Frank Morgan

Francis Philip Wuppermann
1890 - 1949 (heart attack)
American born New York City

Height 5' 10" (1.78 m) . 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). He died in 1949 in Beverly Hills, California. Spouse Alma Muller (11 March 1914 - 18 September 1949) (his death) 1 child.

"Ford Star Jubilee" (1956) , Key to the City (1950) , Any Number Can Play (1949) , The Great Sinner (1949) , The Stratton Story (1949) , The Three Musketeers (1948) , Summer Holiday (1948) , Green Dolphin Street (1947), Lady Luck (1946) , The Cockeyed Miracle (1946) , Courage of Lassie (1946) , Yolanda and the Thief (1945) , Casanova Brown (1944) , Kismet (1944) , The White Cliffs of Dover (1944) , A Stranger in Town (1943) , The Human Comedy (1943) , White Cargo (1942) , Tortilla Flat (1942) , The Vanishing Virginian (1942) , Honky Tonk (1941) , Washington Melodrama (1941) , The Wild Man of Borneo (1941) , Keeping Company (1940) , Hullabaloo (1940) , Boom Town (1940) , The Mortal Storm (1940) , The Ghost Comes Home (1940) , Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940) , The Shop Around the Corner (1940) , Balalaika (1939) , Henry Goes Arizona (1939) , The Wizard of Oz (1939) , Broadway Serenade (1939) , Sweethearts (1938) , The Crowd Roars (1938) , Port of Seven Seas (1938) , Paradise for Three (1938) , Rosalie (1937), Beg, Borrow or Steal (1937) , Saratoga (1937) , The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937) , The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937) , Dimples (1936) , Piccadilly Jim (1936) , Trouble for Two (1936) , Dancing Pirate (1936) , The Great Ziegfeld (1936) , The Perfect Gentleman (1935) , I Live My Life (1935) , Escapade (1935) , Lazybones (1935) , Naughty Marietta (1935) , Enchanted April (1935) , The Good Fairy (1935) , The Mighty Barnum (1934) , By Your Leave (1934) , There's Always Tomorrow (1934) , A Lost Lady (1934) , The Affairs of Cellini (1934) , Success at Any Price (1934) , Sisters Under the Skin (1934) , The Cat and the Fiddle (1934) , Bombshell (1933) , Broadway to Hollywood (1933) , Best of Enemies (1933) , When Ladies Meet (1933) , The Nuisance (1933), The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933) , Reunion in Vienna (1933) , Hallelujah I'm a Bum (1933) , Luxury Liner (1933) , Billion Dollar Scandal (1933) , The Half Naked Truth (1932) , Secrets of the French Police (1932) , Fast and Loose (1930) , Laughter (1930) , Queen High (1930) , Dangerous Nan McGrew (1930) , Belle of the Night (1930) , Love's Greatest Mistake (1927) , Scarlet Saint (1925) , The Man Who Found Himself (1925) , The Crowded Hour (1925) , Born Rich (1924) , Manhandled (1924) , The Golden Shower (1919) , The Gray Towers Mystery (1919) , At the Mercy of Men (1918) , The Knife (1918) , Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1917) , Who's Your Neighbor? (1917) , Baby Mine (1917) , The Light in Darkness (1917) , A Child of the Wild (1917) , A Modern Cinderella (1917) , The Girl Philippa (1916) , The Daring of Diana (1916) , The Suspect (1916)