate
Mayor Don Emilio Perena
 
1936 The Great Ziegfeld
Jack Billings
 
1935 The Perfect Gentleman
Major Horatio Chatteris
 
1935 I Live My Life
G.P. Bentley
 
1935 Escapade
Karl
 
1935 Lazybones
Tom
 
1935 Naughty Marietta
Governor d'Annard
 
1935 Enchanted April
Mellersh Wilkins
 
1935 The Good Fairy
Konrad
 
1934 The Mighty Barnum
Joe (uncredited)
 
1934 By Your Leave
Henry Smith
 
1934 There's Always Tomorrow
Joseph White
 
1934 A Lost Lady
Forrester
 
1934 The Affairs of Cellini
Alessandro - Duke of Florence
 
1934 Sisters Under the Skin
John Hunter Yates
 
1934 Success at Any Price
Raymond Merritt
 
1934 The Cat and the Fiddle
Daudet
 
1933 Bombshell
Pops Burns
 
1933 Broadway to Hollywood
Ted Hackett
 
1933 Best of Enemies
William Hartman
 
1933 When Ladies Meet
Rogers
 
1933 The Nuisance
Dr. Buchanan Prescott
 
1933 The Kiss Before the Mirror
Paul Held
 
1933 Reunion in Vienna
Dr. Anton Krug
 
1933 Hallelujah I'm a Bum
Mayor John Hastings
 
1933 Luxury Liner
Alex Stevenson
 
1933 Billion Dollar Scandal
John Dudley Masterson
 
1932 The Half Naked Truth
Farrell
 
1932 Secrets of the French Police
François St. Cyr
 
1930 Fast and Loose
Bronson Lenox
 
1930 Laughter
C. Mortimer Gibson
 
1930 Queen High
Mr. Nettleton
 
1930 Dangerous Nan McGrew
Doc Foster
 
1930 Belle of the Night (short)
 
1927 Love's Greatest Mistake
William Ogden
 
1925 Scarlet Saint
Baron Badeau
 
1925 The Man Who Found Himself
Lon Morris
 
1925 The Crowded Hour
Bert Caswell
 
1924 Born Rich
Eugene Magnin
 
1924 Manhandled
Arno Riccardi
 
1919 The Golden Shower
Lester
 
1919 The Gray Towers Mystery
Billy Durland
 
1918 At the Mercy of Men
Count Nicho
 
1918 The Knife
Dr. Robert Manning
 
1917 Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
Bunny Manders
 
1917 Who's Your Neighbor?
Dudley Carlton
 
1917 Baby Mine
Alfred
 
1917 The Light in Darkness
Ramsey Latham
 
1917 A Child of the Wild
Frank Trent
 
1917 A Modern Cinderella
Tom
 
1916 The Girl Philippa
Halkett (as Francis Morgan)
 
1916 The Daring of Diana
John Briscoe (as Francis Morgan)
 
1916 The Suspect
Sir Richard (as Frank Wupperman)
 
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2002 40 Days and 40 Nights (writer: "Neil's Blues" / performer: "Neil's Blues")
 
1993 All Tied Up (video) (performer: "HUH!")
 
1948 Summer Holiday (performer: "Never Again" - uncredited, "Our Home Town" - uncredited)
 
1943 The Human Comedy (performer: "Rock of Ages" 1830 - uncredited, "The Church in the Wildwood" 1857 - uncredited)
 
1942 The Vanishing Virginian (performer: "The British Grenadiers" - uncredited, "In the Evening by the Moonlight" - uncredited, "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?" 1902 - uncredited)
 
1940 Keeping Company ("When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose" 1914 - uncredited)
 
1940 Hullabaloo (performer: "You Were Meant For Me" 1929, "My Mammy" 1921 - uncredited, "When My Baby Smiles at Me" 1920 - uncredited / "We've Come a Long Way Together" 1940 - uncredited)
 
1940 Boom Town ("Bridal Chorus Here Comes the Bride" 1850 - uncredited)
 
1940 The Ghost Comes Home (performer: "Moonlight Bay" 1912 - uncredited)
 
1939 The Wizard of Oz (performer: "The Merry Old Land of Oz" 1939 - uncredited)
 
1937 Rosalie (performer: "Why Should I Care?" 1937 - uncredited)
 
1937 Beg, Borrow or Steal ("Bridal Chorus Here Comes the Bride" 1850)
 
1937 The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (performer: "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" - uncredited)
 
1935 The Perfect Gentleman (performer: "Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile!" 1915)
 
1935 I Live My Life (performer: "Sailing, Sailing, Over the Bounding Main" - uncredited)
 
1933 Broadway to Hollywood (performer: "We Are the Two Hacketts" 1933 - uncredited)
 
1933 Hallelujah I'm a Bum (performer: "Laying the Corner Stone")
 
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1949 Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1948 Screen Snapshots: Hawaii in Hollywood (short)
Himself
 
1946 The Great Morgan
Himself
 
1937 Sunday Night at the Trocadero (short)
Himself
 
1937 Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 8 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1935 Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 9 (documentary short)
Himself
 
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2009 To Oz! The Making of a Classic (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (documentary)
The Wizard of Oz (uncredited)
 
2004 In the Good Old Summertime Intro (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2000 Annie Get Your Gun Intro with Susan Lucci (video documentary short)
Buffalo Bill Cody
 
2000 The Legend Floyd: The Dark Side of the Rainbow (TV movie)
Professor Marvel/The Wizard of Oz/The Gatekeeper/The Carriage Driver/The Guard
 
1999 Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity (video documentary)
Himself
 
1990 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (TV documentary)
Himself/Wizard of Oz
 
1974 That's Entertainment! (documentary)
Himself - at Banquet (uncredited)
 
1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up (documentary)
Himself
 
1960 Mel-O-Toons (TV series)
 
1956 Ford Star Jubilee (TV series)
 
1951 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Memories (documentary short)
Himself
 
1940 Hollywood: Style Center of the World (documentary short)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1926). Comedy. See more »

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Alternate Names:

Francis Morgan | Frank Wupperman

Height:

5' 9" (1.75 m)
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Trivia:

He owned a 550-acre ranch in Hemet Valley, California, and raised cattle. He also owned yachts and one of his won a race from Los Angeles and Honolulu in 1947. See more »

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