Wheaton Chambers
Born: 1887-10-13 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 1958-01-31
Known For: Acting
Biography
James Wheaton Chambers was named after his maternal grandfather, James Wheaton Smith. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but grew up in Freehold, New Jersey. he eventually made his way to Hollywood in the late 1920s. Shortening his name to Wheaton Chambers, he would go on to appear in over 200 film and television productions during a career that spanned roughly three decades.
Filmography
1966
- D-Day on Mars as Prof. Benjamin
1958
- The Notorious Mr. Monks as Coroner (uncredited)
1956
- The Fastest Gun Alive
- The Peacemaker as Doc Runyan
1955
- Crossroads as R.W. Bergen
- East of Eden as Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)
1954
1953
- Law and Order as Mr. Sterling (uncredited)
- Slaves of Babylon as Cyrus' Foster Father
1952
- Wagons West as Sam Wilkins
- The Duel at Silver Creek as Doc Hargrove (uncredited)
- Young Man with Ideas as Proctor - Law Professor (uncredited)
1951
- The Prowler as Doctor James
- The Well as Mr. Woody
- Boston Blackie as Businessman (uncredited)
- The Day the Earth Stood Still as Mr. Bleeker, jeweller
- The Unknown Man
- The Son of Dr. Jekyll as Magistrate (uncredited)
1950
- Peggy as Gateman
- Three Secrets as Man With Dog (uncredited)
- Between Midnight and Dawn as Building Superintendent Blake
- Walk Softly, Stranger as Tobacco Clerk (uncredited)
- The Magnificent Yankee as Senator (uncredited)
- The Secret Fury as Ed Peterson (uncredited)
- The Baron of Arizona as Brother Gregory (uncredited)
1949
- The Lone Ranger as Father Batista
- Deputy Marshal as Harley Masters
- Mississippi Rhythm as Townsman (uncredited)
- Not Wanted as Mr. Kelton
- Caught as Servant (uncredited)
- All the King's Men as Senator (uncredited)
- The Great Sinner as Priest (uncredited)
- The Undercover Man as Parker's Secretary
1948
- Three Daring Daughters as Stage Manager (uncredited)
- Panhandle as Cabot (uncredited)
- The Three Musketeers
- Four Faces West as Station Agent (uncredited)
- The Pirate as Artist (uncredited)
- Romance on the High Seas as Passport Photographer (uncredited)
- Song of the Drifter as Doctor
1947
- Gun Talk as Herk - the Barber
- Monsieur Verdoux as Pharmacist (uncredited)
- Always Together as Court Clerk (uncredited)
- Possessed as Waiter (uncredited)
- The Sea of Grass as Dean (uncredited)
- Body and Soul as Ben's Doctor (uncredited)
- Sarge Goes to College as Professor
- The Crime Doctor's Gamble as Brown
- The Invisible Wall as Conductor (uncredited)
- Son of Zorro as Caleb Baldwin [Chs. 2-3, 5, 9]
- The Wild Frontier as Doc Hardy
- On the Old Spanish Trail as Oil Co. Clerk Silas MacIntyre
1946
- Two Sisters from Boston as Greek Professor (uncredited)
- The Time of Their Lives as Bill - Museum Guard (uncredited)
- Big Town as Witness (uncredited)
- Lady in the Lake as Property Clerk (Uncredited)
- Undercurrent as Bookstore Proprietor (uncredited)
- The El Paso Kid as Doctor Hamlin
- The Crimson Ghost as Wilson [Ch. 1]
- Lost City of the Jungle as Peace Foundation Member #2
- The Flying Serpent as Louis Havener
- Valley of the Zombies as Coroner (uncredited)
- The Last Crooked Mile as Lane
- Stagecoach to Denver as Jasper Braydon
1945
- Mildred Pierce as Personnel Man (uncredited)
- River Gang as Reporter
- Strange Confession
- The Southerner as Store Customer (uncredited)
- Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood as Pedestrian (uncredited)
- The Brighton Strangler as Clerk (Uncredited)
- Apology for Murder as Minister
- Hitchhike to Happiness as Sam Jones (uncredited)
- Marshal of Laredo as Dr. Allen
1944
- Heavenly Days as Well-Wisher
- Tall in the Saddle as Ab Jenkins (uncredited)
- The Falcon in Mexico as Jarvis the Butler (uncredited)
- The Fighting Seabees as Navy Observer (uncredited)
1943
- Phantom of the Opera as Reporter (uncredited)
- This Land Is Mine as Mr. Lorraine
- Swing Shift Maisie as Technician (Uncredited)
- The Seventh Victim as Missing Girl's Father (Uncredited)
- Black Hills Express as Dad Southern
1942
- Stagecoach Express as Gates - Stage Line Official (uncredited)
- The Wife Takes a Flyer as Chaplain
- The Power of God as Mr. Gilder
- Life Begins at Eight-Thirty as Floorwalker
1941
- The Devil Commands as Dr. Sanders
- Secrets of the Lone Wolf as Vanderbeek (uncredited)
- Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. as Dr. Henderson
1940
- Foreign Correspondent as Committeeman (uncredited)
- His Girl Friday as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
- Drums of Fu Manchu as Dr. Humphrey
- Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe as Scientist (uncredited)
- Adventures of Red Ryder as Boswell
1939
- Geronimo as John A. Rawlins
- Slightly Honorable as Guest (Uncredited)
- Invitation to Happiness as Reporter (uncredited)
- Union Pacific as Businessman (uncredited)
1938
- Mr. Wong, Detective as Chemistry Lab Director (uncredited)
1937
- The Man Who Found Himself as Man at Train Wreck
- Midnight Court as Reporter
1936
- Florida Special as (uncredited)
1935
- The Florentine Dagger as Servant (uncredited)