124 plus 12 children Gladys W. Allison John Ballas Franz "Mike" Balluck Josefine Balluck John T. Bambury Charley Becker (Mayor) Freda Betsky Henry Boers Theodore Boers Christie Buresh Eddie Buresh Lida Buresh Betty Ann Cain (Child actress) Mickey Carroll (Second Fiddler) Colonel Casper Nona Cooper Tommy Cottonaro (Bearded Man) Elizabeth Coulter "Idaho" Lewis Croft Frank Cucksey (Townsman #2) Billy Curtis (City Father) Eugene S. David Jr. Eulie H. David Ethel W. Denis Prince Denis (Sergeant-at-Arms) Hazel I. Derthick James D. "Major" Doyle Carl M. "Kayo" Erickson (Herald # 2) Fern Formica (Villager/Sleeyhead) Addie Eva Frank Thaisa L. Gardner Jakob "Jackie" Gerlich (Lollipop Guild) William A Giblin Jack Glicken Carolyn E. Granger Joseph Herbst (Soldier) Jakob Hofbauer C. C. "Major Mite" Howerton (Herald #3) Helen M. Hoy Marguerite A. Hoy James R. Hulse Donna Jean Johnson (Child actress) Robert "Lord Roberts" Kanter Eleanor Keaton (Small-statured adult) Charles E. Kelley Jessie E. Kelley Joan Kenmore (Child actress) Shirley Ann Kennedy (Child actress) Frank Kikel Bernard "Harry" Klima Willi Koestner (Soldier) Emma Koestner Mitzi Koestner Karl "Karchy" Kosiczky (Herald #1/Sleepyhead) Adam Edwin "Eddie" Kozicki (Fiddler) Joseph J. Koziel (Townsman #1) Dolly F. Kramer Emil Kranzler Nita Krebs (Lullaby League) "Little Jeane" LaBarbera Hilda Lange Johnny Leal Ann Rice Leslie Charles Ludwig Dominick Magro Carlos Manzo Howard Marco Gerard Marenghi (Lollipop Guild) Bela Matina Lajos "Leo" Matina Matjus Matina Patsy May (Child actress) Walter M. B. Miller (Bespectacled Munchkin) George Ministeri (Coach Driver) Priscilla Montgomery (Child actress) Harry Monty Yvonne Moray Bistany (Lullaby League) Olga C. Nardone (Lullaby League) Nels P. Nelson Margaret C. H. Nickloy Franklin H. O'Baugh William H. O'Docharty Hildred C. Olson Frank Packard Nicholas "Nicky" Page (Soldier) Leona M. Parks Johnny Pizo "Prince Leon" Polinsky Lillian Porter Eva Lee Kuney (Child actress) Meinhardt Rabbe (Coroner) Margaret "Margie" Raia Matthew Raia (City Father) "Little Billy" Rhodes (Barrister) Gertrude H. Rice Hazel Rice Fredreich "Freddie" Retter (Fiddler) Ruth L. Robinson Sandor Roak Jimmie Rosen Charles F. Royale Helen J. Royale Stella A. Royale Albert Ruddinger Elly A. "Tiny Doll" Schneider Frieda "Gracie Doll" Schneider Hilda E. "Daisy Doll" Schneider Kurt "Harry Doll" Schneider (Lollipop Guild) Valerie Shepard (Child actress) Elsie R. Schultz Charles Silvern Garland "Earl" Slatten Ruth E. Smith Elmer Spangler Parnell Elmer St. Aubin (Soldier) Carl Stephan Alta M. Stevens George Suchsie Charlotte V. Sullivan August Clarence Swenson (Soldier) Betty Tanner Arnold Vierling Gus Wayne (Soldier) Victor Wetter (Army Captain) Viola White (Child actress) Gracie G. Williams Harvey B Williams Margaret Williams (Villager/Sleepyhead) Johnny Winters (Navy Commander) Marie Winters Gladys V. Wolff Murray Wood (Soldier)
To avoid trouble with Child-labor and Child-Abuse laws, the so-called Munchkins in the Wizard of Oz film were played-= to a man and lass, by adult midgets. short-statured actors such as Mickey Rooney ( not in Oz) and yes, Miss Garland ( lead character) often were employed in playing juvenile roles. the Munchkins were played by adult midgets. Trick Photography can ( from a distance, and different props) make people look smaller, also- reduction lenses being used.
One hundred twenty-four (124) midgets were in "The Wizard of Oz."
Specifically, the film offered many opportunities for acting by diminutive performers. The Singer Midgets therefore took most of the film's acting jobs. They were a troupe well-trained by its owner-operator Leopold von Singer (May 3, 1877 - March 5, 1951) in acrobatics, dance, singing and Wrestling.
There are enough Munchkins to populate an entire land, in the Blue Country of the East, in both the original book and the 1939 film version of The Wizard of Oz. In the book, five are highlighted. There are the three men who serve, along with the Wicked Witch of the West, as a welcoming committee to Dorothy Gale and her pet dog Toto. There is the very important and very rich Boq, who offers Dorothy and Toto the hospitality of a night's lodging and food. And there's the beautiful Munchkin girl with whom a young woodchopper fell in love, and because of whom was turned into the Tin Woodman. In the 1939 movie version, the Singer Agency provided a total to 124 of their Singer Midgets to serve as Munchkins during the filming.
Three in the book and eleven in the film are the number of children in "The Wizard of Oz."
Specifically, this figure does not include Dorothy in either the original 1900 book edition or the beloved 1939 movie version of "The Wizard of Oz." Neither does it include the "many" children that are mentioned but not counted in Chapter 11 on "The Wonderful Emerald City of Oz." In terms of the book, the reader meets Boq the rich Munchkin's child in Chapter 3 on "How Dorothy Saved the Scarecrow" and then the two childen of the man with the injured leg in Chapter 10 on "The Guardian of the Gates." In terms of the film, the viewer meets eleven children in opening Oz sequence in Munchkinland: five females in a nest, three females in the Lullaby League and three males in the Lollipop Guild.
Look to the link below for a list of actors who played Munchkins .
only one because it was a hurcan
122
Munchkins
The surviving Munchkins from the cast of the Wizard of Oz make a variety of public appearances.
Munchkins, I believe.
18 and up
Many children actually played as munchkins in The Wizard of Oz. If you look very closley in the Munchkin Land scenes, you can see that some munchkins look to be much younger and smaller than the actual midgits.
Munchkins
The surviving Munchkins from the cast of the Wizard of Oz make a variety of public appearances.
Munchkins, I believe.
Toto??
Munchkins
18 and up
yellow
making sweets :)
Many children actually played as munchkins in The Wizard of Oz. If you look very closley in the Munchkin Land scenes, you can see that some munchkins look to be much younger and smaller than the actual midgits.
Yes, they were standing up.
yes .... because the munchkins are migets i watched it
L. Frank Baum wrote the original Wonderful Wizard of Oz which included the Munchkins. Screenplay writers of the Wizard of Oz, Noel Langley and Florence Ryerson adapted the characters into the theatrical production.