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Frank Morgan

Frank Morgan

Acting1890New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Frank Morgan (June 1, 1890 – September 18, 1949) was an American actor. He was best known for his portrayal of the title character in the film The Wizard of Oz. His older brother Ralph Morgan was also an actor of stage and screen.

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Acting History

Future
Oz
as Self / The Wizard (archive footage)
2000
The Dark Side of the Rainbow
as Professor Marvel (archive footage)
1974
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1950
Key to the City
as Fire Chief Duggan
1949
The Great Sinner
as Aristide Pitard
The Stratton Story
as Barney Wile
Any Number Can Play
as Jim Kurstyn
1948
Summer Holiday
as Uncle Sid
The Three Musketeers
as King Louis XIII
1947
Green Dolphin Street
as Dr. Edmond Ozanne
1946
Courage of Lassie
as Harry MacBain
Lady Luck
as William Audrey
1945
Yolanda and the Thief
as Victor Budlow Trout
1944
Kismet
as Narrator (voice)
The White Cliffs of Dover
as Hiram Porter Dunn
Casanova Brown
as Mr. Ferris
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
1943
The Human Comedy
as Willie Grogan
Thousands Cheer
as Dr. Frank Morgan
A Stranger in Town
as John Josephus Grant
1942
Tortilla Flat
as The Pirate
White Cargo
as The Doctor
The Vanishing Virginian
as Robert Yancey
1941
Washington Melodrama
as Calvin Claymore
The Wild Man of Borneo
as J. Daniel 'Dan' Thompson
Honky Tonk
as Judge Cotton
1940
Boom Town
as Luther Aldrich
Hullabaloo
as Frankie' Merriweather
The Ghost Comes Home
as Vernon 'Vern' Adams
The Mortal Storm
as Professor Victor Roth
Keeping Company
as Harry C. Thomas
1939
The Wizard of Oz
as Professor Marvel / The Wizard of Oz
Balalaika
as Ivan Danchenoff
Broadway Serenade
as Cornelius Collier, Jr.
Henry Goes Arizona
as Henry Conroy
1938
The Crowd Roars
as Brian McCoy
Sweethearts
as Felix Lehman
Paradise for Three
as Rudolph Tobler
1937
The Emperor's Candlesticks
as Colonel Baron Suroff
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
as Lord Francis Kelton
Saratoga
as Jesse Kiffmeyer
Rosalie
as King Fredrick Romanikov
Beg, Borrow or Steal
as Ingraham Steward
1936
Dimples
as Eustace Appleby
Piccadilly Jim
as James Crocker, Sr. / Count Olav Osric
Trouble for Two
as Colonel Geraldine
Dancing Pirate
as Mayor Don Emilio Perena
1935
The Perfect Gentleman
as Major Horatio Chatteris
Lazybones
as Tom
Escapade
as Karl
Naughty Marietta
as Gov. Gaspar d'Annard
I Live My Life
as G.P. Bentley
Enchanted April
as Mellersh Wilkins
1934
The Affairs of Cellini
as Alessandro, Duke of Florence
The Cat and the Fiddle
as Jules Daudet
A Lost Lady
as Daniel Forrester
Success at Any Price
as Raymond Merritt
By Your Leave
as Henry Smith
Sisters Under the Skin
as John Hunter Yates
1933
Bombshell
as Pops Burns
Broadway to Hollywood
as Ted Hackett
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
as Mayor John Hastings
The Nuisance
as Dr. Buchanan Prescott
Reunion in Vienna
as Dr. Anton King
Luxury Liner
as Alex Stevenson
Best of Enemies
as William Hartman
The Billion Dollar Scandal
as John Dudley Masterson
1932
The Half-Naked Truth
as Merle Farrell
Secrets of the French Police
as François St. Cyr
1930
Fast and Loose
as Bronson Lenox
Laughter
as C. Mortimer Gibson
Queen High
as George Nettleton
1927
Love's Greatest Mistake
as William Ogden
1925
Scarlet Saint
as Baron Badeau
The Crowded Hour
as Bert Caswell
1924
Manhandled
as Arno Riccardi
Born Rich
as Eugene Magnin
1919
1918
The Knife
as Dr. Robert Manning
At the Mercy of Men
as Count Nicho
1917
1916
The Suspect
as Sir Richard
The Daring of Diana
as John Briscoe

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
6/1/1890
Day of Death
9/18/1949
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA