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
who played the scarecrow in the wiz (all black wiz of oz)
Michael Jackson