Frank Morgan(1890-1949)

Actor
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Two mayors meet at a convention and, despite their contrasting personalities and views, find themselves attracted to one other.

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Key to the City (1950)

Jovial, somewhat flamboyant Frank Morgan (born Francis Wuppermann) will forever be remembered as the title character in The Wizard of Oz (1939),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, Morgan followed his older brother,Ralph Morgan(born Raphael Wuppermann) into the acting profession, making his Broadway debut in 1914 and his film debut two years later. Morgan specialized in playing courtly, sometimes eccentric or befuddled but ultimately sympathetic characters, such as the alcoholic telegraph operator in The Human Comedy (1943)or the shop owner in The Shop Around the Corner (1940). He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for The Affairs of Cellini (1934). Frank Morgan died at age 59 of a heart attack on September 18, 1949 in Beverly Hills, California.

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Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 3 wins & 2 nominations total

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Known for

The Wizard of Oz

8.1

Professor Marvel

1939

The Shop Around the Corner

8.0

Hugo Matuschek

1940

Tortilla Flat

6.2

The Pirate

1942

Trouble for Two

6.4

Colonel Geraldine

1936

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Actor

Key to the City
6.4
- Fire Chief Duggan
- 1950
Any Number Can Play
6.8
- Jim Kurstyn
- 1949
The Great Sinner
6.6
- Aristide Pitard
- 1949
The Stratton Story
7.1
- Barney Wile
- 1949
The Three Musketeers
7.1
- King Louis XIII
- 1948
Summer Holiday
5.8
- Uncle Sid
- 1948
Green Dolphin Street
6.8
- Dr. Edmond Ozanne
- 1947
The Great Morgan
5.1
- Frank Morgan
- 1946
Lady Luck
6.2
- William Audrey
- 1946
The Cockeyed Miracle
6.7
- Sam Griggs
- 1946
Courage of Lassie
6.2
- Harry MacBain
- 1946
Yolanda and the Thief
5.9
- Victor Budlow Trout
- 1945
Casanova Brown
6.2
- J.J. Ferris
- 1944
Kismet
6.1
- Narrator(voice, uncredited)
- 1944
The White Cliffs of Dover
7.0
- Hiram Porter Dunn
- 1944

Soundtrack

Ray Donovan
8.3
TV Series
- performer: "You Were Meant For Me"(uncredited)
- 2014
Prettier Than Ever: The Restoration of Oz
7.2
Video
- performer: "The Merry Old Land of Oz"(uncredited)
- 2005
40 Days and 40 Nights
5.6
- performer: "Neil's Blues"
- writer: "Neil's Blues"
- 2002
All Tied Up
4.5
Video
- performer: "Huh!"
- 1993
Summer Holiday
5.8
- performer: "Our Home Town"(uncredited)
- 1948
The Human Comedy
7.0
- performer: "Rock of Ages" (1830), "The Church in the Wildwood" (1857)(uncredited)
- 1943
The Vanishing Virginian
6.8
- performer: "The British Grenadiers", "In the Evening by the Moonlight", "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?" (1902)(uncredited)
- 1942
Keeping Company
5.9
- Soundtrack( "When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose" (1914), uncredited)
- 1940
Hullabaloo
5.9
- 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
7.0
- Soundtrack( "Bridal Chorus (Here Comes the Bride)" (1850), uncredited)
- 1940
The Ghost Comes Home
5.9
- performer: "Moonlight Bay" (1912)(uncredited)
- 1940
The Wizard of Oz
8.1
- performer: "The Merry Old Land of Oz"(uncredited)
- 1939
Rosalie
6.0
- performer: "Why Should I Care?" (1937)(uncredited)
- 1937
Beg, Borrow or Steal
6.6
- Soundtrack( "Bridal Chorus (Here Comes the Bride)" (1850))
- 1937
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
6.4
- performer: "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow"(uncredited)
- 1937

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Alternative names
- Francis Morgan
Height
- 1.73 m
Born
- June 1,1890
- New York City, New York, USA
Died
- September 18,1949
- Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA(heart attack)
Spouse
- Alma Rose MullerMarch 11, 1914 - September 18, 1949 (his death, 1 child)
Children
- George Morgan
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Other works
Stage: Appeared (as "Henry Spoffard" ) in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" on Broadway. Comedy. Written byAnita LoosandJohn Emerson.Directed / produced byEdgar Selwyn.Times Square Theatre: 28 Sep 1926-Mar 1927 (closing date unknown/199 performances). Cast: Katherine Brook (as "Miss Chapman" ), Grace Burgess (as "Lulu" ), Grace Cornell (as "Ann Spoffard" ), Roy Gorham (as "William Gwynn" ), Grace Hampton (as "Lady Beekman" ),William T. Hayes(as "Old Spoffard" ), Edna Hibbard (as "Dorothy Shaw" ), Bruce Huntley (as "H. Gilbertson Montrose" ),G.P. Huntley(as "Sir Francis Beekman" ), Mrs. Jacques Martin (as "Mrs. Spoffard" ), Edwina Prue (as "Dickie" ), Vivian Purcell (as "Connie" ), Ruth Raymonde (as "Gloria Atwell" ), Georges Romain (as "Robert Broussard" ), Adrian Rosely (as "Louis Broussard" ), Arthur S. Ross (as "Gus Eisman" ), Harold Thomas (as "Harry" ),June Walker(as "Lorelei Lee" ), Daniel Wolf (as "Leon" ). NOTE: Filmed asGentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953).
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Trivia
Margaret Hamilton,who played the Wicked Witch inThe Wizard of Oz (1939),said that whenever she saw the scene where Frank Morgan, as the Wizard, is giving Dorothy's friends gifts from his "black bag" (a diploma for the Scarecrow, a ticking heart for the Tin Man, and a medal for the Cowardly Lion), she got teary eyed, because "Frank Morgan was just like that in real life - very generous".