Buster Brodie

Known for

Acting

Born

October 10, 1885

Birthplace

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Died

April 9, 1948 (aged 62)

Biography

Buster Brodie (October 11, 1885 - April 9, 1948) was an actor who played a flying monkey in The Wizard of Oz (1939). He coincidentally shared the same exact birthday as Anna Laughlin who was the first to play Dorothy Gale on stage.

Best known work

The Wizard of Oz

1939

City Lights

1931

The Grapes of Wrath

1940

To Be or Not to Be

1942

Island of Lost Souls

1932

Dance, Girl, Dance

1940

There It Is

1928

Strikes and Spares

1934

A Man Betrayed

1941

The Woman Accused

1933

Filmography

1947
Yankee Fakir
as Bald Man
1945
Shadows of Death
as Bald Man Getting Haircut (uncredited)
1944
Crazy Knights
as Baldy
1943
Nearly Eighteen
as Little Bald Man (uncredited)
1942
To Be or Not to Be
as Townsman (uncredited)
1941
Miss Polly
as Bald-Headed Man (uncredited)
1941
A Man Betrayed
as Little Man at Soup Kitchen (uncredited)
1940
Dance, Girl, Dance
as Burlesk House Spectator (uncredited)
1940
The Grapes of Wrath
as Migrant (uncredited)
1939
The Wizard of Oz
as Winged Monkey (uncredited)
1939
Persons in Hiding
as Little Bald Man at Bar (uncredited)
1936
I'll Name the Murderer
as Nightclub Cook (Uncredited)
1934
Strikes and Spares
as Little Bald-Headed Man (uncredited)
1933
The Woman Accused
as Bald Man on Mock Jury (uncredited)
1932
Island of Lost Souls
as Pig Man - a Little Beast (uncredited)
1931
Cracked Nuts
1931
City Lights
as Bald Party Guest (uncredited)
1928
Say Ah-h!
1928
There It Is
as The Fuzz-Faced Phantom
1927
All Aboard
1925
The House of Flickers