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L. Frank Baum
Writer, Producer, Director, Actor, Additional Credits
Born May 15, 1856Died May 6, 1919 (62 years)
Lyman Frank Baum (/bɔːm/; May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author best known for his children's fantasy books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part of a series. In addition to the 14 Oz books, Baum penned 41 other novels (not including four lost, unpublished novels), 83 short stories, over 200 poems, and at least 42 scripts. He made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen; the 1939 adaptation of the first Oz book became a landmark of 20th-century cinema.
Born and raised in Chittenango, New York, Baum moved west after an unsuccessful stint as a theatre producer and playwright. He and his wife opened a store in South Dakota, and he edited and published a newspaper. They then moved to Chicago, where he worked as a newspaper reporter and published children's literature, debuting the first Oz book in 1900. While continuing his writing, among his final projects, he sought to establish a film studio in Los Angeles, California.
His works anticipated such later commonplace things as television, augmented reality, laptop computers (The Master Key), wireless telephones (Tik-Tok of Oz), women in high-risk and action-heavy occupations (Mary Louise in the Country), and the ubiquity of advertising on clothing (Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work).
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Born and raised in Chittenango, New York, Baum moved west after an unsuccessful stint as a theatre producer and playwright. He and his wife opened a store in South Dakota, and he edited and published a newspaper. They then moved to Chicago, where he worked as a newspaper reporter and published children's literature, debuting the first Oz book in 1900. While continuing his writing, among his final projects, he sought to establish a film studio in Los Angeles, California.
His works anticipated such later commonplace things as television, augmented reality, laptop computers (The Master Key), wireless telephones (Tik-Tok of Oz), women in high-risk and action-heavy occupations (Mary Louise in the Country), and the ubiquity of advertising on clothing (Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work).
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L. Frank Baum Filmography
| 2016 | Flash of Pain · as Dave Hinman (as George Brooks) |
| 1908 |
| 2025 | Wicked: For Good · as Characters |
| 2025 | The Wizard of Oz at Sphere · as From The Book By |
| 2024 | Wicked · as Characters |
| 2024 | Bigfoot in Wonderland · as Characters |
| 2024 | Dee & Friends in Oz (TV Series) · as Based From The Story Idea Of |
| 2023 | Gale Stay Away from Oz · as Book |
| 2019 | Lil' Santa's Book Club: The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus · as By: "the Life And Adventures Of Santa Claus" |
| 2018 | Santa's Castle · as "a Kidnapped Santa Claus" And Other Tales |
| 2016 | Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz · as Characters |
| 2015 | The Wiz Live! · as Characters |
| 2015 | Lost in Oz (TV Series) · as Book |
| 2013 | Oz the Great and Powerful · as Author |
| 2011 | Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz · as Characters |
| 2011 | The Witches of Oz (TV Series) · as Author |
| 2011 | After the Wizard · as Characters |
| 2010 | Heartless: The Story of the Tin Man · as Original Story |
| 1999 | Adventures in the Emerald City: The Mystery of the Great Wizard (TV Series) · as Novel "the Marvelous Land Of Oz" |
| 1994 | World Fairy Tale Series (TV Series) · as Original Story |
| 1991 | The Wizard of Oz · as Book |
| 1990 | The Wizard of Oz (1990) (TV Series) · as Characters |
| 1990 | Jim Henson's Mother Goose Stories (TV Series) · as Book Mother Goose In Prose |
| 1986 | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (TV Series) · as Characters |
| 1985 | The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus · as Original Story |
| 1985 | Return to Oz · as Book |
| 1983 | The Wiz · as Novel "the Wonderful Wizard Of Oz" |
| 1982 | The Wizard of Oz · as Original Story |
| 1978 | The Wiz · as Characters |
| 1976 | World Famous Fairy Tales (TV Series) · as Based On A Novel By |
| 1975 | Arena (1975) (TV Series) · as Stories |
| 1972 | The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (TV Series) · as Novel "the Wonderful Wizard Of Oz" |
| 1965 | Jackanory (TV Series) · as Story |
| 1961 | Tales of The Wizard of Oz (TV Series) · as Novel "the Wonderful Wizard Of Oz" |
| 1958 | Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV Series) · as Original Story |
| 1925 | The Wizard of Oz · as Story |
Wizard of Oz · as Created By |