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Frank Morgan

1890 - 1949

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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 mostly as a contract player at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He is best-known for his multiple roles, including the title role of The Wizard in the 1939 MGM film The Wizard of Oz. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank Morgan has received more than 2,539,720 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Frank Morgan is the 2,789th most popular actor (down from 2,573rd in 2019), the 4,320th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,128th in 2019) and the 1,258th most popular American Actor.

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  • 2.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Frank Morgan ranks 2,789 out of 13,578. Before him are Mildred Natwick, Lazar Ristovski, Jean Yanne, Johnny Dorelli, Judy Holliday, and Tsuru Aoki. After him are Joanna Shimkus, Amedeo Nazzari, Chieko Baisho, Sven Wollter, Phylicia Rashad, and Lara Flynn Boyle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Frank Morgan ranks 136. Before him are Gösta Ekman, Phetsarath Ratanavongsa, Harry Hopkins, Traugott Herr, Oswald de Andrade, and Mehmet Fuat Köprülü. After him are Mário de Sá-Carneiro, Ben Adams, Joachim von Kortzfleisch, Olga Desmond, Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, and Karl Freund. Among people deceased in 1949, Frank Morgan ranks 103. Before him are John Haigh, Nikos Skalkottas, Nándor Dáni, Walter Short, Wallace Beery, and Henri Rabaud. After him are Makino Nobuaki, Kijirō Nambu, Elin Pelin, Émile Eddé, Lou Tseng-Tsiang, and Leonor Michaelis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank Morgan ranks 4,320 out of 20,380. Before him are Aaron Russo (1943), Tyne Daly (1946), Jackie Gleason (1916), Mildred Natwick (1905), Judy Holliday (1921), and Patti LaBelle (1944). After him are Schuyler Colfax (1823), Pitbull (1981), Little Walter (1930), Tommy Dorsey (1905), Lawrence Eagleburger (1930), and Steven Holl (1947).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Frank Morgan ranks 1,258. Before him are Eve Meyer (1928), Cathy O'Donnell (1923), Lynn Cohen (1933), Tyne Daly (1946), Mildred Natwick (1905), and Judy Holliday (1921). After him are Phylicia Rashad (1948), Lara Flynn Boyle (1970), Charles Bickford (1891), Movita Castaneda (1916), Dyan Cannon (1937), and Margo Martindale (1951).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Wizard of Oz
Professor Marvel / The Wizard of Oz
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 brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Witch of the West is the only thing that could stop them.
Aug 15th 19397.6 / 10
The Shop Around the Corner
Hugo Matuschek
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 pen pal.
Jan 12th 19408.149 / 10
The Great Ziegfeld
Billings
Lavish biography of Flo Ziegfeld, the producer who became Broadway's biggest starmaker.
Apr 8th 19366.2 / 10