who played the wizard in the wizard of oz
Frank Morgan Frank Morgan (born Francis Phillip Wuppermann; June 1, 1890 â€“ September 18, 1949) was an American character actor.[1] He is best known as a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player and as the titular character in The Wizard of Oz (1939).
Jerry Maren Gerard Marenghi (born January 24, 1920), known as Jerry Maren, is an American actor and the last surviving Munchkin of the classic 1939 MGM film The Wizard of Oz, in which he portrayed a member of the Lollipop Guild. He became the last known survivor of the Munchkin cast (there may be some child actors who played Munchkins who also are still alive), following the death of fellow Munchkin Ruth Duccini on January 16, 2014.[1][2][3][4]