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Email this page to a friend   Go To:  Actors Directors Writers Producers Camera, Film & Tape Editors Production Management Art Department Wardrobe, Hair & Makeup Sound Music Choreography Visual Effects & Animation Physical Effects Accounting Consultants & Advisors Worldwide Distributors Actors Diana Ross (II) Dorothy Michael Jackson Scarecrow Nipsey Russell Tin Woodsman Ted Ross Lion Mabel King Evillene Theresa Merritt (II) Aunt Em Thelma Carpenter Miss One Lena Horne Glinda the Good Richard Pryor The Wiz Stanley Greene Uncle Henry Clyde Barrett Subway Peddler Roderick Specer Sibert Crow Kashka Banjoko Crow Ronald Stevens (II) Crow Tony Brealond Gold Footman Joe Lynn Gold Footman Clinton Jackson Green Footman Charles Rodriguez Green Footman Carlton Johnson (II) Head Winkie Ted Williams 1st Munchkin Mabel Robinson 2nd Munchkin Damon Pearce 3rd Munchkin Donna Patrice Ingram 4th Munchkin Harry Madsen Cheetah Gloria Van Scott Rolls-Royce Lady Vicki Baltimore Green Lady Carlos Cleveland Aunt Em's Party Guest Mariann Aalda Aunt Em's Party Guest Aaron Boddie Aunt Em's Party Guest Gay Faulkner Aunt Em's Party Guest Ted Butler Aunt Em's Party Guest T. B. Skinner Aunt Em's Party Guest Jamie Perry Aunt Em's Party Guest Daphne McWilliams Aunt Em's Party Guest Douglas Berring Aunt Em's Party Guest James Shaw Aunt Em's Party Guest Johnny Brown (II) Aunt Em's Party Guest Gyle Waddy Aunt Em's Party Guest Dorothy Fox Aunt Em's Party Guest Frances Salisbury Aunt Em's Party Guest Beatrice Dunmore Aunt Em's Party Guest Traci Core Aunt Em's Party Guest Donald King Aunt Em's Party Guest Claude Brooks (II) Aunt Em's Party Guest Billie Allen Aunt Em's Party Guest Willie C. Carpenter Aunt Em's Party Guest Denice Dejon Aunt Em's Party Guest Kevin Stockton Aunt Em's Party Guest Alvin Alexis Aunt Em's Party Guest Dancers Diana Ross Theresa Merritt Roberta Flack Cissy Houston Gwen Guthrie Back to Top Directors Sidney Lumet Director Back to Top Writers William F. Brown (II) Play as Source Material ("The Wiz") L. Frank Baum Book as Source Material ("The Wonderful Wizard of Oz") Joel Schumacher screenplay Joel Schumacher Screenplay Back to Top Producers Ken Harper Executive Producer Rob Cohen Producer Burtt Harris Associate Producer Back to Top Camera, Film & Tape Bill Taylor (II) matte photography Dennis Glouner matte photography Oswald Morris Director of Photography Jack Priestly (II) director of photography 2nd unit (2nd Unit) Back to Top Editors Dede Allen Editor Back to Top Production Management Kenneth Utt Production Manager Back to Top Art Department Philip Rosenberg art direction John Jay Moore art direction Tony Walton Production Designer Edward Stewart Set Decorator Robert Drumheller (II) Set Decorator Back to Top Wardrobe, Hair & Makeup Robert Laden Makeup Stan Winston special makeup Tony Walton Costume Designer Back to Top Sound Jack Fitzstephens sound editor supervisor Stan Bochner Sound Editor Marc M. Laub Sound Editor Hal Levinsohn Sound Editor Al Nahmias Sound Editor Ronald Roose Sound Editor James Sabat sound recording Richard Vorisek sound rerecording Back to Top Music Charlie Smalls Music Charlie Smalls Music ("The Wiz" film)) Charlie Smalls lyrics ("The Wiz" play)) Charlie Smalls songs ("The Feeling That We Have" "He's the Wizard" "Soon As I Get Home" "You Can't Win" "Ease on Down the Road" "What Would I Do If I Could Feel" "Slide Some Oil to Me" "I'm a Mean Ole Lion" "Be a Lion" "Emerald City Ballet" "Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News" "Believe in Yourself") Mabel King Song Performer ( Don t Nobody Bring Me No Bad News ) Luther Vandross Song ( Everybody Rejoice ) Theresa Merritt (II) Song Performer ( The Feeling That We Have ) Nickolas Ashford songs ("Can I Go on Not Knowing" "Is This What Feeling Gets?") Valerie Simpson (II) songs ("Can I Go on Not Knowing" "Is This What Feeling Gets?") Robert N. Tucker Jr music director Tom Bahler (II) Music Conductor Tom Bahler (II) choir arranger Pete Meyers Orchestrations Mendel Balitz Orchestrations Bob Freedman Orchestrations Ralph Ferraro Orchestrations Greig McRitchie (II) Orchestrations Bob Florence Orchestrations Chris Boardman Orchestrations Dick Hazard Orchestrations Wayne Robinson Orchestrations Quincy Jones Orchestrations Quincy Jones music adaptation Quincy Jones song arranger Quincy Jones songs ( Can I Go on Not Knowing Glinda s Theme Poppy Girls Emerald City Ballet Is This What Feeling Gets? ) Anthony Jackson (II) Song ("Poppy Girls") Diana Ross (II) Song Performer ( Can I Go on Not Knowing Soon as I Get Home Ease on Down the Road Be a Lion Is This What Feeling Gets Believe in Yourself ) Lena Horne Song Performer ( Believe in Yourself ) Song Performer ( Glinda s Theme ) Michael Jackson Song Performer ( You Can t Win Ease on Down the Road Be a Lion Emerald City Ballet ) Nipsey Russell Song Performer ( Ease on Down the Road What Would I Do If I Could Feel Slide Some Oil to Me Be a Lion ) Ted Ross Song Performer ("Ease on Down the Road" "I'm a Mean Ole Lion" "Be a Lion") Thelma Carpenter Song Performer ("He's the Wizard") Quincy Jones Music Supervisor Jack Fitzstephens Music Editor Nick Ashford Composer Valerie Simpson Composer Back to Top Choreography Louis Johnson (II) choreography Frank Owens dance arranger Quincy Jones dance arranger Louis Johnson Choreographer Back to Top Visual Effects & Animation Al Griswold Special Effects Albert Whitlock special visual effects Back to Top Physical Effects Everett Creach Stunt Coordinator Back to Top Accounting Sam Goldrich Production Accountant Back to Top Consultants & Advisors Guy Costa special sound consultant Back to Top Worldwide Distributors Universal Pictures Theatrical Distributor CIC Productions Theatrical Distributor (United Kingdom) Back to Top