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Frank Morgan is a Actor American born on 1 june 1890 at New York City (USA)
Francis Phillip Wuppermann (June 1, 1890 – September 18, 1949), known by his stage name of Frank Morgan, was an American character actor. He is best known as a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player, and as the title character in The Wizard of Oz (1939).
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Frank Morgan
Birth name Francis Phillip Wuppermann
Nationality USA
Birth 1 june 1890 at New York City (USA)
Death 18 september 1949 (at 59 years) at Beverly Hills (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 1 june 1890 at New York City (USA)
Death 18 september 1949 (at 59 years) at Beverly Hills (USA)
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Il est le frère de Ralph Morgan (1883-1956), également acteur.Best films
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That's Entertainment! (1974)
, 2h15Directed by Jack Haley Jr.
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about films, Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about cities, Musical films, Documentary films about films
Actors Frank Sinatra, Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly, Peter Lawford, Liza Minnelli
Roles (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rating77%
Cette nostalgique leçon d'histoire recèle les trésors cachés des plus grandes comédies musicales de la MGM ainsi que de nombreux autres extraits merveilleux mais moins célèbres, avec Esther Williams, Jimmy Durante, Eleanor Powell et même Clark Gable chantant et dansant. « Il était une fois Hollywood » est une véritable gourmandise pour cinéphiles et amateurs de comédies musicales.
Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963)
Directed by Ken Murray
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about cities
Actors Kirk Douglas, Ken Murray, Cary Grant, June Allyson, George K. Arthur, Eddie Albert
Roles Self (archive footage)
Rating71%
The film consists of archive footage of famous Hollywood stars, mostly home movies showing the stars as themselves instead of playing a role in front of the camera.
Key to the City (1950)
, 1h41Directed by George Sidney
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Clark Gable, Frank Morgan, Loretta Young, Marilyn Maxwell, Raymond Burr, James Gleason
Roles Fire Chief Duggan
Rating63%
Steve Fisk is the mayor of a town called Puget City. At a convention in San Francisco, he mistakes Clarissa Standish, the mayor of Wenonah, Maine, for a "balloon dancer" he was expecting.
Any Number Can Play (1949)
, 1h52Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Clark Gable, Wendell Corey, Alexis Smith, Audrey Totter, Frank Morgan, Mary Astor
Roles Jim Kurstyn
Rating67%
Casino owner Charley Enley Kyng (Clark Gable) is advised by his physician to slow down, after being diagnosed with a heart disease. Charley supports his own family as well as his wife's sister, Alice (Audrey Totter) and her husband, Robbin (Wendell Corey). Charley quits drinking and smoking and vows to spend more time with his wife and son.
The Great Sinner (1949)
, 1h50Directed by Robert Siodmak
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Melvyn Douglas, Walter Huston, Ethel Barrymore, Frank Morgan
Roles Aristide Pitard
Rating65%
During the 1860s in Wiesbaden, Pauline Ostrovsky, a reformed addict, receives a manuscript from the dying writer Fedya (diminutive of Fyodor), in which he looks back at their first meeting: While traveling from Paris to Moscow, Fedya meets Pauline and secretly feels attracted to her. Noticing she is disembarking at Wiesbaden, Fedya decides to leave the train as well and follows her to a casino. There, he finds out Pauline is, like her father General Ostrovsky, a gambling addict. Upon seeing how undisturbed the Ostrovskys are to find out the General's wealthy mother is dying, he becomes interested in the effects of gambling. He decides to stay in Wiesbaden to do a character study of gambling addicts.
The Stratton Story (1949)
, 1h46Directed by Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Romance
Themes Sports films, Baseball films, Films about disabilities
Actors James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Morgan, Agnes Moorehead, Bill Williams, Bruce Cowling
Roles Barney Wile
Rating70%
Texas farm boy Monty Stratton (Stewart) demonstrates a knack for throwing a baseball. He manages to get a tryout with the Chicago White Sox that is followed by a contract. A teammate introduces him to a young woman named Ethel (Allyson) and soon they are married and raising a family.
The Three Musketeers (1948)
, 2h5Directed by George Sidney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure, Romance
Actors Gene Kelly, Van Heflin, June Allyson, Vincent Price, Lana Turner, Angela Lansbury
Roles King Louis XIII
Rating70%
D'Artagnan (Gene Kelly), an inexperienced Gascon youth, travels to Paris to join the elite King's Musketeers. On his way, he encounters a mysterious lady at a roadside inn. When he picks a fight with one of her escorts, she becomes suspicious and has him knocked unconscious. His letter of introduction from his father to de Treville (Reginald Owen), the commander of the Musketeers, is burned. When he awakens, he continues on to the city.
Summer Holiday (1948)
, 1h33Directed by Rouben Mamoulian
Origin USA
Genres Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Mickey Rooney, Walter Huston, Gloria DeHaven, Frank Morgan, Agnes Moorehead, Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins
Roles Uncle Sid
Rating58%
Au début du XX siècle, dans une petite ville du Connecticut. Le jeune Richard Miller, qui vit dans un quartier de la classe moyenne avec sa famille, est amoureux de Muriel, sa voisine. Mais le père de cette dernière ne voit pas d'un très bon œil cet amour de jeunesse. En effet, il trouve que le jeune garçon, avec ses idées révolutionnaires, a une très mauvais influence sur sa fille...
Green Dolphin Street (1947)
, 2h21Directed by Victor Saville
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes La fin du monde, Seafaring films, Transport films, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Lana Turner, Van Heflin, Donna Reed, Richard Hart, Frank Morgan, Edmund Gwenn
Roles Dr. Edmond Ozanne
Rating67%
In the 1840s, on an island in the English Channel, two sisters, Marguerite (Donna Reed) and Marianne Patourel (Lana Turner), daughters of the wealthy Octavius Patourel (Edmund Gwenn), fall in love with the same man, William Ozanne (Richard Hart).
The Cockeyed Miracle (1946)
, 1h21Directed by S. Sylvan Simon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Frank Morgan, Keenan Wynn, Audrey Totter, Cecil Kellaway, Richard Quiney, Gladys Cooper
Roles Sam Griggs
Rating66%
Aging shipbuilder Sam Griggs (Frank Morgan) is near the end of his career due to health problems. With the help of his friend Tom Carter (Cecil Kellaway) he has invested all of his family's money in a shaky real estate venture which he hopes will provide a large return. The rest of his family is happily unaware of the deal, preoccupied with their own future prospects.
Lady Luck (1946)
, 1h37Directed by Edwin L. Marin, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Robert Young, Barbara Hale, Frank Morgan, Harry Davenport, James Gleason, Lloyd Corrigan
Roles William Audrey
Rating61%
Mary Audrey can't stand gambling. Her grandfather, William, whom she calls "Gramps," is a compulsive gambler. Mary puts him to work in her Beverly Hills book store to keep him away from his bad habit.
Courage of Lassie (1946)
, 1h32Directed by Fred M. Wilcox
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Pal, Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Morgan, Harry Davenport, Selena Royle, Tom Drake
Roles Harry MacBain
Rating61%
A collie pup is separated from his mother and grows to young adulthood in the forest. After being swept away in a torrent and then shot by a young hunter, he is found by Kathie Merrick (Elizabeth Taylor) and carried to her home. With the help of a kindly shepherd, Mr. MacBain (Frank Morgan), she tends him back to health, names him Bill, and teaches him to herd sheep.
The Great Morgan (1945)
, 57minutesOrigin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Frank Morgan, Leon Ames, William Powell, Lucille Norman, Eleanor Powell, Virginia O'Brien
Roles Himself
Rating51%
Yolanda and the Thief (1945)
, 1h48Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Fred Astaire, Lucille Bremer, Frank Morgan, Mildred Natwick, Mary Nash, Leon Ames
Roles Victor Budlow Trout
Rating59%
Yolanda Aquaviva, unique héritière d'une grosse fortune, quitte le pensionnat de religieuses où elle a été éduquée et retrouve la maison familiale, tenue par sa tante et tutrice, Amarilla Aquaviva. Un soir, dans son jardin, la jeune femme prie son "ange gardien" de la guider vers l'avenir. Le lendemain, l'ange se présente à elle sous le nom de M. Brown. En réalité, il s'agit d'un escroc et coureur de dot, Johnny Parkson Riggs, qui espère profiter de la fortune Aquaviva, avec l'aide de son complice, Victor Budlow Trout. Mais l'amour s'en mêle…
Casanova Brown (1944)
, 1h34Directed by Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Frank Morgan, Anita Louise, Edmund Breon, Patricia Collinge
Roles Mr. Ferris
Rating62%
Arriving in a small Illinois town by train, Casanova Brown is met by Madge Ferris and tells her not to bring up his trip to New York.