Wizard of Oz

"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain! The Great Oz has spoken!"

- Wizard of Oz, upon being exposed.

The Wizard of Oz is the titular character of the 1939 movie of the same name. He is played by Frank Morgan who also played the Gatekeeper, a Cabbie, and the Wizard's bodyguard. He is not a real wizard but an ordinary man from Omaha, Nebraska who was accidentally sent to Oz in a hot air balloon in a terrible storm while performing at the carnival. When he landed in Oz, the people thought he was a great wizard and gave him a job as their local sorcerer. His Kansas counterpart is a touring fortune teller named Professor Marvel who had a horse named Sylvester.

In Oz: The Great and Powerful, his real name is Oscar Diggs.

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