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Known for:	The Wizard of Oz, The Shop Around the Corner, The Great Ziegfeld
Birth name:	Francis Philip Wuppermann
Birthday:	1 June 1890, New York, New York, USA
Height:	5' 10" (1.78 m)

Born, with his elder brother, the actor Ralph Morgan, into a well-to-do family that formerly distributed in the US the universally-known condiment "Angostura Aromatic Bitters." Character actor best remembered as Prof. Marvel/The Wizard in The Wizard of Oz. Interred at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, USA, in section #168, plot #14447. Member of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. Uncle of actress Claudia Morgan. Youngest of eleven children (six boys and five girls) of the co-founder of the Angostura-Wuppermann Corporation which marketed bitters used in drinks and cocktails. Hobby -- boat enthusiast who participated in yacht races. A boy soprano in church, some of his early pre-acting jobs included selling toothbrushes, soliciting advertisements, and bronco busting Son, George Morgan W.C. Fields was originally considered for Mogan's role in The Wizard of Oz. Was a member of the famous "Irish mafia"--even though he wasn't Irish--which also included fellow Hollywood actors James Cagney, Spencer Tracy, Frank McHugh and Pat O'Brien. Brother-in-law of Grace Arnold.

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