Deceased

How Did Frank Morgan Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 59

Also known asFrancis Philip Wuppermann, Francis Morgan, Frank WuppermanGenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn01/06/1890Born inNew York City, New York, USADied18/09/1949Died inBeverly HillsCausemyocardial infarctionWikidataQ200514 ↗Buried atGreen-Wood CemeteryTMDb#9067 ↗

Francis Phillip Wuppermann, 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 was also briefly billed early in his career as Frank Wupperman and Francis Morgan.

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Filmography60 titles

Importing filmography…

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
1990	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of MagicMovie	Self (archive footage)	100
1990	Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home ToMovie	(archive footage)	100
1974	That's Entertainment!Movie	(archive footage) (uncredited)	84
1949	The Stratton StoryMovie	Barney Wile	59
1949	The Great SinnerMovie	Aristide Pitard	59
1948	Summer HolidayMovie	Uncle Sid	58
1948	The Three MusketeersMovie	King Louis XIII	58
1947	Green Dolphin StreetMovie	Dr. Edmond Ozanne	57
1946	Lady LuckMovie	William Audrey	56
1946	Courage of LassieMovie	Harry MacBain	56
1945	The Great MorganMovie	Himself	55
1945	Yolanda and the ThiefMovie	Victor Budlow Trout	55
1944	Twenty Years AfterMovie	(archive footage)	54
1944	The White Cliffs of DoverMovie	Hiram Porter Dunn	54
1944	Casanova BrownMovie	Mr. Ferris	54
1943	The Human ComedyMovie	Willie Grogan	53
1943	Thousands CheerMovie	Dr. Frank Morgan	53
1942	Tortilla FlatMovie	The Pirate	52
1942	The Vanishing VirginianMovie	Robert Yancey	52
1941	Honky TonkMovie	Judge Cotton	51
1940	Boom TownMovie	Luther Aldrich	50
1940	The Shop Around the CornerMovie	Hugo Matuschek	50
1940	The Ghost Comes HomeMovie	Vernon 'Vern' Adams	50
1940	The Mortal StormMovie	Professor Victor Roth	50
1940	Hollywood: Style Center of the WorldMovie	Self	50
1940	Broadway Melody of 1940Movie	Bob Casey	50
1940	HullabalooMovie	Frankie' Merriweather	50
1939	The Wizard of OzMovie	Professor Marvel / The Wizard of Oz	49
1939	BalalaikaMovie	Ivan Danchenoff	49
1939	Henry Goes ArizonaMovie	Henry Conroy	49
1938	SweetheartsMovie	Felix Lehman	48
1937	RosalieMovie	King Fredrick Romanikov	47
1937	SaratogaMovie	Jesse Kiffmeyer	47
1937	The Last of Mrs. CheyneyMovie	Lord Francis Kelton	47
1937	The Emperor's CandlesticksMovie	Colonel Baron Suroff	47
1937	Beg, Borrow or StealMovie	Ingraham Steward	47
1936	Dancing PirateMovie	Mayor Don Emilio Perena	46
1936	The Great ZiegfeldMovie	Billings	46
1936	DimplesMovie	Eustace Appleby	46
1936	Trouble for TwoMovie	Colonel Geraldine	46
1935	The Perfect GentlemanMovie	Major Horatio Chatteris	45
1935	Naughty MariettaMovie	Gov. Gaspar d'Annard	45
1935	EscapadeMovie	Karl	45
1935	LazybonesMovie	Tom	45
1934	A Lost LadyMovie	Daniel Forrester	44
1934	The Affairs of CelliniMovie	Alessandro, Duke of Florence	44
1934	Sisters Under the SkinMovie	John Hunter Yates	44
1934	There's Always TomorrowMovie	Joseph White	44
1934	By Your LeaveMovie	Henry Smith	44
1933	The NuisanceMovie	Dr. Buchanan Prescott	43
1933	Broadway to HollywoodMovie	Ted Hackett	43
1933	The Kiss Before the MirrorMovie	Paul Held	43
1933	The Billion Dollar ScandalMovie	John Dudley Masterson	43
1933	BombshellMovie	Pops Burns	43
1930	Fast and LooseMovie	Bronson Lenox	40
1930	Belle of the NightMovie	—	40
1930	Dangerous Nan McGrewMovie	Doc Foster	40
1930	Queen HighMovie	George Nettleton	40
1918	The KnifeMovie	Dr. Robert Manning	28
1918	At the Mercy of MenMovie	Count Nicho	28