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Frank Morgan

Character Actor | * 06/01/1890 († 59, 09/18/1949) | New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Francis Phillip Wuppermann (June 1, 1890 – September 18, 1949), known professionally as Frank Morgan, was an American character actor. He was best known for his appearances in films starting in the silent era in 1916, and then numerous sound films throughout the 1930s and 1940s, with a career spanning 35 years mostly as a contract player at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, with his most celebrated performance playing the title role of The Wizard in the MGM movie The Wizard of Oz (1939). He was also briefly billed early in his career as Frank Wupperman and Francis Morgan. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

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Awards & Nominations for Frank Morgan

Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Actor
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Movies with Frank Morgan as Actor(102)

as (archive footage)1990 Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
as Self (archive footage)1990 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
as (archive footage) (uncredited)1974 That's Entertainment!
as Fire Chief Duggan1950 Key to the City
as Aristide Pitard1949 The Great Sinner
as Barney Wile1949 The Stratton Story
as Jim Kurstyn1949 Any Number Can Play
as Uncle Sid1948 Summer Holiday
as King Louis XIII1948 The Three Musketeers
as Dr. Edmond Ozanne1947 Green Dolphin Street
as Harry MacBain1946 Courage of Lassie
as Sam Griggs1946 The Cockeyed Miracle
as William Audrey1946 Lady Luck
as himself1945 The Great Morgan
as Victor Budlow Trout1945 Yolanda and the Thief
as Narrator (voice)1944 Kismet
as Hiram Porter Dunn1944 The White Cliffs of Dover
as Mr. Ferris1944 Casanova Brown
as Dr. Frank Morgan1943 Thousands Cheer
as Willie Grogan1943 The Human Comedy
as John Josephus Grant1943 A Stranger in Town
as The Doctor1942 White Cargo
as The Pirate1942 Tortilla Flat
as Robert Yancey1942 The Vanishing Virginian
as J. Daniel 'Dan' Thompson1941 The Wild Man of Borneo
as Judge Cotton1941 Honky Tonk
as Calvin Claymore1941 Washington Melodrama
as Harry C. Thomas1940 Keeping Company
as Luther Aldrich1940 Boom Town
as Bob Casey1940 Broadway Melody of 1940
as Professor Victor Roth1940 The Mortal Storm
as Frankie' Merriweather1940 Hullabaloo
as Hugo Matuschek1940 The Shop Around the Corner
as Vernon 'Vern' Adams1940 The Ghost Comes Home
as Professor Marvel / The Wizard of Oz1939 The Wizard of Oz
as Henry Conroy1939 Henry Goes Arizona
as Ivan Danchenoff1939 Balalaika
as Cornelius Collier, Jr.1939 Broadway Serenade
as Felix Lehman1938 Sweethearts
as Brian McCoy1938 The Crowd Roars
as Rudolph Tobler1938 Paradise for Three
as Panisse1938 Port of Seven Seas
as King Fredrick Romanikov1937 Rosalie
as Ingraham Steward1937 Beg, Borrow or Steal
as Jesse Kiffmeyer1937 Saratoga
as Colonel Baron Suroff1937 The Emperor's Candlesticks
as Lord Francis Kelton1937 The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
as Eustace Appleby1936 Dimples
as Billings1936 The Great Ziegfeld
as Mayor Don Emilio Perena1936 Dancing Pirate
as Colonel Geraldine1936 Trouble for Two
as James Crocker, Sr. / Count Olav Osric1936 Piccadilly Jim
as G.P. Bentley1935 I Live My Life
as Major Horatio Chatteris1935 The Perfect Gentleman
as Tom1935 Lazybones
as Karl1935 Escapade
as Mellersh Wilkins1935 Enchanted April
as Konrad1935 The Good Fairy
as Gov. Gaspar d'Annard1935 Naughty Marietta
as Joseph White1934 There's Always Tomorrow
as Alessandro, Duke of Florence1934 The Affairs of Cellini
as Henry Smith1934 By Your Leave
as Merritt1934 Success at Any Price
as Daniel Forrester1934 A Lost Lady
as Jules Daudet1934 The Cat and the Fiddle
as Pops Burns1933 Bombshell
as Dr. Buchanan Prescott1933 The Nuisance
as Ted Hackett1933 Broadway to Hollywood
as William Hartman1933 Best of Enemies
as Alex Stevenson1933 Luxury Liner
as Rogers1933 When Ladies Meet
as John Dudley Masterson1933 The Billion Dollar Scandal
as Dr. Anton King1933 Reunion in Vienna
as Mayor John Hastings1933 Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
as François St. Cyr1932 Secrets of the French Police
as Farrell1932 The Half-Naked Truth
as Bronson Lenox1930 Fast and Loose
as C. Mortimer Gibson1930 Laughter
as Doc Foster1930 Dangerous Nan McGrew
as Mr. Nettleton1930 Queen High
as William Ogden1927 Love's Greatest Mistake
as Bert Caswell1925 The Crowded Hour
as Lon Morris1925 The Man Who Found Himself
as Baron Badeau1925 Scarlet Saint
as Eugene Magnin1924 Born Rich
as Arno Riccardi1924 Manhandled
as Lester1919 The Golden Shower
as Dr. Robert Manning1918 The Knife
as Dudley Carlton1917 Who's Your Neighbor?
as Halkett1917 The Girl Philippa
as Ramsey Latham1917 The Light in Darkness
as Bunny Manders1917 Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
as Alfred1917 Baby Mine
as Sir Richard1916 The Suspect
as John Briscoe1916 The Daring of Diana

Full Name: Frank Morgan
Born: Sunday, 06/01 1890 (June) in New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Sunday, 09/18 1949 (September) in Beverly Hills (aged: 59)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Cornell University, American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Trinity-Pawling School
Spouses (current/former): Alma Muller
Other names for Frank Morgan (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Francis Philip Wuppermann"
"Francis Morgan"
"Frank Wupperman"
"Francis Phillip Wuppermann"
Frank Morgan frequently works together with these people:
Cedric Gibbons (42x, Crew)
Edwin B. Willis (33x, Crew)
Douglas Shearer (31x, Crew)
Adrian (17x, Crew)
Jack Dawn (15x, Crew)
Reginald Owen (13x, Actor)
George J. Folsey (11x, Crew)
Irene (10x, Crew)
Harold Rosson (10x, Crew)
Clark Gable (9x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:8395, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024