FREE: Autographed Wizard of Oz 8 x 10 , Mickey Carroll, was the last surving actor who played a Munchkin

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8 x 10, B & W of Tripple role Munchkin Mickey Carroll
Mickey was a Fiddler, Townsperson and Soldier, here he is in Fiddler Costume.

I met Mickey Carroll in MIssouri. He was an amazinly nice man. This photo is highly collectable and selling on ebay now from $69 -$125.

He was the last surviving actor who played a munchkin.
Here is his bio and you can search him on youtube to see him more.

Biography for
Mickey Carroll More at IMDbPro »
Date of Birth
8 July 1919, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Date of Death
7 May 2009, Crestwood, Missouri, USA (heart ailment)
Birth Name
Michael Finocchiaro
Height
4' 7" (1.40 m)
Mini Biography
At age 7, he began dance lessons at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis, Missouri. It was at the Fox that he met entertainer Jack Haley. Haley took him to Hollywood, where one of his first jobs was as "Mickey" in approximately seven of the Spanky and Our Gang series. At 17 he was one of six bellhops in the 'Call for Phillip Morris' live radio ads, and at 18 was appearing in shows with Mae West. While under contract to MGM, he went to school with Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney. It was Judy Garland who offered him a part in The Wizard of Oz (1939). He stayed with her during its filming. Soon after, he left show business, realizing that his height would prevent him from having any long-term success as an actor.
IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous


Trivia

Actual godfather was mobster Al Capone.

During his career, he did radio shows with George Burns, Jack Benny, Al Jolson and Gracie Allen.

When the burial place of L. Frank Baum's niece, Dorothy Gage, was rediscovered, Mickey replaced her deteriorated headstone with one produced by his family's tombstone company.

Son of Italian immigrants. Had a twin sister.

Met Judy Garland in a vaudeville act while both were working on the Orpheum Theater circuit. The resulting friendship led him to being cast as the violin-playing munchkin in "The Wizard of Oz".