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  2. Wizard - Wikipedia

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    Mr. Wizard, the creator and host of Watch Mr. Wizard and Mr. Wizard's World; Wizard of New Zealand, also known as The Wizard, New Zealand educator, comedian and politician Ian Brackenbury Channell (born 1932) The Wizard, a ring name of King Curtis Iaukea (1937–2010), professional wrestler and manager, while managing Kamala and Sika in WWF

  3. Magician (fantasy) - Wikipedia

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    The Enchanted Garden of Messer Ansaldo by Marie Spartali Stillman (1889): A magician uses magic to survive. [1]A magician, also known as an archmage, mage, magus, magic-user, spellcaster, enchanter/enchantress, sorcerer/sorceress, warlock, witch, or wizard, is someone who uses or practices magic derived from supernatural, occult, or arcane sources.

  4. Wizards in Middle-earth - Wikipedia

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    Wizards like Gandalf were immortal Maiar, but took the form of Men.. The Wizards or Istari in J. R. R. Tolkien's fiction were powerful angelic beings, Maiar, who took the form of Men to intervene in the affairs of Middle-earth in the Third Age, after catastrophically violent direct interventions by the Valar, and indeed by the one god Eru Ilúvatar, in the earlier ages.

  5. Don Herbert - Wikipedia

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    Donald Jeffry Herbert (July 10, 1917 – June 12, 2007), better known as Mr. Wizard, was the creator and host of Watch Mr. Wizard (1951–65, 1971–72) and Mr. Wizard's World (1983–90), which were educational television programs for children devoted to science and technology. He also produced many short video programs about science and ...

  6. Wizard of Oz (character) - Wikipedia

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    In The Annotated Wizard of Oz, Michael Patrick Hearn suggests that L. Frank Baum may have derived elements of the character and backstory of the Wizard from Washington Harrison Donaldson, a balloonist, ventriloquist and stage magician who worked for P. T. Barnum. On 15 July 1875, Donaldson made an ascent near Chicago and disappeared in a storm ...

  7. Category:Fictional wizards - Wikipedia

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  8. Merlin - Wikipedia

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    As the Arthurian myths were retold, Merlin's prophetic "seer" aspects were sometimes de-emphasized (or even seemingly vanish entirely, as in the fragmentary and more fantastical Livre d'Artus [25]) in favor of portraying him as a wizard and an advisor to the young Arthur, sometimes in the struggle between good and evil sides of his character ...

  9. The Wizard of Oz - Wikipedia

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    The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Based on the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum , it was primarily directed by Victor Fleming , who left production to take over the troubled Gone with the Wind .