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 Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937) — Lord Francis Kelton
- Dancing Pirate (1936)
- Dimples (1936) — Professor Eustace Appleby
- Piccadilly Jim (1936) — James Crocker / Count Olav Osric
- The Great Ziegfeld (1936) — Jack Billings
- Trouble for Two (1936)
- Enchanted April (1935)
- Escapade (1935) — Karl
- I Live My Life (1935)
- Lazybones (1935)
- Naughty Marietta (1935) — Governor Gaspard d'Annard
- The Good Fairy (1935) — Konrad
- The Perfect Gentleman (1935)
- A Lost Lady (1934)
- By Your Leave (1934)
- Sisters Under the Skin (1934)
- The Affairs of Cellini (1934) — Alessandro, Duke of Florence
- There's Always Tomorrow (1934)
- Bombshell (1933) — Pops Burns
- Broadway to Hollywood (1933)
- Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (1933)
- Reunion in Vienna (1933) — Dr. Anton King
- The Billion Dollar Scandal (1933)
- The Cat and the Fiddle (1933)
- The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933)
- The Nuisance (1933)
- The Half-Naked Truth (1932)
- Dangerous Nan McGrew (1930)
- Fast and Loose (1930)
- Laughter (1930) — C. Mortimer Gibson
- The Man Who Found Himself (1925)
- At the Mercy of Men (1918)
Catalogue credits: Wikidata and Open Media Database. Sources & licences.