How old was Frank Morgan in the movie The Wizard of Oz?

Frank Morgan was 48 in The Wizard of Oz when he played the character 'Professor Marvel/The Wizard of Oz'.

That was over 85 years ago in 1939.

In 1949 he died aged just 59, starring in 102 films in his career, 39 of those after The Wizard of Oz was first released. If he were alive today he would be 133.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In The Wizard of Oz, I think Frank Morgan looks:

Did you know?

  • Director Victor Fleming has worked with Frank Morgan a total of 3 times in his career.
  • Frank Morgan's first movie was as 'Sir Richard' in The Suspect, released in 1916 when he was 24
  • The Wizard of Oz scores 7.58 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of The Wizard of Oz

Frank Morgan's other movies