<Li> In 1902, Baum helped to adapt The Wizard of Oz into a wildly successful stage extravaganza . David C. Montgomery played the Tin Woodman, Niccolo Chopper (who played the piccolo), opposite Fred Stone as the Scarecrow, and the team became headliners . The piccolo would continue to appear in early adaptations, such as the 1910 film, but was largely forgotten, and the name "Niccolo" never appeared in one of the books . Revisionist books like Oz Squad have referred to him as "Nicholas," a name not found in the books, either . </Li> <Ul> <Li> In the classic 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, the Tin Man was played by actor Jack Haley . Originally, Ray Bolger was cast to play the role of Tin Man, despite his desire to play the Scarecrow . Buddy Ebsen was, at the time, cast as Scarecrow, and was convinced to swap roles with Bolger . While this pleased Bolger, it led to medical problems for Ebsen . The Tin Man's makeup originally contained aluminum powder which got into Ebsen's lungs, bringing him to the edge of death . He was rushed to a hospital and had to give up the role . Despite this, and the fact that the Tin Man's makeup was changed to a safer aluminum paste, Ebsen went on to outlive both Bolger and Haley . Haley based his breathy speaking style in the movie on the voice he used for telling his son bedtime stories . His portrayal of the character is by far the most famous . There is no explanation in the film of how the Tin Man became the Tin Man . It is subtly implied that he was always made of tin; the only reference to the tinsmith is the Tin Man's remark "The tinsmith forgot to give me a heart". Unlike the costumes of the Scarecrow (in the National Museum of American History) and Cowardly Lion (two sets in private hands), that of the Tin Man "was largely destroyed". Haley also portrayed the Tin Man's Kansas counterpart, Hickory (one of Aunt Em and Uncle Henry's farmworkers). Screenwriter Noel Langley created this character for the film . Hickory helps Zeke (Lion's alter ego) lower a bed into its place on a wagon at the farm . Unlike Zeke, Hickory and Hunk (Scarecrow's alter ego) lose their hats with Uncle Henry as they struggle to open the cellar when the tornado approaches the farm . He reunites with Dorothy when she awakes from being unconscious . Hickory is seen with Aunt Em, Uncle Henry, Zeke, and Hunk as well as Professor Marvel (The Wizard's alter ego). </Li> <Li> In the original Broadway version of The Wiz, Tiger Haynes played the Tinman, a human woodcutter who became tin after the Wicked Witch of the East cursed his axe to chop him up (as in the book). Nipsey Russell played the Tinman in the film adaptation of The Wiz . In this version, as in the 1939 movie, there is no explanation of how he became tin, just a reference of the "genius who created me". He worked as the carnival barker and when the park was closed, he was abandoned, rusted and squeezed by his fourth wife, "Teeny" (a heavy tin sculpture of a fat lady). He was saved by Dorothy and the Scarecrow . Ne - Yo played the Tinman in the TV special The Wiz Live! . This version portrayed him as a construction worker on whom the Wicked Witch of the East developed an unrequited crush . When she found out he already had a girlfriend, "Bertha", she became so jealous, she turned him into a heartless tinman . The Witch boasted afterwards that if she couldn't have his heart, then no one could . Like Jack Haley in the 1939 movie, Ne - Yo also played one of Aunt Em's farmhands - John, who walks with a metal leg brace . </Li> <Li> Other notable actors who have played the Tin Woodman include Oliver Hardy in a 1925 silent version of The Wizard of Oz directed by and starring Larry Semon, in which a villainous farmhand briefly fell into a tin pile and emerged as a "Tin Woodsman" (sic). In subsequent scenes the tin was removed and he became "Knight of the Garter". In the 1960 television adaptation of The Land of Oz, he was played by vaudeville comedian Gil Lamb; in the 1969 film, The Wonderful Land of Oz he was played by Al Joseph; and in the 1985 film Return to Oz, he was played by Deep Roy, a little person who was able to fit inside a costume that looked nearly identical to John R. Neill's artwork . </Li> <Li> In the 1961 animated TV series, Tales of the Wizard of Oz and its sequel, the 1964 NBC animated television special Return to Oz, the Tin Man (here named Rusty) was voiced by Larry D. Mann . </Li> <Li> In the 1970s, the Tin Woodman appeared in a series of short animated educational films about heart health from Joleron Productions . </Li> <Li> In an episode of The World's Greatest Super Friends, Superman temporarily became the Tin Man after a tornado took him, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman to Mister Mxyzptlk's planet of Oz . </Li> <Li> In a 1981 episode of Scooby - Doo and Scrappy - Doo, Scrappy is dressed as the Tin Man after a tornado took him, Shaggy, and Scooby to "Ahz", a direct spoof of Oz with a different spelling by its enunciation . </Li> <Li> In 1985, the Tin Woodman appeared in the educational film Act on Arthritis as well as in promotional commercials . </Li> <Li> Roger Daltrey portrayed this character in the 1995 television stage performance The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True . The Kansas farmworker Hickory does not appear in this production . Daltrey performed a rock and roll tempo of "If I Only Had a Heart" in which he swung his microphone mimicking his Who persona . He also performed the bridge verses sung by the Tin Man in Nathan Lane's long version of "If I Only Had the Nerve". Toward the end, he hugged the Wizard (Joel Grey) saying to him "Thank you from the bottom of my heart!". </Li> <Li> In 1996, they made a cartoon animated The Oz Kids . He has a son named Tin Boy . Like his father he can cut wood with his ax . And he has to be careful with water and snow or he'll be rust . His voice played by Andy Milder . </Li> <Li> Hiroki Tsujiai from Ultra Maniac dresses as the Tin Man in the costume party . </Li> <Li> James Kall portrayed the Tin Man in the 2001 ABC miniseries Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows . </Li> <Li> The Muppet Gonzo plays a similar role, the Tin Thing, in 2005's television film The Muppets' Wizard of Oz . In this version, he is the Wicked Witch's research assistant, transformed into a robot to prevent him wanting a day off to marry Camilla . Gonzo's other role is himself . He appears at the end of this film in the Muppets' show . </Li> <Li> In 2006, the Tin Man was the protagonist in a pair of television commercials for Chef Boyardee brand canned Beef Ravioli, in a costume identical to the design used in the 1939 Oz film . In the commercials, the Tin Man (played by Australian actor David Somerville) is pursued by groups of children due to the fact that an oversized Beef Ravioli can label has been affixed to the back of his cylindrical torso (which he doesn't notice until the midpoint of the first commercial); thus, he appears to be a very large, mobile can of ravioli . In the first ad, the Tin Man escapes from his pursuers only to discover that the building he ducked into is an elementary school cafeteria full of hungry children and a teacher . The second ad begins with the Tin Man running through a residential neighborhood, accidentally adding to his pursuers when he stumbles across a backyard birthday party; after fleeing across a golf course (while dodging balls from the driving range), he is cornered in another backyard and threatened with a garden hose (playing on the Tin Man's classic weakness of rusting). As the scene shifts to the image of a Beef Ravioli can, sounds of water hitting metal and the Tin Man's cries for help are heard . </Li> <Li> In 2006, the Chicago Under Ground Film Festival premiered Lee Lynch's feature film titled Transposition of the Great Vessels . Based on the story of his own parents, who moved from Redding to Los Angeles, in hopes of making a better life . His father wanted to work for the forest service, and his mother wanted to be a cook, but their baby was born with a rare heart condition . They were forced to give up those dreams, and make choices that would give them insurance and stability . A naturalist movie interspersed with dream sequences; the "Tin Woodman" makes an appearance while on his deathbed, at UCLA Medical Center . </Li> <Li> At Sundance of 2007, a film premiered by young director Ray Tintori entitled Death to the Tinman . It is a somewhat modernized retelling that takes place at sometime in the 1900s, in the town Verton, rather than Oz . However, the book of the same name, which tells the origins of the character, is cited by opening intertitles as the source . Although the basic premise is nearly identical, much of the details and all names and locations have been changed . This is partially due to the film's satirical look at criminal reenactments, as it states at the beginning that names "have been changed to protect the innocent ." Perhaps the most interesting change that story makes, though, is the origin of the curse upon the Tinman's Axe, which is changed from being the Witch to being a curse from God . This film won a short filmmaking award at Sundance . </Li> <Li> A 2007 CG animated short film called "After Oz", produced by the film students at Vancouver Film School, centered on a stylized version of the Tin Man, after he has received his heart from Oz . The movie shows him moving through a colorful Oz city with his brand - new mechanical heart, before meeting a reddish female Tin Woman (or robot?) to whom he gives the heart . She proceeds to cruelly play with the heart . </Li> <Li> An internet - collaboration, CG animated feature based on Baum's book The Tin Woodman of Oz was produced by A: M Films, and completed in 2009 . </Li> <Li> In 2010, Whitestone Motion Pictures produced a 23 - minute live - action short film, Heartless: The Story of the Tin Man . The film is based on the book The Tin Woodman of Oz, where Woot the Wanderer visits the Tin Man and asks how he came to be made of tin . In the film, the Tin Man appears to be more steam - or coal - powered . His chest cavity is covered by a door which reads "Pedudoe Tin Co ." but this is a reference to the workings of the film company, and not a reference to any Oz book or material . The movie was made available for free viewing online and free downloading of its soundtrack . </Li> <Li> In the 2013 prequel, Oz the Great and Powerful, although the Tin Woodman does not physically appear, the film introduces his creator, the Master Tinker, portrayed by Bill Cobbs . </Li> <Li> Tin Man appears in the animated film Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (which is based on Dorothy of Oz), voiced by Kelsey Grammer . </Li> <Li> The Woodsman, a 2012 stage play written by James Ortiz with music by Edward W. Hardy, tells the backstory of the Tin Man, using puppetry, movement, and music . The play has received multiple Off Broadway productions, and won a 2016 Obie Award for Ortiz's puppet design . </Li> <Li> In the TV series Emerald City, the Tin Woodman equivalent is Jack (Gerran Howell), a friend of the enigmatic Tip, who helps' him' escape from his imprisonment by a witch . When it is revealed that Tip is actually a girl whose true identity was suppressed by a potion, her strained emotional state causes her to push Jack over a balcony after he kisses her . Jack is subsequently found and rebuilt by scientists in a cyborg - like state; his head and right arm are still organic, but his heart and the rest of his body has been replaced or covered by mechanical armour . </Li> <Li> The Tin Man appears in Once Upon a Time . In this show, he started out as a woodcutter named Stanum (portrayed by Austin Obiajunwa as a young man and by Alex Désert as an adult) who encountered a younger Zelena when she saved a bird's nest . When two bullies show up to harm Zelena, Stanum helped to fend them off . Years later, Stanum comes to Zelena for help . He tells Zelena that he is slowly turning to tin after he was cursed by the Wicked Witch of the North for cutting down a tree in her area . Stanum states that the Crimson Heart artifact might be able to help him, but needs Zelena's help to get by the beast that guards it . When close to its location, Stanum is attacked by a lion who is then fended off by Zelena . When they get to the heart, Zelena picks it up and felt some of her magic draining . When Zelena claims that Dorothy Gale put Stanum up to this task, Stanum commented that he never met Dorothy . He also stated that Zelena once claimed on the day they met that she would be happy being a normal human . As Stanum fully turns to tin and is unable to move, Zelena takes the box containing the Crystal Heart and leaves while telling Stanum that perhaps Dorothy will meet Stanum and free him . </Li> </Ul> <Li> In the classic 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, the Tin Man was played by actor Jack Haley . Originally, Ray Bolger was cast to play the role of Tin Man, despite his desire to play the Scarecrow . Buddy Ebsen was, at the time, cast as Scarecrow, and was convinced to swap roles with Bolger . While this pleased Bolger, it led to medical problems for Ebsen . The Tin Man's makeup originally contained aluminum powder which got into Ebsen's lungs, bringing him to the edge of death . He was rushed to a hospital and had to give up the role . Despite this, and the fact that the Tin Man's makeup was changed to a safer aluminum paste, Ebsen went on to outlive both Bolger and Haley . Haley based his breathy speaking style in the movie on the voice he used for telling his son bedtime stories . His portrayal of the character is by far the most famous . There is no explanation in the film of how the Tin Man became the Tin Man . It is subtly implied that he was always made of tin; the only reference to the tinsmith is the Tin Man's remark "The tinsmith forgot to give me a heart". Unlike the costumes of the Scarecrow (in the National Museum of American History) and Cowardly Lion (two sets in private hands), that of the Tin Man "was largely destroyed". Haley also portrayed the Tin Man's Kansas counterpart, Hickory (one of Aunt Em and Uncle Henry's farmworkers). Screenwriter Noel Langley created this character for the film . Hickory helps Zeke (Lion's alter ego) lower a bed into its place on a wagon at the farm . Unlike Zeke, Hickory and Hunk (Scarecrow's alter ego) lose their hats with Uncle Henry as they struggle to open the cellar when the tornado approaches the farm . He reunites with Dorothy when she awakes from being unconscious . Hickory is seen with Aunt Em, Uncle Henry, Zeke, and Hunk as well as Professor Marvel (The Wizard's alter ego). </Li> <Li> In the original Broadway version of The Wiz, Tiger Haynes played the Tinman, a human woodcutter who became tin after the Wicked Witch of the East cursed his axe to chop him up (as in the book). Nipsey Russell played the Tinman in the film adaptation of The Wiz . In this version, as in the 1939 movie, there is no explanation of how he became tin, just a reference of the "genius who created me". He worked as the carnival barker and when the park was closed, he was abandoned, rusted and squeezed by his fourth wife, "Teeny" (a heavy tin sculpture of a fat lady). He was saved by Dorothy and the Scarecrow . Ne - Yo played the Tinman in the TV special The Wiz Live! . This version portrayed him as a construction worker on whom the Wicked Witch of the East developed an unrequited crush . When she found out he already had a girlfriend, "Bertha", she became so jealous, she turned him into a heartless tinman . The Witch boasted afterwards that if she couldn't have his heart, then no one could . Like Jack Haley in the 1939 movie, Ne - Yo also played one of Aunt Em's farmhands - John, who walks with a metal leg brace . </Li>

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