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Pierre Couderc (November 18, 1896 - October 6, 1966) was a French performer who played various parts in movies made by the Oz Film Manufacturing Company. He was billed as "the Marvelous Couderc."

Born in Paris, Couderc began as an acrobat; he was cast in the title role of the first Oz Film production, The Patchwork Girl of Oz, when L. Frank Baum reportedly could not find a female performer with the athleticism the part demanded. He went on to play in the firm's subsequent films The Magic Cloak of Oz and His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz in which he played the Tin Woodman. He also appeared as Sheik Antar in The Last Egyptian.

After the Oz company closed its doors in 1915, he continued to act and do stunt work in films before switching to screenwriting in the 1920s he switched to screenwriting. He generated scenarios for more than thirty pictures but in a rather discontinuous career, he also earned some credits as an associate producer in the 1950s.

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