Frank Morgan

Frank Morgan

1890-06-01 New York City, New York, USA 104 Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Frank Morgan (June 1, 1890 – September 18, 1949) was an American actor. He was best known for his portrayal of the title character in the film The Wizard of Oz. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frank Morgan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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The Dark Side of the Rainbow

The Dark Side of the Rainbow

2000

as Professor Marvel (archive footage)

8.7
Acting

The movie The Wizard of Oz (1939) with the soundtrack replaced by Pink Floyd's album The Dark Side of the Moon (1973); several uncanny moments of sync...

The Dark Side of Oz

The Dark Side of Oz

1995

as Professor Marvel / The Wizard of Oz (archive footage)

Acting

Pink Floyd Meets The Wizard of Oz

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

1990

as (archive footage)

9.0
Acting

This tribute to Myrna Loy is organized chronologically with a few photographs, many film clips, a handful of personal appearances, and a detailed comm...

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic

1990

as Self (archive footage)

8.3
Acting

Documentary about the making of the 1939 MGM classic film The Wizard of Oz. Includes interviews of cast and crew members, their families and fans of t...

That's Entertainment!

That's Entertainment!

1974

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.3
Acting

Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.

Key to the City

Key to the City

1950

as Fire Chief Duggan

6.2
Acting

At a mayors convention in San Francisco, ex-longshoreman Steve Fisk meets Clarissa Standish from New England. Fisk is mayor of "Puget City" and is pro...

Any Number Can Play

Any Number Can Play

1949

as Jim Kurstyn

6.9
Acting

When illegal casino owner Charley Kyng develops heart disease, he is advised by a doctor to spend more time with his family. However, he finds it diff...

The Great Sinner

The Great Sinner

1949

as Aristide Pitard

6.6
Acting

A young man succumbs to gambling fever.

The Stratton Story

The Stratton Story

1949

as Barney Wile

6.5
Acting

Star major league pitcher Monty Stratton loses a leg in a hunting accident, but becomes determined to leave the game on his own terms.

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

1948

as King Louis XIII

6.7
Acting

Athletic adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic adventure about the king's musketeers and their mission to protect France.

Summer Holiday

Summer Holiday

1948

as Uncle Sid

4.9
Acting

Danville, Connecticut at the turn of the century. Young Richard Miller lives in a middle-class neighborhood with his family. He is in love with the gi...

Green Dolphin Street

Green Dolphin Street

1947

as Dr. Edmond Ozanne

6.1
Acting

Sophie loved Edmund, but he left town when her parents forced her to marry wealthy Octavius. Years later, Edmund returns with his son, William. Sophie...

Courage of Lassie

Courage of Lassie

1946

as Harry MacBain

5.7
Acting

Bill's separated from his litter, making friends with the wild creatures until he's found and adopted by young Kathie. An accident separates him from ...

Lady Luck

Lady Luck

1946

as William Audrey

5.4
Acting

A woman marries a gambler with the hopes of reforming him, but things don't quite work out the way she planned.

The Cockeyed Miracle

The Cockeyed Miracle

1946

as Sam Griggs

6.7
Acting

A 60-ish Maine shipbuilder (Frank Morgan) and his 30-ish father (Keenan Wynn) provide for their family from the hereafter.

Yolanda and the Thief

Yolanda and the Thief

1945

as Victor Budlow Trout

5.7
Acting

Johnny Riggs, a con man on the lam, finds himself in a Latin-American country named Patria. There, he overhears a convent-bred rich girl praying to he...

The Great Morgan

The Great Morgan

1945

as Himself

5.5
Acting

Frank Morgan is hired to put together a movie using odds and ends from the MGM vaults. He does so by splicing together a string of completely unrelate...

Kismet

Kismet

1944

as Narrator (voice)

4.8
Acting

Hafiz, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to royalty and to win the heart of the queen of the c...

Casanova Brown

Casanova Brown

1944

as Mr. Ferris

6.3
Acting

Cass Brown is about to marry for the second time; his first marriage, to Isabel was annulled. But when he discovers that Isabel just had their baby, C...

The White Cliffs of Dover

The White Cliffs of Dover

1944

as Hiram Porter Dunn

6.7
Acting

American Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a society ball, Susan meets Sir John Ashwood and marries him after a whir...

Twenty Years After

Twenty Years After

1944

as (archive footage)

6.0
Acting

This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then from a number of 1944 releases.

Thousands Cheer

Thousands Cheer

1943

as Dr. Frank Morgan

6.4
Acting

Acrobat Eddie Marsh is in the army now. His first act is to become friendly with Kathryn Jones, the colonel's pretty daughter. Their romance hits a fe...

A Stranger in Town

A Stranger in Town

1943

as John Josephus Grant

6.1
Acting

In the small town of Crownport local attorney Bill Adams is trying to break up the ring of corrupt town officials by running for mayor. The cards seem...

The Human Comedy

The Human Comedy

1943

as Willie Grogan

6.3
Acting

Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in the small town of Ithaca, California to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to w...

White Cargo

White Cargo

1942

as The Doctor

5.8
Acting

In Africa early in World War II, a British rubber plantation executive reminisces about his arrival in the Congo in 1910. He tells the story of a love...

Tortilla Flat

Tortilla Flat

1942

as The Pirate

5.4
Acting

Danny, a poor northern Californian Mexican-American, inherits two houses from his grandfather and is quickly taken advantage of by his vagabond friend...

The Vanishing Virginian

The Vanishing Virginian

1942

as Robert Yancey

6.0
Acting

The perineal District Attorney and conservative southern patriarch cherishes the old ways and does his best to adjust to change.

Honky Tonk

Honky Tonk

1941

as Judge Cotton

6.4
Acting

Fast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his wife's alcoholic father tries to set things right...

Washington Melodrama

Washington Melodrama

1941

as Calvin Claymore

5.0
Acting

An elderly businessman (Frank Morgan) plans what he thinks is an innocent night on the town while his wife is away. Instead, he finds himself involved...

The Wild Man of Borneo

The Wild Man of Borneo

1941

as J. Daniel 'Dan' Thompson

6.5
Acting

A medicine show man tries to con people into believing he's a legitimate stage actor.

Keeping Company

Keeping Company

1940

as Harry C. Thomas

6.4
Acting

Wholesome comedy about newlyweds (and the bride's understanding--but sometimes interfering--parents) discovering married life isn't always bliss.

Hullabaloo

Hullabaloo

1940

as Frankie' Merriweather

4.0
Acting

A radio actor faces trouble when a science-fiction story causes the audience to panic.

Boom Town

Boom Town

1940

as Luther Aldrich

6.9
Acting

Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman. McMasters and Sand come to oil t...

The Mortal Storm

The Mortal Storm

1940

as Professor Victor Roth

7.2
Acting

The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. After the Nazis come to power, the family is divided ...

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

1940

as Self

5.5
Acting

This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It starts with a vignette in rural America. A mother ...

The Ghost Comes Home

The Ghost Comes Home

1940

as Vernon 'Vern' Adams

5.0
Acting

Comic mayhem results when a small town pet store owner, mistakenly believed killed during a sea voyage, turns up very much alive.

Broadway Melody of 1940

Broadway Melody of 1940

1940

as Bob Casey

6.7
Acting

Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett, who...

The Shop Around the Corner

The Shop Around the Corner

1940

as Hugo Matuschek

8.1
Acting

Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous ...

Balalaika

Balalaika

1939

as Ivan Danchenoff

4.4
Acting

A Russian prince disguised as a worker and a cafe singer secretly involved in revolutionary activities fall in love.

Henry Goes Arizona

Henry Goes Arizona

1939

as Henry Conroy

6.0
Acting

A New Yorker moves West when he inherits an Arizona ranch.

The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz

1939

as Professor Marvel / The Wizard of Oz

7.6
Acting

Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow ...

Broadway Serenade

Broadway Serenade

1939

as Cornelius Collier, Jr.

6.2
Acting

A married singer, pianist/composer team are struggling to hit it big in New York. Finally, they audition before a Broadway producer, but the producer ...

Sweethearts

Sweethearts

1938

as Felix Lehman

5.7
Acting

The team behind a successful Broadway production tries to stop the married stars from transitioning to Hollywood.

The Crowd Roars

The Crowd Roars

1938

as Brian McCoy

6.5
Acting

A young boxer gets caught between a no-good father and a crime boss when he starts dating the boss's daughter, although she doesn't know what daddy do...

Port of Seven Seas

Port of Seven Seas

1938

as Panisse

Acting

In the French port of Marseille, a young woman named Madelon is in love with a young sailor, Marius. Discovering she is pregnant after Marius sets out...

Paradise for Three

Paradise for Three

1938

as Rudolph Tobler

6.8
Acting

A businessman mingles with German laborers to learn more about their lives.

Rosalie

Rosalie

1937

as King Fredrick Romanikov

5.5
Acting

West Point cadet Dick Thorpe falls in love with a girl, who turns out to be a princess from an European kingdom.

Beg, Borrow or Steal

Beg, Borrow or Steal

1937

as Ingraham Steward

4.5
Acting

We find con-man Ingraham Steward living by his wits by steering wealthy Paris visitors to sellers of fake paintings and other assorted dodges. He and ...

Sunday Night at the Trocadero

Sunday Night at the Trocadero

1937

as Frank Morgan

3.8
Acting

A series of vignettes with a loose plot. Featured are Frank Morgan, Groucho Marx, Frank McHugh, Robert Benchley and The Brian Sisters. Not bad, more i...

Saratoga

Saratoga

1937

as Jesse Kiffmeyer

6.2
Acting

A horse breeder's granddaughter falls in love with a gambler in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

The Emperor's Candlesticks

The Emperor's Candlesticks

1937

as Colonel Baron Suroff

5.2
Acting

Spies on opposite sides fall in love in pre-revolutionary Russia.

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

1937

as Lord Francis Kelton

6.0
Acting

A chic American jewel thief falls in love with one of her marks, an English lord.

Dimples

Dimples

1936

as Eustace Appleby

6.4
Acting

Dimples Appleby lives with her pick-pocket grandfather in 19th century New York City. She entertains the crowds while he works his racket. A rich lady...

Piccadilly Jim

Piccadilly Jim

1936

as James Crocker, Sr. / Count Olav Osric

6.5
Acting

Jim's father wants to marry Eugenia, but her sister Netta refuses to allow it. When Jim sees Ann at a club, he falls for her even though she is with L...

Trouble for Two

Trouble for Two

1936

as Colonel Geraldine

6.0
Acting

A decadent prince unhappy over an impending arranged marriage, looking for a good time in London discovers the existence of a secret society called Th...

Dancing Pirate

Dancing Pirate

1936

as Mayor Don Emilio Perena

5.4
Acting

Jonathan Pride is a mild-mannered dance instructor in 1820 Boston. En route to visit relatives, Jonathan is shanghaied by a band of zany pirates and f...

The Great Ziegfeld

The Great Ziegfeld

1936

as Billings

6.3
Acting

At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, sideshow barker Florenz Ziegfeld turns the tables on his more-successful neighbor Billings, and also steals his girl...

The Perfect Gentleman

The Perfect Gentleman

1935

as Major Horatio Chatteris

4.5
Acting

A strait-laced country vicar is very embarrassed by his father's naughty exploits with a lively actress.

I Live My Life

I Live My Life

1935

as G.P. Bentley

6.4
Acting

A society girl tries to make a go of her marriage to an archaeologist.

Escapade

Escapade

1935

as Karl

Acting

A romantic comedy-drama-musical of mistaken identity, infidelity and farce, set in Vienna at the turn of the 20th century.

Lazybones

Lazybones

1935

as Tom

6.3
Acting

Lazybones is an idle baronet. He hasn't a care in the world until his father cuts him off without a penny. He then meets an American heiress & marries...

Naughty Marietta

Naughty Marietta

1935

as Gov. Gaspar d'Annard

5.4
Acting

In order to avoid a prearranged marriage, a rebellious French princess sheds her identity and escapes to colonial New Orleans, where she finds an unli...

The Good Fairy

The Good Fairy

1935

as Konrad

7.0
Acting

In 1930s Budapest, naïve orphan Luisa Ginglebuscher becomes an usherette at the local movie house, determined to succeed in her first job by doing goo...

Enchanted April

Enchanted April

1935

as Mellersh Wilkins

5.4
Acting

Mrs. Lotty Wilkins is an unhappily wife whom's life husband and romance have departed. In order to possibly salvage some of the missing elements in he...

By Your Leave

By Your Leave

1934

as Henry Smith

3.0
Acting

A bored couple facing middle-age succumbs to wandering eyes.

There's Always Tomorrow

There's Always Tomorrow

1934

as Joseph White

8.0
Acting

Ignored by his ever-busy wife and children, a middle-aged businessman finds companionship with a former female employee.

A Lost Lady

A Lost Lady

1934

as Daniel Forrester

6.1
Acting

A bitter woman who thinks she'll never love again marries, only to fall for a brash young man.

The Affairs of Cellini

The Affairs of Cellini

1934

as Alessandro, Duke of Florence

5.1
Acting

The 16th-century sculptor woos the Duchess of Florence despite the duke.

Success at Any Price

Success at Any Price

1934

as Raymond Merritt

3.9
Acting

A young man ruthlessly climbs the corporate ladder only to attempt suicide when the stock market crashes.

The Cat and the Fiddle

The Cat and the Fiddle

1934

as Jules Daudet

6.9
Acting

A romance between a struggling composer and an American singer.

Bombshell

Bombshell

1933

as Pops Burns

6.5
Acting

A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.

Broadway to Hollywood

Broadway to Hollywood

1933

as Ted Hackett

4.6
Acting

In this through-the-years saga about a show business family, the fame of husband and wife vaudeville headliners of the 1880s is eclipsed by their son.

When Ladies Meet

When Ladies Meet

1933

as Rogers

5.6
Acting

Mary, a writer working on a novel about a love triangle, is attracted to her publisher. Her suitor Jimmy is determined to break them up; he introduces...

Best of Enemies

Best of Enemies

1933

as William Hartman

Acting

Buddy Rogers and Marian Nixon playing the grown children of feuding German-Americans Frank Morgan and Joseph Cawthorn. Romance blossoms between Rogers...

Reunion in Vienna

Reunion in Vienna

1933

as Dr. Anton King

6.6
Acting

An exiled archduke (John Barrymore) tries to renew romance with a former lover (Diana Wynyard) now wed to a psychiatrist (Frank Morgan).

The Nuisance

The Nuisance

1933

as Dr. Buchanan Prescott

5.0
Acting

Fast-talker extraordinaire Tracy gives one of his quintessential wiseguy performances as a conniving ambulance chaser who falls in love with Evans, un...

The Kiss Before the Mirror

The Kiss Before the Mirror

1933

as Paul Held

5.5
Acting

When a famous doctor kills his adulterous wife, he is defended by his best friend, an attorney who suspects that his own wife is having an affair.

Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

1933

as Mayor John Hastings

7.4
Acting

A New York tramp falls in love with the mayor's amnesiac girlfriend after rescuing her from a suicide attempt.

Luxury Liner

Luxury Liner

1933

as Alex Stevenson

6.3
Acting

This drama offers a few slices from the lives of those who live, work, and travel upon a luxurious trans-atlantic ocean liner.

The Billion Dollar Scandal

The Billion Dollar Scandal

1933

as John Dudley Masterson

Acting

An ex-convict working for a wealthy oil baron uncovers trouble while his brother becomes involved with the boss's daughter.

The Half-Naked Truth

The Half-Naked Truth

1932

as Merle Farrell

5.2
Acting

A carnival pitchman (Tracy) finagles his girlfriend, a fiery hoochie dancer (Vélez), into a major Broadway revue under the auspices of an impresario (...

Secrets of the French Police

Secrets of the French Police

1932

as François St. Cyr

6.0
Acting

A burglar is recruited by the French Surete to help find his kidnapped girlfriend, who has been kidnapped by a deranged White Russian to impersonate t...

Fast and Loose

Fast and Loose

1930

as Bronson Lenox

4.9
Acting

A wealthy family is thrown into turmoil when the daughter falls for the family chauffeur and the son begins to keep company with a chorus girl.

Laughter

Laughter

1930

as C. Mortimer Gibson

5.0
Acting

Zeigfeld Follies beauty Peggy marries an older man, C. Morton Gibson. Although she soon grows tired of their sedate life, she refuses the attentions o...

Queen High

Queen High

1930

as George Nettleton

6.0
Acting

The two partners of a ladies' garter business are constantly feuding with each other. When they ask their lawyer to dissolve their partnership, he pro...

Dangerous Nan McGrew

Dangerous Nan McGrew

1930

as Doc Foster

2.0
Acting

Dangerous Nan McGrew is the sharp-shooting expert of a traveling medicine show that is stranded in the Canadian northwest at the snowbound hunting lod...

Belle of the Night

Belle of the Night

1930

Acting

A classic comedy short starring Penny Singleton and Frank Morgan.

Love's Greatest Mistake

Love's Greatest Mistake

1927

as William Ogden

Acting

On a train bound for New York, where she hopes to find work, Honey McNeil captures the appreciative eye of William Ogden, a financier, who offers her ...

Scarlet Saint

Scarlet Saint

1925

as Baron Badeau

Acting

Heroine Fidele Tridon has grown up with the knowledge that her father has promised her in marriage to Baron Kurt Badeau. When Fidele comes of age, the...

The Man Who Found Himself

1925

as Lon Morris

Acting

Alfred E.Green silent family relationship romantic melodrama

The Crowded Hour

The Crowded Hour

1925

as Bert Caswell

Acting

Telephone operator Peggy, puts on an act with Matt Wilde at a Bowery amateur night and is seen by Billy Laidlaw, who becomes convinced of her talents....

Born Rich

Born Rich

1924

as Eugene Magnin

1.0
Acting

When a wealthy young lady leaves the US to visit her aunt in France, her husband falls in love with a "flapper". When the wife returns home, she finds...

Manhandled

Manhandled

1924

as Arno Riccardi

6.5
Acting

Comedy which concerns the struggles of an ambitious department store sales clerk who is caught up in New York high society.

The Golden Shower

The Golden Shower

1919

as Lester

Acting

A rich libertine leaves all his money to a college girl who had refused his advances. The ensuing scandal makes her retire to a small town, where she ...

At the Mercy of Men

At the Mercy of Men

1918

as Count Nicho

Acting

Vera Souroff, a young Russian girl, is kidnapped off the street and raped by one of three officers of the Czar's guard. The crime is brought to the at...

The Knife

The Knife

1918

as Dr. Robert Manning

6.0
Acting

Kate Tarleton grows up on a Southern plantation and becomes engaged to her guardian, Dr. Robert Manning, a famous surgeon. When Robert, Kate, and her ...

Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman

Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman

1917

as Bunny Manders

5.8
Acting

A.J. Raffles, an educated and handsome cricket champ with entry to the best social circles steals precious trinkets and jewels, purely for the love of...

Baby Mine

Baby Mine

1917

as Alfred

Acting

Madge Kennedy plays a young bride whose husband walks out after a quarrel. Hoping to make him come crawling back, Kennedy pretends to have given birth...

The Light in Darkness

The Light in Darkness

1917

as Ramsey Latham

Acting

Bank cashier Ramsey Latham is sentenced to prison for violation of the banking laws. On his way to the penitentiary, he encounters Hilary Kenyon, a yo...

Who's Your Neighbor?

1917

as Dudley Carlton

Acting

Reformers pass a law to force prostitutes out of the Red Light District.

The Girl Philippa

1917

as Halkett

Acting

About the year 1900 in a midnight raid on the palace of a Balkan king, emissaries of a great power slay the royal pair, and carry off the infant crown...

A Modern Cinderella

1917

as Tom

Acting

Joyce's mother keeps her younger daughter in the background so that Polly, the elder daughter, can monopolize all the eligible young men, especially T...

The Daring of Diana

The Daring of Diana

1916

as John Briscoe

Acting

To assuage his grief over the death of his wife during childbirth, newspaper publisher John Briscoe resettles in Paris. Twenty-five years pass, during...

The Suspect

The Suspect

1916

as Sir Richard

Acting

The Suspect is a 1916 lost silent film directed by S. Rankin Drew. Set in France and Russia, the plot revolves around the cruelties of Russian Grand D...