<P> In The Wizard of Oz, The Wizard's character is similar to that found in the earlier books: a bumbling "humbug ." He was played by actor Frank Morgan who also played several other roles in the movie including Professor Marvel (the mysterious traveling fortune - teller who Dorothy meets in Kansas with a horse named Sylvester), the Doorman at the Emerald City, the Guard at the Gates to the Wizard's Castle, and the Coachman whose transport is drawn by "The Horse of a Different Color". His face was also presumably used as the projected image of the Wizard . Like Dorothy, the Wizard himself hails from Kansas, proudly stating that he is "an old Kansas man myself, born and bred in the heart of the Western Wilderness ." In the film, the Wizard is seen only as a floating head and as a human, not in any of the other shapes that he appears in the book . </P> <P> Screenwriters Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf created Professor Marvel for the Kansas sepia tone sequences . The Wizard's hot air balloon in the movie has the name Omaha on it, reflecting that the Wizard originated from Omaha, Nebraska, just as in the book . </P> <P> Oz the Great and Powerful serves as an unofficial prequel to the Oz series . The film centers on Oscar Diggs (portrayed by James Franco), and follows his journey from small - time magician to the ruler of the Land of Oz . In it, he is portrayed as an overly flirtatious and overconfident con artist and stage magician who upon meeting Theodora (the future Wicked Witch of the West), and inadvertently sparking her obsession with him, is keen on fulfilling his role as the legendary Wizard destined to restore order to Oz (primarily due to the promise of the Oz Treasury). However, throughout his journey and seeing the impact of his actions both good and bad, he comes to realize how much the people of Oz need him and devises a way to use his skill in illusions to free them, using his balloon to create the idea that he has been physically killed while hiding in a caravan so that he can use smoke and a makeshift cinema to project the illusion of his face, subsequently claiming that his' death' has simply allowed him to shed his mortal form . He also forms a makeshift "family" in the form of himself, Glinda the Good Witch, Finley (a winged monkey he rescued from a lion), and the China Girl (a living china doll and the sole survivor of an attack on China Town whose legs he repaired with glue). </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Walsh </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Once Upon a Time character </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> First appearance </Th> <Td> "New York City Serenade" (3.12) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Last appearance </Th> <Td> "Kansas" (3.20) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Created by </Th> <Td> Edward Kitsis </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Portrayed by </Th> <Td> Christopher Gorham </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Information </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Aliases </Th> <Td> The Wizard of Oz Oz the Great and Terrible Flying Monkey </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Td> Circus huckster (formerly) Furniture shop owner (formerly) </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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