Wizard of Oz

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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Ed Wynn

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NYCActor718 — 19 years ago(May 04, 2006 09:29 PM)

He turned down the tit1c84le role I bet he felt dumb later on. lol
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brownsapplianceservi-1 — 16 years ago(July 13, 2009 01:36 PM)

Well at the time that he turned down the role, the script only had the part of the Wizard as a very small cameo role with the character appearing at the end when they discover he is a fraud, and at the very very end when Dorothy goes home, and he pops in as the doctor.

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PixieInChains — 10 years ago(March 19, 2016 02:30 PM)

Many, MANY actors and actresses claim that they 'turned down' famous roles. Most of those claims are false and this is definitely one of them; "The Wizard of Oz" was not a comedy and actually had a serious undertone. Wynn's tired-old vaudeville hokum wouldn't have worked.

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js-34 — 15 years ago(November 12, 2010 09:04 PM)

Does anyone know whether Ed Wynn was considered for the role of the Wizard in The Wizard of Oz? H5b4e'd have made a great wizard.

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jbartelone — 14 years ago(April 16, 2011 07:17 PM)

Yes,
But Wynn turned the part down, claiming that it was "too small!"
Joe