ted mapes played the tin woodman in the wizard of oz.
who played the tin woodman in the wizard of oz?
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bullet::::- 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).
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"the wonderful wizard of oz" shows an early example of the problem: although the tin woodman does not die when his limbs and head are severed, the two wicked witches are killed (the wicked witch of the east could be explained that she was simply crushed and not really dead, but could not do anything anyway, and in "the oz odyssey", the wicked witch of the west comes back to life). one theory brought forth as to why the tin woodman does not die is discussed in edward einhorn's book "paradox in oz", where king oz says that the tin woodman (then nick chopper) would have died were it not for his time magic. when the tin woodman rescues the queen of the field mice by chopping off the head of a pursuing wildcat, it seems unlikely the cat's unjoined head and body continue to live independently of each other, although this goes unmentioned. again, although the tin woodman survived losing all his body, prior to that, he had grown up and lost his parents in a manner inconsistent with later descriptions of oz. again, in "ozma of oz", jack pumpkinhead was described as "a little overripe", and in "dorothy and the wizard in oz", he does not appear at all, although all the other characters do reappear; the implication is that he spoiled, as he feared from his creation. it is unlikely, however, since, according to the previous book, while a pumpkin which serves as jack's head can spoil, it can be replaced, which was done several times without a problem.
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