Frank Morgan

He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1708 Vine Street. He was given title "Sexiest Action Star" from People Magazine (November 2000). 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. Played semi-pro soccer and is still a soccer fan. He was so popular that MGM gave him a lifetime contract. He has studied Martial Arts for 7 years including: Kung Fu forms Choy Li Fut and Hung Gar, Tae Kwon Do, and boxing; Has also done extensive sword training with the Japanese Katana. 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. He was divorced from Meilani Paul in 1997.

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. In 2001, starred in new series: Tracker. His career actually took off when talkies began, his most stereotypical role that of a befuddled but good-hearted middle-aged man. He also starred in the spin-off movie, Highlander: Endgame. His first film was The Suspect in 1916. In 1992, he was cast in the role that would bring him to the most prominence to date, that of Duncan MacLeod in the syndicated series Highlander. 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. He appeared in a regular role in the second season of the television series War of the Worlds, three episodes of Dark Shadows (1991) as Jeremiah Collins, and made a pilot for CBS Television for a series called The Owl (1991).

Just recently finished filming: Paper, Scissors, Stone which is schedule for release in 2003. Other movies which he has starred or co-starred: Dance to Win (1989), Love Potion #9 (1992) as Enrico Pazzoli, Dead Men Can't Dance (1997), Susan's Plan (also known as Dying to Get Rich) (1998), Merlin: The Return (1999) played Lancelot, Convergence remade Premonition (1999), The Void (2001), The Breed (2001), and Code Hunter (2002). Movie Roles: first film appearance was in the 1989 film Last Rites with starred Tom Beringer, starred in the remake of The Masque of the Red Death (1989), a re-telling of the Edgar Allan Poe tale. Made for TV movies: Shooter (1988) and The Cover Girl Murder (1993) which starred Lee Majors.

He appeared on Broadway in the play Bouncers. Will be appearing in January 2003 in an episode of Charmed. Guest appearance on the television show Beauty and the Beast (1987), Murder, She Wrote (1984), 2 episode of Tarzan (1991), Relic Hunter (1999), and as himself in WWF Smackdown (1999). His first role came on the ABC television series, The Colbys as the Russian expatriate ballet dancer, Kolya (1987-1988).

In 1985, he left Europe and came to the United States to pursue a dance and modeling career. He speaks English, French, Spanish and Italian fluently. First became a model, then a dancer and choreographer in Europe. He has a mixed heritage - an Italian mother and a British father.

He was born in London, England in 1959, the first of three brothers. Adrian Paul Hewitt (born May 29, 1959) is an actor best known for his role on the television series Highlander.