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
- The Duel at Silver Creek as Doc Hargrove (uncredited)
- Young Man with Ideas as Proctor - Law Professor (uncredited)
- Wagons West as Sam Wilkins
1951
- Boston Blackie as Businessman (uncredited)
- The Day the Earth Stood Still as Mr. Bleeker, jeweller
- The Prowler as Doctor James
- The Well as Mr. Woody
- The Son of Dr. Jekyll as Magistrate (uncredited)
- The Unknown Man as Second Bailiff (uncredited)
1950
- The Baron of Arizona as Brother Gregory (uncredited)
- Three Secrets as Man With Dog (uncredited)
- Peggy as Gateman
- Walk Softly, Stranger as Tobacco Clerk (uncredited)
- The Magnificent Yankee as Senator (uncredited)
- Between Midnight and Dawn as Building Superintendent Blake
- The Secret Fury as Ed Peterson (uncredited)
1949
- The Lone Ranger as Father Batista
- All the King's Men as Senator (uncredited)
- Caught as Servant (uncredited)
- The Undercover Man as Parker's Secretary
- The Great Sinner as Priest (uncredited)
- Deputy Marshal as Harley Masters
- Not Wanted as Mr. Kelton
- Mississippi Rhythm as Townsman (uncredited)
1948
- The Three Musketeers
- The Pirate as Artist (uncredited)
- Three Daring Daughters as Stage Manager (uncredited)
- Four Faces West as Station Agent (uncredited)
- Romance on the High Seas as Passport Photographer (uncredited)
- Panhandle as Cabot (uncredited)
- Song of the Drifter as Doctor
1947
- Possessed as Waiter (uncredited)
- Monsieur Verdoux as Pharmacist (uncredited)
- Body and Soul as Ben's Doctor (uncredited)
- The Sea of Grass as Dean (uncredited)
- Son of Zorro as Caleb Baldwin [Chs. 2-3, 5, 9]
- The Invisible Wall as Conductor (uncredited)
- Gun Talk as Herk - the Barber
- On the Old Spanish Trail as Oil Co. Clerk Silas MacIntyre
- The Crime Doctor's Gamble as Brown
- Sarge Goes to College as Professor
- The Wild Frontier as Doc Hardy
- Always Together as Court Clerk (uncredited)
1946
- Undercurrent as Bookstore Proprietor (uncredited)
- Lady in the Lake as Property Clerk (Uncredited)
- The Time of Their Lives as Bill - Museum Guard (uncredited)
- Two Sisters from Boston as Greek Professor (uncredited)
- The Last Crooked Mile as Lane
- Stagecoach to Denver as Jasper Braydon
- The Crimson Ghost as Wilson [Ch. 1]
- Big Town as Witness (uncredited)
- Valley of the Zombies as Coroner (uncredited)
- The Flying Serpent as Louis Havener
- Lost City of the Jungle as Peace Foundation Member #2
- The El Paso Kid as Doctor Hamlin
1945
- Mildred Pierce as Personnel Man (uncredited)
- The Southerner as Store Customer (uncredited)
- The Brighton Strangler as Clerk (Uncredited)
- Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood as Pedestrian (uncredited)
- Apology for Murder as Minister
- Hitchhike to Happiness as Sam Jones (uncredited)
- River Gang as Reporter
- Marshal of Laredo as Dr. Allen
- Strange Confession
1944
- Tall in the Saddle as Ab Jenkins (uncredited)
- Christmas Holiday as Plane Passenger (uncredited)
- The Fighting Seabees as Navy Observer (uncredited)
- The Falcon in Mexico as Jarvis the Butler (uncredited)
- Heavenly Days as Well-Wisher
1943
- Phantom of the Opera as Reporter (uncredited)
- This Land Is Mine as Mr. Lorraine
- The Seventh Victim as Missing Girl's Father (Uncredited)
- Swing Shift Maisie as Technician (Uncredited)
- Black Hills Express as Dad Southern
1942
- Life Begins at Eight-Thirty as Floorwalker
- Stagecoach Express as Gates - Stage Line Official (uncredited)
- The Wife Takes a Flyer as Chaplain
- The Power of God as Mr. Gilder
1941
- Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. as Dr. Henderson
- Secrets of the Lone Wolf as Vanderbeek (uncredited)
- The Devil Commands as Dr. Sanders
1940
- His Girl Friday as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
- Foreign Correspondent as Committeeman (uncredited)
- Drums of Fu Manchu as Dr. Humphrey
- Adventures of Red Ryder as Boswell
- Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe as Scientist (uncredited)
1939
- Union Pacific as Businessman (uncredited)
- Geronimo as John A. Rawlins
- Slightly Honorable as Guest (Uncredited)
- Invitation to Happiness as Reporter (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)