This partial list of the minor cast in the 1939 MGM film The Wizard of Oz includes extras and stand-ins and stunt players.
Stand-in actors[]
- Paul Adams: stand-in for Frank Morgan
- Stafford Campbell: stand-in for Ray Bolger
- Betty Danko: stand-in and stunt double for Margaret Hamilton
- Jimmy Fawcett: stand-in for Bert Lahr
- Bobbie Koshay: on-screen stand-in and stunt double for Judy Garland
- Caren Marsh-Doll: off-camera stand-in for Judy Garland
- Harry Masters: stand-in and stunt-double for Jack Haley
- Pat Moran: stand-in for Bert Lahr
- Freddie Retter: stand-in for Pat Walshe
Emerald City citizens:[]
- Dorothy Barrett: manicurist
- Amelia Batchelor
- Lorraine Bridges
- Tyler Brooke
- Charles Irwin: tin polisher
- Lois January: manicurist
- Eleanor Keaton
- Ethelreda Leopold: manicurist
- Dona Massin: manicurist
- Elvida Rizzo
- Helen Seamon: woman with cat
- Oliver Smith
- Katharine Snell: Lion's manicurist
- Ralph Sudam
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Munchkins:[]
Some were identified by historians as being in specific groups and are in the process of being sorted.
Lollipop Guild:[]
- Harry Earles
- Jackie Gerlich
- Jerry Maren (Gerard Marenghi)
- Carl M. "Kayo" Erickson
- Kurt "Harry Doll" Schneider
Lullaby League:[]
Trumpeters:[]
Sleepy Heads:[]
- Fern Formica
- Olga C. Nardone
- Margaret Pellegrini
- Margaret Williams
Soldiers:[]
- Prince Denis: Sergeant-at-arms
- Lewis Croft
- Joseph Herbst
- Jakob Hofbaue
- August Clarence Swenson
- Harry Monty
- Gus Wayne
- Nicholas Page
- Murray Wood
- Parnell St. Aubin
- Willi Koestner
Others:[]
- Gladys W. Allison
- John Ballas
- Frank "Mike" Balluck
- Josefine Balluck
- John T. Bambury
- Charley Becker: Mayor
- Freda Betsky
- Henry Boers
- Theodore Boers
- Christine Buresh
- Eddie Buresh
- Lida Buresh
- Betty Ann Cain (child actress)
- Mickey Carroll: fiddler
- Nona Cooper
- Tommy Cottonaro
- Elizabeth Coulter
- Frank H. Cucksey
- Billy Curtis
- Eugene S. David Jr.
- Eulie H. David
- Ethel W. Denis
- Hazel I. Derthick
- James D. Doyle
- Addie Eva Frank
- Thaisa L. Gardner
- William A. Giblin
- Jack Glicken
- Carolyn E. Granger
- Helen M. Hoy
- James R. Hulse
- Donna Jean Johnson (child actress)
- Robert Kantor
- Charles E. Kelley
- Jessie E. Kelley
- Joan Kenmore (child actress)
- Shirley Ann Kennedy (child actress)
- Frank Kikel
- Bernard "Harry" Klima
- Emma Koestner
- Mitzi Koestner
- Joseph J. Koziel
- Dolly F. Kramer
- Emil Kranzler
- Eva Lee Kuney (child actress)
- Jeane LaBarbera
- Hilda Lange
- Johnny Leal
- Ann Rice Leslie
- Charles Ludwig
- Dominick Magro
- Carlos Manzo
- Howard Marco
- Bela Matina
- Lajos Matina
- Matjus Matina
- Patsy May (child actress)
- Walter M. B. Miller
- George Ministeri: coach driver
- Priscilla Montgomery (child actress)
- Nels P. Nelson
- Margaret C. H. Nickloy
- Franklin H. O'Baugh
- William H. O'Docharty
- Hildred C. Olson
- Frank Packard
- Leona M. Parks
- Johnny Pizo
- Leon Polinsky
- Lillian Porter
- Meinhardt Rabbe: Coroner
- Margaret Raia
- Matthew Raia
- Hazel Resmondo
- William "Little Billy" Rhodes: Barrister
- Gertrude H. Rice
- Freddy Ritter: Fiddler
- Ruth L. Robinson
- Sandor Roak
- Jimmie Rosen
- Charles F. Royale (Wojnarski)
- Helen J. Royale (Wojnarski)
- Stella A. Royale (Wojnarski)
- Albert Ruddinger
- Elly A. "Tiny Doll" Schneider
- Frieda "Gracie Doll" Schneider
- Hilda E. "Daisy Doll" Schneider
- Valerie Shepard (child actress)
- Elsie R. Schultz
- Charles Silvern
- Garland "Earl" Slatten
- Ruth E. Smith
- Elmer Spangler
- Carl Stephan
- Alta M. Stevens
- George Suchsie
- Charlotte V. Sullivan
- Betty Tanner (Betty D. Toczylowski)
- Arnold Vierling
- Viola White (child actress)
- Gracie G. Williams
- Harvey B. Williams
- Johnny Winters: navy commander
- Marie Winters
- Gladys V. Wolff
Flying Monkeys:[]
- Buster Brodie
- Harry Cogg
- Sid Dawson
- Sig Frohlich
- Walter M. B. Miller
- Harry Monty
- Lee Murray
- George Noisom
- Jack Paul
Winkie Guards:[]
- Phil Harron
- Ambrose Schindler
- Robert St. Angelo
- Harry Wilson
It was Bobbie Koshay, not Judy Garland, who was carried into the air by the flying monkeys in the haunted forest scene. Caren Marsh-Doll stood in for Garland in tasks like blocking shots and camera tests.
When Betty Danko was seriously injured while filming the broom-skywriting scene, Eileen Goodman finished the shoot for her.
None of the Munchkins sang on the film's soundtrack; their voices were dubbed by professional singers. Most of the Munchkins were "little people," though their numbers were supplemented by a few children. (There were more males than females among the little people in the cast; eight girl actresses helped to even out the gender proportions.)
At least 300 extras were used in the film's Emerald City scenes. They worked for four days, and made $11 per day.
See also[]
References[]
- John Fricke, Jay Scarfone, William Stillman. The Wizard of Oz: The Official 50th Anniversary Pictorial History. Warner Books, 1989.
- Aljean Harmetz. The Making of the Wizard of Oz. New York, Knopf, 1977.