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Wizard Of Oz Munchkin Autograph - $25 (Coeur D'Alene)
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For the Wizard Of Oz fan, I have a genuine autographed copy of August Clarence Swensen, one of the actors who appeared as a Munchkin in the 1939 Wizard Of Oz film when I met him a few years before his death. August Clarence Swensen (December 29, 1917 – February 25, 2009) was an American actor and was one of the Munchkins in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.
Swensen was born in 1917 and grew up in Austin, Texas. At 4ft 6in, he played one of the 25 Munchkin soldiers in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. He also appeared in The Terror of Tiny Town as a preacher. Many of his Oz co-stars were cast members of this Western musical film. He wore a chimp suit for Tarzan Finds a Son! with Johnny Weissmuller.
His wife Myrna was also up for a part in The Wizard of Oz, but illness forced her to miss the opportunity.
After suffering a stroke in 2005, he was unable to walk and ended up in a wheelchair as a result. He suffered from poor health then after but still attended many events with the other surviving Munchkins, including the presentation of the Munchkins' star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2007.