Frank Morgan

Frank Morgan

actor (1890-1949)

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.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 63 films (1916–1950) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 11 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1950 Key to the City George Sidney 100 min B&W
1950 The Stratton story Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor | Teaching Film Custodians: Distributor 0:33:00 16mm B&W sound
1948 The Three Musketeers. George Sidney 125 min 35mm Color sound
1947 Summer Holiday. Rouben Mamoulian 93 min. 35mm Color sound
1946 The Cockeyed Miracle. S. Sylvan Simon 9 reels 35mm B&W sound
1945 Yolanda And The Thief. Vincente Minnelli 12 reels 35mm Color sound
1943 A Stranger in Town Roy Rowland 67 min B&W
1943 The Human Comedy. Clarence Brown 12 reels B&W sound
1943 Thousands cheer George Sidney 102 min Color & B&W
1942 THE WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER R C M Productions 127 min 16mm B&W sound
1942 The White Cliffs Of Dover. Clarence Brown 1 reel 16mm B&W sound
1941 The Vanishing Virginian. Frank Borzage 10 reels B&W sound
1941 The Wild Man Of Borneo. Robert B. Sinclair 8 reels B&W sound
1941 Washington Melodrama. S. Sylvan Simon 8 reels B&W sound
1940 Boom Town. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 13 reels 16mm B&W sound
1940 Hullabaloo. Edwin L. Marin 9 reels B&W
1940 Keeping Company. S. Sylvan Simon 8 reels B&W sound
1940 The Ghost Comes Home. Wilhelm Thiele 8 reels B&W sound
1940 The Mortal Storm. Frank Borzage 12 reels B&W sound
1940 The Shop Around The Corner. Ernst Lubitsch 10 reels B&W sound
1939 Balalaika Reinhold Schünzel 104 min B&W
1939 Balalaika. Reinhold Schünzel 10 reels B&W sound
1939 BROADWAY SERENADE. Loew's Inc. 12 reels B&W
1939 HENRY GOES ARIZONA. Loew's Inc. 7 reels B&W
1939 The Wizard of Oz MGM/UA 1:02 16mm Color & B&W sound
1939 The wizard of Oz. Loew's Inc. 10 reels 16mm Color & B&W sound
1938 PARADISE FOR THREE. Loew's Inc. 8 reels B&W
1938 PORT OF SEVEN SEAS. Loew's Inc. 8 reels B&W
1938 Sweethearts W. S. Van Dyke, Robert Z. Leonard 115 min 16mm Color
1938 Sweethearts. Loew's Inc. 12 reels 16mm Color silent
1937 BEG, BORROW, OR STEAL. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 8 reels B&W
1937 The Emperor's Candlesticks Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp 1:29:00 16mm B&W sound
1937 THE EMPEROR'S CANDLESTICKS. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 10 reels B&W
1937 THE LAST OF MRS. CHEYNEY. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 10 reels B&W
1936 DANCING PIRATE. Pioneer Pictures Inc. 92 min Color
1936 Dimples. Fox Film Corp 5 reels 16mm B&W sound
1936 Picadilly Jim Robert Z. Leonard
1936 PICCADILLY JIM. ▶ Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 10 reels B&W
1936 TROUBLE FOR TWO. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 8 reels B&W
1935 ENCHANTED APRIL. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 7 reels B&W
1935 Naughty Marietta Robert Z. Leonard, W. S. Van Dyke 44 16mm B&W
1935 THE GOOD FAIRY. ▶ Universal Pictures Corp. 10 reels 16mm B&W Sound
1935 THE PERFECT GENTLEMAN. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 8 reels B&W
1934 A LOST LADY. Vitaphone Corp. 7 reels B&W
1934 BY YOUR LEAVE. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 9 reels B&W
1934 SISTERS UNDER THE SKIN. Columbia Pictures Corp. 7 reels B&W
1934 THE CAT AND THE FIDDLE. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 9 reels B&W
1934 THERE'S ALWAYS TOMORROW. Universal Pictures Corp. 9 reels B&W
1933 Bombshell ▶ Victor Fleming 96 min B&W
1933 BOMBSHELL. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 10 reels B&W