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Died. Ralph Morgan (real name: Ralph Wuppermann), 72, veteran (since 1908) character actor of stage (Strange Interlude) and screen (Magnificent Obsession), elder brother of the late Comedian Frank Morgan, son of George Wuppermann, founder and first president of the Angostura-Wuppermann Corp. (bitters) ; after long illness, in Manhattan...
...other news of A. & P., see BUSINESS. f He was once a vice president (his late parents were the heads) of Angostura-Wuppermann Corp., U.S. sales agents for Angostura Bitters...
...Real name: Francis Philip Wuppermann. His late parents headed the Angostura-Wuppermann Corp., U.S. agent for the sale of Angostura bitters. Actor Morgan was until recently the firm's "Vice President in Charge of Western Operations...
...parents were a long time forgiving Francis and his older brother, Ralph, now a Hollywood heavy, for becoming actors. Mrs. Wuppermann thought the profession somewhat loose. Her husband was inclined to blame one of his ancestors, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, for the misstep...
That Silly Morgan celebrated his marriage by making his stage debut in a vaudeville skit written for him by a friend. His brother, finding that Wuppermann lacked marquee appeal, had taken the name of Morgan. Frank adopted it, too, and in 15 years built it into a Broadway asset (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Rosalie, The Band Wagon, etc.). In the early '30s he went to Hollywood for keeps...