richard houston gaines played the wizard in the wizard of oz.
richard houston gaines played the wizard in the wizard of oz.
who played the wizard in the wizard of oz?
richard houston gaines
in "the wizard of oz", the wizard's character is similar to that found in the earlier books; a bumbling "humbug". he was played by actor frank morgan who also played several other roles in the movie including professor marvel (the mysterious traveling fortune-teller who dorothy meets in kansas with a horse named sylvester), the doorman at the emerald city, the guard at the gates to the wizard's castle, and the coachman whose transport is drawn by "the horse of a different color". his face was also presumably used as the projected image of the wizard. like dorothy, the wizard himself hails from kansas, proudly stating that he is "an old kansas man myself, born and bred in the heart of the western wilderness". however, the balloon says "omaha state fair"on it and omaha is in nebraska, not kansas. in the film, the wizard is seen only as a floating head and as a human, not in any of the other shapes that he appears in the book.
wizard of oz (character)
bullet::::- the wizard of oz: the wizard lives in the emerald city and was reputed to have the biggest and greatest magic powers in all of oz. all the inhabitants of oz fear him and his powers. he is the ruler of the emerald city, the capital of oz, and from there he controls the entire country. no-one has ever seen his face. when dorothy and her friends arrive the emerald city, they are able to meet with the wizard due to the a kiss that the good witch from the north gave dorothy. the wizard promises to fulfill their requests on condition that they kill the witch of the west. the courageous gang manage to kill the wicked witch of the west, endangering their own lives the process. when they return to the wizard, he is not interested in seeing them and tries to postpone meeting them. when they gang bursts into the big hall, they find out that he is just a man that has been deceiving everyone with tricks. he was the announcer in a circus and worked in a hot air balloon, until one day the rope which was holding the balloon loosened up and the balloon carried him all the way to oz. the people of the emerald city thought that he was a great wizard because he came down from the skies—and he let them believe it. unfortunately the wizard is not able to help dorothy return to kansas. dorothy meets the wizard again in kansas, before she returns to oz for the second time. it is later revealed that after the king of oz died the wizard removed princess ozma, his only heir, and turned her over to mombi so he wouldn't lose the power he had gained.
the wonderful wizard of oz (1986 tv series)