Frank Morgan

He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1708 Vine Street. During the making of this film, he met Julia Cypher, an assistant director who would later become his wife. Other movies of note include The Shop Around the Corner, The Human Comedy, The White Cliffs of Dover and his last movie, Key to the City, which was released after his death, in Beverly Hills, California. The first low budget film in which he starred in was called Trespasses. He was so popular that MGM gave him a lifetime contract. Though the role garnered him laud from critics, he has since found it difficult to find another leading role in a big-budget Hollywood film. But Morgan's most famous role was the title role in The Wizard of Oz, where he played both the wizard and the carnival huckster. Phillips' big break came with the starring role in 1987's La Bamba as doomed early rocker Ritchie Valens.

He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1934's The Affairs of Cellini, where he played the cuckolded Duke of Florence and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1942's Tortilla Flat, where he played a simple Hispanic man. He is an alumnus of University of Texas at Arlington. His career actually took off when talkies began, his most stereotypical role that of a befuddled but good-hearted middle-aged man. Phillips worked as an assistant director and instructor at the University of Texas, where he also studied Drama and Film Technique, between 1983-1986. His first film was The Suspect in 1916. He has Filipino, Hawaiian, Chinese, Spanish, Scotch-Irish and eighth Cherokee Indian origins. Frank Morgan (June 1, 1890 - September 18, 1949) was an American actor. Born Francis Phillip Wuppermann in New York City to the wealthy family which distributed Angostura bitters, he followed his older brother Ralph Morgan into show business, first on the Broadway stage and then into movies. Lou Diamond Phillips (born Louis Upchurch February 17, 1962 at Subic Bay Naval Station, Philippines), named for Marine legend Lou Diamond, is an American actor.

Disorganized Crime. La Bamba (1987). Stand and Deliver (1988). Young Guns (1988).

Young Guns II (1990). Courage Under Fire (1996). Brokedown Palace (1999). Wolf Lake (2001) TV Series.

24 (2002) TV series - cameo as a warden at a government top secret underground prison, alongside Kiefer Sutherland.