| rdfs:comment | - Frank Morgan was an anti-cloning politician running for presidency during 2004 and 2005.
- Frank Morgan was a Grayson citizen and an officer of the Grayson Space Navy. Holding the rank of Captain (junior grade), he served as the commanding officer of the Royal Manticoran Navy destroyer HMS Gawain. This made him Captain Jacob Zavala's flag captain for Destroyer Division 301.2. (SI2)
- Francis Phillip Wuppermann (June 1, 1890 – September 18, 1949), known by his stage name of Frank Morgan, was an American character actor.[1] He is best known as a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player and as the title character in The Wizard of Oz (1939). Contents [show] Early life[edit]Morgan was born Francis Phillip Wuppermann in New York City, the youngest of eleven children (six boys and five girls) born to Josephine Wright (née Hancox) and George Diogracia Wuppermann. His father was born in Venezuela, of German and Spanish ancestry, and was raised in Hamburg, Germany.[2][3][4] His mother was born in the United States, of English ancestry. The family earned its wealth distributing Angostura bitters, allowing Wuppermann to attend Cornell University where he joined Phi Kappa Psi Fraternit
- In the gossip columns that reported on the Oz project during much of 1938, various other possibilities for the role of the Wizard were discussed, including Ed Wynn, W.C. Fields, Hugh Herbert, Victor Moore, and Robert Benchley. Morgan campaigned for the role vigorously, however. He solicited a screen test for himself, sometime around 20 September; screenwriter Noel Langley later called it "one of the funniest things I ever saw." Over his career, Morgan had extensive experience with his Oz castmates. He played: Morgan died in his sleep on September 18 1949 at the age of 59
- The tract starts at a local prison. While at the prison, a man named Commissioner Gordon informs the sheriff that the Governor wanted all the prisoners from pod #4 released so that they could make more room for future inmates. One of the inmates from pod #4 was a young man named Frank Morgan. In the past, Frank had broken a police officer's jaw, shot at him, and nearly beat him and another police officer to death. He even ran over a neighbor's dog! Suddenly, two police officers went to the Sheriff to discuss Frank's release from prison and quickly resigned from their positions, and presented their badges to the sheriff. The sheriff was horrified at the position he was in.
- DCI Frank Morgan was put in temporary charge of DCI Gene Hunt's team when Gene was suspected of murder and went into hiding (Series 2: Episode 7). While Gene had preferred the police department to be - organic, Frank Morgan was strict and wanted it very clean and neat. Morgan got along well with DI Sam Tyler, but liked to boss around the other coppers and bully them. Morgan believed Gene to be a murderer, and was disappointed when someone else was found to be the culprit. Gene returned to the department with only the most perfunctory of welcomes from Morgan.
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| abstract | - Francis Phillip Wuppermann (June 1, 1890 – September 18, 1949), known by his stage name of Frank Morgan, was an American character actor.[1] He is best known as a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player and as the title character in The Wizard of Oz (1939). Contents [show] Early life[edit]Morgan was born Francis Phillip Wuppermann in New York City, the youngest of eleven children (six boys and five girls) born to Josephine Wright (née Hancox) and George Diogracia Wuppermann. His father was born in Venezuela, of German and Spanish ancestry, and was raised in Hamburg, Germany.[2][3][4] His mother was born in the United States, of English ancestry. The family earned its wealth distributing Angostura bitters, allowing Wuppermann to attend Cornell University where he joined Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity.[5] He then followed his older brother Ralph Morgan into show business, first on the Broadway stage and into motion pictures. Career[edit] Morgan and Madge Kennedy in Baby Mine (1917)After his film debut The Suspect (1916), he provided support to his friend John Barrymore in Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1917), an independent film produced in and about New York City. Morgan's career expanded when talkies began, his most stereotypical role being that of a befuddled but good hearted middle-aged man. By the mid-1930s, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer had been so impressed by Morgan that they signed him to a lifetime contract. Morgan's best remembered film performance, playing five roles, is in The Wizard of Oz (1939), where he played the carnival huckster "Professor Marvel", the Gatekeeper at the Emerald City, the coachman of the carriage drawn by "The Horse of a Different Color", the Guard who initially refuses to let Dorothy and her friends in to see the Wizard, and the Wizard himself. Morgan was cast in the role on September 22, 1938. W. C. Fields was originally chosen for the role of the Wizard, but the studio ran out of patience after protracted haggling over his fee. An actor with a wide range, he was equally effective playing comical, befuddled men such as Jesse Kiffmeyer in 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) and Professor Roth in The Mortal Storm (1940). MGM's 1946 film The Great Morgan was written with the story centering on Frank Morgan. 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. 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. Like most character actors of the studio era, Morgan was sought out for numerous motion picture roles. One of his last roles was as Barney Wile in The Stratton Story (1949), a true story about a ballplayer (played by James Stewart) who makes a comeback after having his leg amputated due to a hunting accident. His final film Key to the City (1950) was released posthumously, in which he played Fire Chief Duggan. He was the third lead, after Clark Gable and Loretta Young. Morgan as The Gatekeeper at the entrance to the Emerald City in The Wizard of OzPersonal life and death[edit]Morgan married Alma Muller (1895–1949) in 1914; they had one son. Their marriage ended with his death in 1949. He was widely known to have had a drinking problem, according to several who worked with him, including actress Margaret Hamilton (the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz) and "Oz" historian Aljean Harmetz. Morgan sometimes carried a black briefcase to work fully equipped with a small mini-bar.[6] Morgan's niece, Claudia Morgan (née Wuppermann) was a stage and film actress, most notable for playing the role of Vera Claythorne in the first Broadway production of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None. Morgan was also a brother of playwright Carlos Wupperman, who was killed in the Rhineland in 1919 while on duty there with the Army of Occupation. Wupperman had only one play produced on Broadway. The Triumph of X opened at the Comedy Theater in New York City on August 24, 1921,[7] but ran for only 30 performances. The production besides starring Morgan, the play's female lead was Helen Menken, and in his first Broadway outing,[8] character actor Robert Keith, father of actor Brian Keith and one-time husband of Theater Guild actress Peg Entwistle, who committed suicide by jumping from the Hollywood Sign in 1932. Morgan died of a heart attack on September 18, 1949, while filming Annie Get Your Gun (he was replaced by Louis Calhern). His death came before the 1956 premiere televised broadcast on CBS[9] of The Wizard of Oz, would make him the only major cast member from the film who would not live to see the film's revived popularity and become in the 1960s an annual holiday American television institution.[9] He is buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn. His tombstone carries his real name, Wuppermann, as well as his stage name. Awards and honors[edit]Morgan was nominated for two Academy Awards, one for Best Actor for his role as the cuckolded Duke of Florence in The Affairs of Cellini (1934) and one for Best Supporting Actor for Tortilla Flat (1942), as a simple Hispanic owner of the dogs. Morgan has two stars dedicated to him on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California: one for motion pictures at 1708 Vine Street, and one for his work in radio at 6700 Hollywood Boulevard. Both were dedicated on February 8, 1960. Filmography[edit]The Suspect (1916)The Daring of Diana (1916)The Girl Philippa (1916)A Modern Cinderella (1917)A Child of the Wild (1917)The Light in Darkness (1917)Baby Mine (1917)Who's Your Neighbor? (1917)Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1917)The Knife (1918)At the Mercy of Men (1918)The Gray Towers Mystery (1919)The Golden Shower (1919)Manhandled (1924)Born Rich (1924)The Crowded Hour (1925)The Man Who Found Himself (1925)Scarlet Saint (1925)Love's Greatest Mistake (1927)Belle of the Night (1930) (short subject)Dangerous Nan McGrew (1930)Queen High (1930)Laughter (1930)Fast and Loose (1930)Secrets of the French Police (1932)The Half Naked Truth (1932)The Billion Dollar Scandal (1933)Luxury Liner (1933)Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (1933)Reunion in Vienna (1933)The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933)The Nuisance (1933)When Ladies Meet (1933)Broadway to Hollywood (1933)Best of Enemies (1933)Bombshell (1933)Broadway to Hollywood (1933)The Cat and the Fiddle (1934)Sisters Under the Skin (1934)Success at Any Price (1934)The Affairs of Cellini (1934)A Lost Lady (1934)There's Always Tomorrow (1934)By Your Leave (1934)The Mighty Barnum (1934)The Good Fairy (1935)Enchanted April (1935)Naughty Marietta (1935)Lazybones (1935)Escapade (1935)I Live My Life (1935)The Imperfect Lady (1935)The Perfect Gentleman (1935)The Great Ziegfeld (1936)Piccadilly Jim (1936)Dancing Pirate (1936)Trouble for Two (1936)Dimples (1936)The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937)The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937)Saratoga (1937)Sunday Night at the Trocadero (1937, short)Beg, Borrow or Steal (1937)Rosalie (1937)Paradise for Three (1938)Port of Seven Seas (1938)The Crowd Roars (1938)Sweethearts (1938)Broadway Serenade (1939)The Wizard of Oz (1939)Henry Goes Arizona (1939)Balalaika (1939)The Shop Around the Corner (1940)Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)The Ghost Comes Home (1940)The Mortal Storm (1940)Boom Town (1940)Hullabaloo (1940)Keeping Company (1940)The Wild Man of Borneo (1941)Washington Melodrama (1941)Honky Tonk (1941)The Vanishing Virginian (1942)Tortilla Flat (1942)White Cargo (1942)The Human Comedy (1943)A Stranger in Town (1943)Thousands Cheer (1943)The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)Kismet (1944) (narrator)Casanova Brown (1944)Yolanda and the Thief (1945)The Great Morgan (1946)Courage of Lassie (1946)The Cockeyed Miracle (1946)Lady Luck (1946)Green Dolphin Street (1947)Summer Holiday (1948)The Three Musketeers (1948)The Stratton Story (1949)The Great Sinner (1949)Any Number Can Play (1949)Key to the City (1950)Radio appearances[edit]Year Program Episode/source1940 Screen Guild Players The Shop Around the Corner[10]
- Frank Morgan was an anti-cloning politician running for presidency during 2004 and 2005.
- DCI Frank Morgan was put in temporary charge of DCI Gene Hunt's team when Gene was suspected of murder and went into hiding (Series 2: Episode 7). While Gene had preferred the police department to be - organic, Frank Morgan was strict and wanted it very clean and neat. Morgan got along well with DI Sam Tyler, but liked to boss around the other coppers and bully them. Morgan believed Gene to be a murderer, and was disappointed when someone else was found to be the culprit. Gene returned to the department with only the most perfunctory of welcomes from Morgan. At the end of the Gene's welcome back party, Morgan told Sam that he had done a good job as a copper and was very close to returning home, a phrase that held a great deal of meaning to Sam. DCI Morgan returned a short time later (Series 2: Episode 8) and told Sam that if he discredited Gene Hunt and his out-moded policing methods, Sam could return to Hyde (the place where he supposedly came from). Sam agreed, believing that he would be able to return home. When Sam, Gene, DS Ray Carling, DC Chris Skelton, and WDC Annie Cartwright were undercover during an armed train robbery, and being shot at, Sam asked Morgan for help, but he refused. Sam realised that Morgan was willing to let the Hunt and his team be killed to make his point. After this, Sam woke up in a hospital back in the year 2007, one year after he had been hit by a car. He had been in a coma for so long because he had a brain tumour. In the future, however, Frank Morgan was the surgeon who operated on him, cutting out the tumour and bringing him back to consciousness ...
- The tract starts at a local prison. While at the prison, a man named Commissioner Gordon informs the sheriff that the Governor wanted all the prisoners from pod #4 released so that they could make more room for future inmates. One of the inmates from pod #4 was a young man named Frank Morgan. In the past, Frank had broken a police officer's jaw, shot at him, and nearly beat him and another police officer to death. He even ran over a neighbor's dog! Suddenly, two police officers went to the Sheriff to discuss Frank's release from prison and quickly resigned from their positions, and presented their badges to the sheriff. The sheriff was horrified at the position he was in. When his family heard the news that Frank was returning home from prison, they didn't know what to do. His wife and daughter feared for their safety. When Frank arrived, he went to the sheriff's house, and asked him to forgive him for his crimes against him and the sheriff accepts the apology. He then went to his house and gave his family balloons and flowers as a means of apologizing to them for his past behavior. He even bought a dog as a replacement for the neighbor's dog that he ran over. Later on, he goes to a church and talks about how when he was in prison, an unnamed chaplain slipped a few religious tracts into his cell, and he read them, and repented of his sins. The preacher then asks his congregation if they would accept Jesus into their hearts, and they all raise their hands in unison.
- In the gossip columns that reported on the Oz project during much of 1938, various other possibilities for the role of the Wizard were discussed, including Ed Wynn, W.C. Fields, Hugh Herbert, Victor Moore, and Robert Benchley. Morgan campaigned for the role vigorously, however. He solicited a screen test for himself, sometime around 20 September; screenwriter Noel Langley later called it "one of the funniest things I ever saw." Morgan had a long career on stage and screen before coming to the Oz film. This background led him into conflict with the movie's director, Victor Fleming. Fleming would reject comic bits by Morgan (and by Bert Lahr too) that he judged to be too broad, too much in the style of Burlesque, for the film. Morgan protested this type of control by Fleming, repeatedly and loudly, throughout the shooting of the picture. (Morgan was normally a gentle individual, though he became short-tempered when he was trying to stop drinking. Victor Fleming once asked Morgan to "get back on your champagne kick so we can live together.") Over his career, Morgan had extensive experience with his Oz castmates. He played:
* with Charley Grapewin in The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933)
* with Clara Blandick in Sisters Under the Skin (1934) and Key to the City (1950)
* with Judy Garland in Thousands Cheer (1943) and Some of the Best (1949)
* with Margaret Hamilton in three films in 1934–37
* with Ray Bolger in three films in 1936–38
* with Billie Burke in three films in 1936–40. Morgan was twice nominated for Academy Awards as Best Supporting Actor, for The Affairs of Cellini (1934) and Tortilla Flat (1942). The latter film was also directed by Victor Fleming. Margaret Hamilton said of Morgan, "He was very lovable, very sweet, very considerate, one of the nicest people I ever knew." Ray Bolger called Morgan "a divine man." Morgan died in his sleep on September 18 1949 at the age of 59
- Frank Morgan was a Grayson citizen and an officer of the Grayson Space Navy. Holding the rank of Captain (junior grade), he served as the commanding officer of the Royal Manticoran Navy destroyer HMS Gawain. This made him Captain Jacob Zavala's flag captain for Destroyer Division 301.2. (SI2)
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