Frank Morgan
Birthplace: New York City
Born: 1890-06-01
Died: 1949-09-18
Occupations recorded in source
actor; character actor; film actor; musician; stage actor
Biography from Wikipedia
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. He was also briefly billed early in his career as Frank Wupperman and Francis Morgan.
He is best-known for his multiple roles, including Professor Marvel and the title role of The Wizard, in the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer classic The Wizard of Oz.
Sources & attribution
Wikidata · revision
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Films in Cinema Hound
Acting
- The Wizard of Oz at Sphere (2025)
- Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963)
- Key to the City (1950) — Fire Chief Duggan
- The Great Sinner (1949) — Aristide Pitard
- The Stratton Story (1949) — Barney Wile
- Summer Holiday (1948)
- The Three Musketeers (1948) — Louis XIII
- Green Dolphin Street (1947) — Dr. Edmond Ozanne
- Courage of Lassie (1946) — Harry MacBain
- Lady Luck (1946)
- The Cockeyed Miracle (1946)
- The Great Morgan (1945)
- Yolanda and the Thief (1945) — Victor Budlow Trout
- Casanova Brown (1944) — Mr. Ferris
- The White Cliffs of Dover (1944) — Hiram Porter Dunn
- A Stranger in Town (1943) — John Josephus Grant
- The Human Comedy (1943) — Willie Grogan
- The Vanishing Virginian (1942)
- Tortilla Flat (1942) — The Pirate
- White Cargo (1942)
- Honky Tonk (1941) — Judge Cotton
- The Wild Man of Borneo (1941)
- Washington Melodrama (1941)
- Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940) — Bob Casey
- Hullabaloo (1940)
- Keeping Company (1940)
- The Ghost Comes Home (1940)
- The Mortal Storm (1940) — Prof. Viktor Roth
- The Shop Around the Corner (1940) — Hugo Matuschek
- Balalaika (1939) — Ivan Danchenoff
- Broadway Serenade (1939)
- Henry Goes Arizona (1939)
- The Wizard of Oz (1939) — Prof. Marvel,The cabbie,The Wizard of Oz,The Wizard's guard,Emerald City doorman
- Paradise for Three (1938)
- Port of Seven Seas (1938)
- Sweethearts (1938) — Felix Lehman
- The Crowd Roars (1938)
- Beg, Borrow or Steal (1937)
- Rosalie (1937)
- Saratoga (1937) — Jesse Kiffmeyer
Frequent collaborators
Shared films in this catalogue.
- Reginald Owen · 8 films
- Robert Z. Leonard · 6 films
- Clark Gable · 4 films
- Jeanette MacDonald · 4 films
- Margaret Sullavan · 4 films
- Victor Fleming · 4 films
Catalogue credits: Wikidata and Open Media Database. Sources & licences.