Died Today (September 18th): Frank Morgan (1890–1949)

frankmorgan.jpgFrank Morgan (I) (1890–1949)

Born: June 1, 1890 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: September 18, 1949 (age 59) in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Married to:
Alma Muller (11 March 1914 – 18 September 1949) (his death) (1 child)

Margaret Hamilton, who played the Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz (1939) said that whenever she saw the scene in the film where Frank Morgan as the Wizard is giving Dorothy’s friends gifts from his “black bag” (a diploma for the Scarecrow, a ticking heart for the Tin Man, and a medal for the Cowardly Lion), she got teary eyed, because “Frank Morgan was just like that in real life – very generous”.

THE STRATTON STORY
1949
dir. Sam Wood
Stars:
James Stewart
June Allyson

THE WIZARD OF OZ 1939The Wizard of Oz
1939
dir. Victor Fleming
Starring
Garland
Frank Morgan
THEThe Good Fairy
1935
dir. Wyler
starring
Margaret Sullavan
Frank Morgan
The Shop Around the CornerThe Shop Around the Corner
1940
dir. Ernst Lubitsch
Cast
Margaret Sullavan
James Stewart

 

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