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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 [1] mostly as a contract player at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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 ...
His final film appearance was an uncredited part in Martin Scorsese's New York, New York (1977) starring Garland's daughter, Liza Minnelli. Haley died in 1979 at age 81 after suffering a heart attack.
Bolger was diagnosed with bladder cancer in 1986, and at the end of that year, his health deteriorated and he left his Beverly Hills home to live at a nursing home in Los Angeles, where he died on January 15, 1987, at the age of 83. [3] At the time of his death, Bolger was the last surviving main-credited cast member of The Wizard of Oz. [24]
Meinhardt Frank Raabe (/ ˈ m aɪ n ˌ h ɑːr t ˈ r ɑː b i /; September 2, 1915 – April 9, 2010) was an American actor. [1] [2] He was one of the last surviving Munchkin-actors in The Wizard of Oz, and was also the last surviving cast member with any dialogue in the film.
Charles Ellsworth Grapewin (December 20, 1869 – February 2, 1956) was an American vaudeville and circus performer, a writer, and a stage and film actor. He worked in over 100 motion pictures during the silent and sound eras, most notably portraying Uncle Henry in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's The Wizard of Oz (1939), "Grandpa" William James Joad in The Grapes of Wrath (1940), Jeeter Lester in ...
The 2019 biopic "Judy" centered on the "Wizard of Oz" actor's final concerts in London before her death at 47. Zellweger won a best actress Oscar for her portrayal. Taron Egerton played Elton John ...