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Eighty-five years ago, The Wizard of Oz arrived in cinemas and forever changed the art form. Based on L. Frank Baum's novel, the beloved film follows Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland) and her cast of ...
Houghton died on December 15, 2016, in Hoodsport, Washington, at the age of 102. He outlived all the major Oz cast, the original Tin Man Buddy Ebsen, and all but one of the major Munchkin actors (Jerry Maren was the only adult munchkin who outlived Houghton).
John Joseph Haley Jr. (August 10, 1898 – June 6, 1979) was an American actor, comedian, dancer, radio host, singer, drummer and vaudevillian. He was best known for his portrayal of the Tin Man and his farmhand counterpart Hickory in the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film The Wizard of Oz.
Jerry Maren (born Gerard Marenghi; January 24, 1920 – May 24, 2018) was an American actor who played a Munchkin member of the Lollipop Guild in the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film The Wizard of Oz. He became the last surviving adult Munchkin [ a ] following the death of Ruth Duccini in 2014, and was also the last surviving cast member with a ...
It wasn’t always easy being green for Margaret Hamilton, the actress who played the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz. And Hamilton — who died at age 82 in 1985 — went through a ...
Walshe died on December 11, 1991, in Los Angeles, following a heart attack. At the age of 91, he was the last surviving credited cast member of The Wizard of Oz. His resting place is in Westwood Memorial Park.
Several of them outlived all the major cast, as well as the original Tin Man Buddy Ebsen. Jerry Maren, who played the green "Lollipop Guild" member, was the last living adult Munchkin actor. Maren was the only Munchkin alive when the film's longest living cast member, Shep Houghton, an extra, died in 2016.
An 'Oz' expert breaks down the surprising amounts cast members earned Silver Screen Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Margaret Hamilton and Judy Garland in 'The Wizard of Oz.'