Diana Ross as Dorothy Michael Jackson as Scarecrow Nipsey Russell as Tin Man Ted Ross as Cowardly Lion Richard Pryor as Herman Smith / The Wiz Lena Horne as Glinda the Good Witch of the South Mabel King as Evillene / The Wicked Witch of the West Thelma Carpenter as Freida Winzer / Miss One Theresa Merritt as Shelby Gale / Aunt Em Stanley Greene as Uncle Henry Clinton Jackson as Green Footman # 1 Johnny Brown as Aunt Em 's Party
who was the tin man in the wiz
Nipsey Russell