Job Actor
Years active 1939; 1993-2009
Top Roles Munchkin Coroner
Top GenresAdventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Drama
Top TopicsBook-Based, Exotic Lands
Top Collaborators (Director), , , (Director)
Shares birthday with Norman Ferguson, Marge Champion, Barbara Jo Allen  see more..

Meinhardt Raabe Overview:

Character actor, Meinhardt Raabe, was born Meinhardt Frank Raabe on Sep 2, 1915 in Watertown, WI. Raabe died at the age of 94 on Apr 9, 2010 in Orange Park, FL .

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By Annmarie Gatti on Sep 2, 2013 From Classic Movie Hub Blog

Munchkin Coroner, Meinhardt RaabeMeinhardt Raabe was born September 2, in 1915, and is best known?as the coroner who certifies the Wicked Witch of the East’s death in The Wizard of Oz?– which was, incidentally, his only feature film appearance. Meinhardt Raabe?as the Munchin Coro... Read full article


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Munchkin Coroner: As coroner I must aver, I thoroughly examined her. And she's not only merely dead. She's really most sincerely dead.


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When the Hollywood Walk Of Fame star dedicated to the 124 Munchkin actors's was unveiled in 2007, Raabe attended the ceremony, dressed in a huge hat with a rolled brim, as seen in the film. He also spoke his famous line from the movie to the fans present. At the time he was one of only seven of the group left. He delighted fans by reciting his most famous line: "As coroner I must aver, I thoroughly examined her. And she's not only merely dead. She's really most sincerely dead.".

Worked for many decades as a spokesman for Oscar Mayer, where he was known as "Little Oscar, World's Smallest Chef". He traveled in the first Wienermobile, produced in 1936.

The Raabes' station wagon crashed into a van that had stopped for a turn near their home at the Penney Farms retirement community. Marie died of injuries sustained in the accident, and Meinhardt and a van passenger were injured. [21 October 1997]

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