Editing Frank Morgan

{{Short description|American actor (1890–1949)}}
{{Other people}}
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{{Infobox person
| name          = Frank Morgan
| image         = Frank Morgan-publicity.JPG
| caption       = Morgan publicity picture
| birth_name    = Francis Phillip Wuppermann
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1890|06|01|mf=yes}}
| birth_place   = New York City, U.S.
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|1949|09|18|1890|06|01|mf=yes}}
| death_place   = [[Beverly Hills, California]], U.S.
| resting_place = [[Green-Wood Cemetery]]
| other_names   = {{ubl|Frank Wupperman | Francis Morgan}}
| alma_mater    = [[Cornell University]]
| years_active  = 1914-1949
| occupation    = {{hlist|Actor|stage performer}}
| spouse        = {{marriage|Alma Muller<br>|1914<!--Year omitted when marriage ends by death of article subject, per Template:Marriage instructions-->}}
| known_for = Playing [[Wizard of Oz (character)|the Wizard]] and others in ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]''
| children      = 1
| family =      [[Ralph Morgan]] (elder brother)<br />[[Claudia Morgan]] (niece)
}}
'''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<ref name="WVobit">Obituary ''[[Variety Obituaries|Variety]]'', September 21, 1949, page 63.</ref> mostly as a contract player at [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]. He is best-known for his multiple roles, including the title role of [[Wizard of Oz (character)|Oscar Diggs/The Wizard]] in the 1939 MGM film ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]''. He was also briefly billed early in his career as '''Frank Wupperman''' and '''Francis Morgan'''.

==Early life==
Morgan was born on June 1, 1890, in New York City, to Josephine Wright (née Hancox) and George Diogracia Wuppermann. He was the youngest of 11 children and had five brothers and five sisters. The elder Mr. Wuppermann was born in Venezuela but was brought up in [[Hamburg]], Germany, and was of German and Spanish ancestry.<ref>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PCbYAAAAMAAJ&q=Frank+Morgan+Wuppermann+Venezuelan| work=The National cyclopaedia of American biography| editor-first=James Terry| editor-last=White| publisher=University Microfilms| title= Frank Morgan Wuppermann| year=1967| page=26| access-date=April 10, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RuolkAxx1SsC&pg=PA494 |title=Playbills to Photoplays| pages=488–523| date=December 1, 2010| author=New England Vintage Film Inc Society|publisher=Xlibris Corporation | access-date=April 10, 2020| isbn=978-1453587751}}</ref><ref name=mafia/> His mother was born in the United States, of English ancestry. His brother [[Ralph Morgan]] was also an actor of stage and screen. The family earned their wealth distributing [[Angostura bitters]], allowing Wuppermann to attend [[Cornell University]], where he was a member of the [[Phi Kappa Psi]] fraternity and the [[Cornell University Glee Club|Glee Club]].<ref name=gc1985p377>{{cite book| title=Grand Catalogue of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity| edition=Twelfth| page=377| publisher=Bernard C. Harris| year=1985}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vy9LAAAAYAAJ| title=Songs from the Hill: A History of the Cornell University Glee Club| last=Slon| first=Michael| date=January 1, 1998| publisher=Cornell University Glee Club| isbn=978-0962010316| language=en}}</ref>

==Career==

=== Theater ===
Morgan began his acting career in theater. An aspiring vaudevillian following in his brother's footsteps, he changed his name from Wuppermann to Morgan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frank Morgan |url=https://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/frank-morgan/ |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |language=en}}</ref> He made his acting debut in the show ''Mr. Wu'' on October 14, 1914.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Dennis |first=Ken |date=2008-01-03 |title=Frank Morgan: The Merriest Man |url=https://filmsofthegoldenage.com/current_issue/frank-morgan-the-merriest-man/article_983633fa-dcb0-52fd-9e45-82a420ace6d0.html |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=Muscatine Journal |language=en}}</ref> After many years of starring in theater productions, he finally caught the attention of critics with his role as Count Carlo Boretti in ''The Lullaby'' alongside [[Florence Reed]]. In 1927, he played Henry Spoffard in ''[[Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (play)|Gentlemen Prefer Blondes]]''. <ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Dennis |first=Ken |date=2008-01-03 |title=Frank Morgan: The Merriest Man |url=https://filmsofthegoldenage.com/current_issue/frank-morgan-the-merriest-man/article_983633fa-dcb0-52fd-9e45-82a420ace6d0.html |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=Muscatine Journal |language=en}}</ref> Three years later, Morgan played what he considered to be one of his best roles in ''[[Topaze (play)|Topaze]]''.<ref name=":1" /> 

Morgan's theatrical career ended shortly after he began his contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. His last two shows were ''[[The Band Wagon (musical)|The Band Wagon]]'' and ''[[Hey Nonny Nonny!]]''.<ref name=":0" />

===Film===
[[File:Frank Morgan Madge Kennedy 1917.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Morgan and [[Madge Kennedy]] in the silent film ''[[Baby Mine (1917 film)|Baby Mine]]'' (1917)]]

From 1916 to 1936, Morgan starred in several silent films. He made his debut as Sir Richard in ''[[The Suspect (1916 film)|The Suspect]]'' (1916).<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Frank Morgan |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/135406%7C53814/Frank-Morgan#filmography |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref> Following that, he starred in ''[[Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1917 film)|Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman]]'' (1917) as [[Bunny Manders]], alongside costar [[John Barrymore]].<ref name=":2" /> He also starred in the propaganda film, ''[[Who's Your Neighbor?]]'', along with others such as, ''[[At the Mercy of Men]]'', ''[[Manhandled (1924 film)]]'', ''[[Born Rich (1924 film)]]'', and other roles in small films. 

After signing onto a contract with MGM, Morgan starred with [[Al Jolson]] in ''[[Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (film)]]'' in 1933.<ref>{{Citation |last=Milestone |first=Lewis |title=Hallelujah I'm a Bum |date=1933-02-03 |type=Comedy, Drama, Musical |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024083/ |access-date=2024-11-28 |others=Al Jolson, Madge Evans, Frank Morgan |publisher=Lewis Milestone Productions, Feature Productions}}</ref>  In 1934, Morgan received an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nomination for Best Leading Actor for his performance as [[Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence|Alessandro, Duke of Florence]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=1935 Academy Awards {{!}} Oscars.org {{!}} Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1935/W?qt-honorees=1#block-quicktabs-honorees |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=www.oscars.org |language=en}}</ref>  In the next year, he starred in ''[[The Good Fairy (1935 film)]]''. He also starred as Jack Billings in ''[[The Great Ziegfeld]]''. In 1936, Morgan played alongside [[Shirley Temple]] as Professor Appleby in ''[[Dimples (1936 film)|Dimples]]''. Speaking about Morgan, Temple wrote, " . . Dimples pitted me against an accomplished veteran of the legitimate stage who was not about to let any little curly headed kid steal his scenes. Competition for camera attention had always been a fact of life for me. The kid and the expert could not help but collide." 

[[File:The Wizard of Oz Frank Morgan 1939.jpg | thumb | right | Morgan as the [[Wizard of Oz (character)|Wizard of Oz]] in the [[MGM]] feature film [[The Wizard of Oz]] 1939 film.]]
In ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'' (1939), Morgan played five roles: [[Wizard of Oz (character)|the Wizard]], the carnival huckster "Professor Marvel", the "bust my buttons" Gatekeeper (who initially refuses to let Dorothy and her friends into the city), the "horse of a different color" carriage driver of Emerald City, and the Palace Guard (who refuses to let Dorothy and her friends in to see the Wizard). Morgan was cast in the role on September 22, 1938. [[W. C. Fields]] was originally chosen for the part of the Wizard, but the studio ran out of patience after protracted haggling over his fee.{{Citation needed |date=July 2024}} 

An actor with a wide range, Morgan was equally effective playing comical, befuddled men such as Jesse Kiffmeyer in ''[[Saratoga (film)|Saratoga]]'' (1937) and Mr. Ferris in ''[[Casanova Brown]]'' (1944), as he was with more serious, troubled characters like Hugo Matuschek in ''[[The Shop Around the Corner]]'' (1940), Professor Roth in ''[[The Mortal Storm]]'' (1940) and Willie Grogan in ''[[The Human Comedy (film)|The Human Comedy]]'' (1943). MGM's musical comedy film ''[[The Great Morgan]]'' (1946), is a compilation film featuring Frank Morgan supposedly as himself but playing the familiar bumbler. Occasionally a co-star (as in ''The Human Comedy'', and, once established, invariably a featured player), he also saw the occasional lead deep in his Hollywood career, as the philanthropic tycoon falsely accused of murder in 1941's ''[[Washington Melodrama]]'' and ''The Great Morgan'' (in which he is the Morgan of the title, the picture's central player).

During the 1940s, Morgan appeared in such diverse genres and roles as an oil [[wildcatter]] in ''[[Boom Town (film)|Boom Town]]'' (supporting [[Clark Gable]], [[Spencer Tracy]], and [[Claudette Colbert]]); ''[[Tortilla Flat (film)|Tortilla Flat]]'' in 1942 (based on the [[John Steinbeck]] book, again supporting Tracy); a jungle doctor in ''[[White Cargo]]'' (supporting [[Walter Pidgeon]] and [[Hedy Lamarr]]); a shepherd in the ''[[Courage of Lassie]]'' in 1946; a doctor again in ''[[Green Dolphin Street (film)|Green Dolphin Street]]'' in 1948 in support of [[Lana Turner]], [[Van Heflin]], and [[Donna Reed]]; King Louis XIII in ''[[The Three Musketeers (1948 film)|The Three Musketeers]]'' in 1948, supporting [[Gene Kelly]] and Turner again; and as [[Jimmy Stewart]]’s boss in ''[[The Stratton Story]]'' in 1949. He played a fire chief in his final picture, ''[[Key to the City (film)|Key to the City]]'', filmed in 1949 but released posthumously in 1950.

===Radio===
Morgan also had a career in radio. In the 1940s, Morgan co-starred with [[Fanny Brice]] in one version (of several different series) of the radio program ''Maxwell House Coffee Time'', aka ''The Frank Morgan-Fanny Brice Show''. During the first half of the show Morgan would tell increasingly outlandish tall tales about his life adventures, much to the dismay of his fellow cast members. After the Morgan segment there was a song, followed by Brice as 'Baby Snooks' for the last half of the show. When Brice left to star in her own program in 1944, Morgan continued solo for a year with ''[[The Frank Morgan Show]]''.<ref name="dunningota">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EwtRbXNca0oC&dq=%22The+Frank+Morgan+Show,+comedy-variety%22&pg=PA259 |last=Dunning |first=John |author-link=John Dunning (detective fiction author) |title=On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio |section=The Frank Morgan Show |date=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York, NY |isbn=978-0-19-507678-3 |pages=259–260 |edition=Revised |access-date=September 16, 2019}}</ref> In 1947, Morgan starred as the title character in the radio series ''[[The Fabulous Dr. Tweedy]]''. He also recorded a number of children's records, including the popular [[Gossamer Wump]], released in 1949 by [[Capitol Records]].

==Personal life and death==
Morgan married Alma Muller in 1914; they had one son, George. They were married until his death in 1949.{{Citation needed |date=July 2024}}  

Morgan was widely known to be an alcoholic, according to several people who worked with him, including [[Margaret Hamilton (actress)|Margaret Hamilton]] and [[Aljean Harmetz]]. Morgan sometimes carried a black briefcase to work, fully equipped with a small [[mini-bar]].<ref name="mafia">{{cite web| title=Frank Morgan| website=Hollywood's Irish Mafia| url=http://www.irishmafia.us/morgan.html| access-date=September 18, 2009| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805012420/http://www.irishmafia.us/morgan.html|archive-date=August 5, 2009}}</ref>

Morgan's niece [[Claudia Morgan]] (née Wuppermann) was a stage and film actress, and his brother was playwright Carlos Wuppermann.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Triumph of X |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/the-triumph-of-x-12611#OpeningNightCast |website=[[Internet Broadway Database]] }}</ref>

Morgan had filmed a few scenes as [[Buffalo Bill]] in the musical ''[[Annie Get Your Gun (film)|Annie Get Your Gun]]'' (1950) when he died suddenly of a heart attack on September 18, 1949, at the age of 59. He was replaced in the film by [[Louis Calhern]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DS19490920.2.98| title=Frank Morgan, Local Property Owner, Dies| newspaper=[[The Desert Sun]]| location=Palm Springs, Calif| date=September 20, 1949| page=8| via=California Digital Newspaper Collection}}</ref> Morgan is buried in [[Green-Wood Cemetery]] in [[Brooklyn]]. His tombstone carries his real name, Wuppermann, as well as his stage name.<ref>Wilson, Scott (2001). ''[https://archive.org/details/bwb_T3-AFV-740/page/258/mode/2up?q=%22morgan+frank%22 Resting Places : The Burial Sites of Over 7,000 Famous Persons]''. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p.&nbsp;258. {{ISBN|0-7864-1014-0}}.</ref>

==Awards and honors==
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Morgan was nominated for two [[Academy Awards]], one for [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] in ''[[The Affairs of Cellini]]'' (1934) and one for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] in ''[[Tortilla Flat (film)|Tortilla Flat]]'' (1942). He has two stars dedicated to him on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] in Hollywood, California: one for his films at 1708 [[Vine Street]] and one for his work in radio at 6700 [[Hollywood Boulevard]]. Both were dedicated on February 8, 1960.

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| rowspan=3|1916
| ''[[The Suspect (1916 film)|The Suspect]]''
| Sir Richard
| Film debut, as Frank Wupperman <br /> '''Lost''' film
|-
| ''The Daring of Diana''
| John Briscoe
| rowspan="2" | As Francis Morgan <br /> '''Lost''' film
|-
| ''[[The Girl Philippa]]''
| Halkett
|-
| rowspan=6|1917
| ''[[A Modern Cinderella]]''
| Tom
| rowspan="2" | '''Lost''' film
|-
| ''[[A Child of the Wild]]''
| Frank Trent
|-
| ''[[The Light in Darkness]]''
| Ramsey Latham
|
|-
| ''[[Baby Mine (1917 film)|Baby Mine]]''
| Alfred
|
|-
| ''[[Who's Your Neighbor?]]''
| Dudley Carlton
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| ''[[Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1917 film)|Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman]]''
| [[Bunny Manders]]
|
|-
| rowspan=3|1918
| ''The Knife''
| Dr. Robert Manning
| rowspan="4" | '''Lost''' film
|-
| ''[[At the Mercy of Men]]''
| Count Nicho
|-
| ''The Gray Towers Mystery''
| Billy Durland
|-
| 1919
| ''The Golden Shower''
| Lester
|-
| rowspan=2|1924
| ''[[Manhandled (1924 film)|Manhandled]]''
| Arno Riccardi
|
|-
| ''[[Born Rich (1924 film)|Born Rich]]''
| Eugene Magnin
|
|-
| rowspan=3|1925
| ''[[The Crowded Hour]]''
| Bert Caswell
| rowspan="4" | '''Lost''' film
|-
| ''[[The Man Who Found Himself (1925 film)|The Man Who Found Himself]]''
| Lon Morris
|-
| ''[[Scarlet Saint]]''
| Baron Badeau
|-
| 1927
| ''[[Love's Greatest Mistake]]''
| William Ogden
|-
| rowspan=5|1930
| ''Belle of the Night''
|
| Short
|-
| ''[[Dangerous Nan McGrew]]''
| Muldoon
|
|-
| ''[[Queen High]]''
| Mr. Nettleton
|
|-
| ''[[Laughter (1930 film)|Laughter]]''
| C. Mortimer Gibson
|
|-
| ''[[Fast and Loose (1930 film)|Fast and Loose]]''
| Bronson Lenox
|
|-
| rowspan=2|1932
| ''[[Secrets of the French Police]]''
| François St. Cyr
|
|-
| ''[[The Half-Naked Truth]]''
| Merle Farrell
|
|-
| rowspan=10|1933
| ''[[The Billion Dollar Scandal]]''
| John Dudley Masterson
|
|-
| ''[[Luxury Liner (1933 film)|Luxury Liner]]''
| Alex Stevenson
|
|-
| ''[[Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (film)|Hallelujah, I'm a Bum]]''
| Mayor John Hastings
|
|-
| ''[[Reunion in Vienna]]''
| Dr. Anton Krug
|
|-
| ''[[The Kiss Before the Mirror]]''
| Paul Held
|
|-
| ''[[The Nuisance (1933 film)|The Nuisance]]''
| Dr. Buchanan Prescott
|
|-
| ''[[Best of Enemies (1933 film)|Best of Enemies]]''
| William Hartman
|
|-
| ''[[When Ladies Meet (1933 film)|When Ladies Meet]]''
| Rogers Woodruf
|
|-
| ''[[Broadway to Hollywood (film)|Broadway to Hollywood]]''
| Ted Hackett
|
|-
| ''[[Bombshell (1933 film)|Bombshell]]''
| Pops Burns
|
|-
| rowspan=8|1934
| ''[[The Cat and the Fiddle (film)|The Cat and the Fiddle]]''
| Daudet
|
|-
| ''[[Success at Any Price]]''
| Merritt
|
|-
| ''[[Sisters Under the Skin]]''
| John Hunter Yates
|
|-
| ''[[The Affairs of Cellini]]''
| Alessandro – Duke of [[Florence]]
|Academy Award nomination - Best Actor
|-
| ''[[A Lost Lady (1934 film)|A Lost Lady]]''
| Forrester
|
|-
| ''[[There's Always Tomorrow (1934 film)|There's Always Tomorrow]]''
| Joseph White
|
|-
| ''[[By Your Leave]]''
| Henry Smith
|
|-
| ''[[The Mighty Barnum]]''
| Joe
| Uncredited
|-
| rowspan=6|1935
| ''[[The Good Fairy (1935 film)|The Good Fairy]]''
| Konrad
|
|-
| ''[[Enchanted April (1935 film)|Enchanted April]]''
| Mellersh Wilkins
|
|-
| ''[[Naughty Marietta (film)|Naughty Marietta]]''
| Governor d'Annard
|
|-
| ''[[Escapade (1935 film)|Escapade]]''
| Karl
|
|-
| ''[[I Live My Life]]''
| G.P. Bentley
|
|-
| ''[[The Perfect Gentleman (1935 film)|The Perfect Gentleman]]''
| Major Horatio Chatteris
|
|-
| rowspan=5|1936
| ''[[The Great Ziegfeld]]''
| Jack Billings
|
|-
| ''[[Dancing Pirate]]''
| Mayor Don Emilio Perena
|
|-
| ''[[Trouble for Two]]''
| Colonel Geraldine
|
|-
| ''[[Piccadilly Jim (1936 film)|Piccadilly Jim]]''
| James Crocker – Sr./Count Olav Osric
|
|-
| ''[[Dimples (1936 film)|Dimples]]''
| Prof. Eustace Appleby
|
|-
|rowspan=6|1937
| ''[[The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937 film)|The Last of Mrs. Cheyney]]''
| Lord Kelton
|
|-
| ''[[The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937 film)|The Emperor's Candlesticks]]''
| Col. Baron Suroff
|
|-
| ''[[Saratoga (film)|Saratoga]]''
| Jesse Kiffmeyer
|
|-
| ''[[Sunday Night at the Trocadero]]''
| Himself
| Short
|-
| ''[[Beg, Borrow or Steal]]''
| Ingraham Steward
|
|-
| ''[[Rosalie (1937 film)|Rosalie]]''
| King
|
|-
| rowspan=4|1938
| ''[[Paradise for Three]]''
| Rudolph Tobler
|
|-
| ''[[Port of Seven Seas]]''
| Panisse
|
|-
| ''[[The Crowd Roars (1938 film)|The Crowd Roars]]''
| Brian McCoy
|
|-
| ''[[Sweethearts (1938 film)|Sweethearts]]''
| Felix Lehman
|
|-
| rowspan=4|1939
| ''[[Broadway Serenade]]''
| Cornelius Collier, Jr.
|
|-
| ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]''
| [[Wizard of Oz (character)|The Wizard of Oz]]/Professor Marvel/The Gatekeeper/The Carriage Driver/The Guard
|
|-
| ''[[Henry Goes Arizona]]''
| Henry Conroy
|
|-
| ''[[Balalaika (film)|Balalaika]]''
| Ivan Danchenoff
|
|-
| rowspan=7|1940
| ''[[The Shop Around the Corner]]''
| Hugo Matuschek
|
|-
| ''[[Broadway Melody of 1940]]''
| Bob Casey
|
|-
| ''[[The Ghost Comes Home]]''
| Vern Adams
|
|-
| ''[[The Mortal Storm]]''
| Professor Viktor Roth
|
|-
| ''[[Boom Town (film)|Boom Town]]''
| Luther Aldrich
|
|-
| ''[[Hullabaloo (film)|Hullabaloo]]''
| Frankie Merriweather
|
|-
| ''[[Keeping Company]]''
| Harry C. Thomas
|
|-
| rowspan=3|1941
| ''[[The Wild Man of Borneo (film)|The Wild Man of Borneo]]''
| J. Daniel Thompson
|
|-
| ''[[Washington Melodrama]]''
| Calvin Claymore
|
|-
| ''[[Honky Tonk (1941 film)|Honky Tonk]]''
| Judge Cotton
|
|-
| rowspan=3|1942
| ''[[The Vanishing Virginian]]''
| Robert Yancey
|
|-
| ''[[Tortilla Flat (film)|Tortilla Flat]]''
| The Pirate
|Academy Award nomination - Best Supporting Actor
|-
| ''[[White Cargo]]''
| The Doctor
|
|-
| rowspan=3|1943
| ''[[The Human Comedy (film)|The Human Comedy]]''
| Willie Grogan
|
|-
| ''[[A Stranger in Town (1943 film)|A Stranger in Town]]''
| John Josephus Grant
|
|-
| ''[[Thousands Cheer]]''
| Dr. Frank Morgan
|
|-
| rowspan=3|1944
| ''[[The White Cliffs of Dover (1944 film)|The White Cliffs of Dover]]''
| Hiram Porter Dunn
|
|-
| ''[[Kismet (1944 film)|Kismet]]''
| Narrator
| Voice, Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Casanova Brown]]''
| Mr. Ferris
|
|-
| 1945
| ''[[Yolanda and the Thief]]''
| Victor Budlow Trout
|
|-
| rowspan=4|1946
| ''[[Courage of Lassie]]''
| Harry MacBain
|
|-
| ''[[The Cockeyed Miracle]]''
| Sam Griggs
|
|-
| ''[[Lady Luck (1946 film)|Lady Luck]]''
| William Audrey
|
|-
| ''[[The Great Morgan]]''
| Himself
|
|-
| 1947
| ''[[Green Dolphin Street (film)|Green Dolphin Street]]''
| Dr. Edmond Ozanne
|
|-
| rowspan=2|1948
| ''[[Summer Holiday (1948 film)|Summer Holiday]]''
| Uncle Sid
|
|-
| ''[[The Three Musketeers (1948 film)|The Three Musketeers]]''
| [[Louis XIII of France|King Louis XIII]]
|
|-
| rowspan=3|1949
| ''[[The Stratton Story]]''
| Barney Wile
|
|-
| ''[[The Great Sinner]]''
| Aristide Pitard
|
|-
| ''[[Any Number Can Play]]''
| Jim Kurstyn
|
|-
| 1950
| ''[[Key to the City (film)|Key to the City]]''
| Fire Chief Duggan
| Final film 
|}

==Radio appearances==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Program
! Episode/source
|-
| 1937|| ''[[Amos & Andy]]'' || ''Amos and Andy with Frank Morgan''
|-
| 1940|| ''[[The Screen Guild Theater|Screen Guild Players]]'' || ''[[The Shop Around the Corner]]''<ref>{{cite magazine| title=Those Were The Days| magazine=Nostalgia Digest| date=Summer 2015| volume=41| issue=3| pages=32–39}}</ref>
|-
| 1941|| ''[[Art Museum]]'' || January 9, 1941
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1942|| ''Pat O'Brien'' || April 23, 1942
|-
| ''[[Command Performances]]'' || October 27, 1942
|-
| ''[[The Pied Piper]]'' || December 21, 1942
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1943|| ''[[Nothing but the Truth (1941 film)|Nothing But The Truth]]'' || May 3, 1943
|-
| ''[[The Human Comedy (film)|The Human Comedy]]'' || July 12, 1943
|-
| ''[[Holy Matrimoney]]'' || December 13, 1943
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1944|| ''[[Wallpapering]]'' || September 23, 1944
|-
| ''[[The Frank Morgan Show]]'' || [[NBC]] August 31, 1944 - May 31, 1945
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1945|| ''[[The Devil and Miss Jones]]'' || March 12, 1945
|-
| ''[[Birdseye Open House]]'' || September 13, 1945, host [[Dinah Shore]]
|-
| ''[[Huckleberry Finn]]'' || October 14, 1945
|-
| ''[[Names On The Land]]'' || December 24, 1945
|-
| 1946|| ''[[The Bickersons]]'' || 60 episodes
|-
| 1947|| ''[[The Fabulous Dr. Tweedy]]'' || 5 episodes
|-
| 1948|| ''[[The Jimmy Durante Show]]'' || January 14, 1948
|-
| 1949|| ''[[Kraft Music Hall]]'' || 35 episodes
|}

==See also==
* {{Portal-inline|Biography}}
* {{portal-inline|Film}}
* {{portal-inline|Radio}}
* [[List of actors with Academy Award nominations]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book |last=Alistair |first=Rupert |title=The Name Below the Title: 65 Classic Movie Character Actors from Hollywood's Golden Age |chapter=Frank Morgan |pages=180–184 |date=2018 |edition=First |publisher=Independently published |location=Great Britain |isbn=978-1-7200-3837-5}}

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