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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1887-10-13 (137 years old)

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Wheaton Chambers

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.

Known For

Acting

1966

D-Day on Mars as Prof. Benjamin

1958

The Notorious Mr. Monks as Coroner (uncredited)

1956

The Peacemaker as Doc Runyan

1955

East of Eden as Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)
Crossroads as R.W. Bergen

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)
Wagons West as Sam Wilkins
Young Man with Ideas as Proctor - Law Professor (uncredited)

1951

The Prowler as Doctor James
The Well as Mr. Woody
The Day the Earth Stood Still as Mr. Bleeker, jeweller
The Son of Dr. Jekyll as Magistrate (uncredited)

1950

The Magnificent Yankee as Senator (uncredited)
Between Midnight and Dawn as Building Superintendent Blake
Peggy as Gateman
The Secret Fury as Ed Peterson (uncredited)
Three Secrets as Man With Dog (uncredited)
Walk Softly, Stranger as Tobacco Clerk (uncredited)
The Baron of Arizona as Brother Gregory (uncredited)

1949

The Undercover Man as Parker's Secretary
Not Wanted as Mr. Kelton
Caught as Servant (uncredited)
All the King's Men as Senator (uncredited)
The Great Sinner as Priest (uncredited)
Deputy Marshal as Harley Masters
The Lone Ranger as Father Batista

1948

Panhandle as Cabot (uncredited)
Three Daring Daughters as Stage Manager (uncredited)
The Pirate as Artist (uncredited)
Romance on the High Seas as Passport Photographer (uncredited)
Four Faces West as Station Agent (uncredited)

1947

Monsieur Verdoux as Pharmacist (uncredited)
The Invisible Wall as Conductor (uncredited)
The Sea of Grass as Dean (uncredited)
The Wild Frontier as Doc Hardy
Gun Talk as Herk - the Barber
On the Old Spanish Trail as Oil Co. Clerk Silas MacIntyre
Son of Zorro as Caleb Baldwin [Chs. 2-3, 5, 9]
Body and Soul as Ben's Doctor (uncredited)
Always Together as Court Clerk (uncredited)

1946

The Flying Serpent as Louis Havener
Valley of the Zombies as Coroner (uncredited)
Big Town as Witness (uncredited)
The Crimson Ghost as Wilson [Ch. 1]
Stagecoach to Denver as Jasper Braydon
The El Paso Kid as Doctor Hamlin
Lost City of the Jungle as Peace Foundation Member #2
Undercurrent as Bookstore Proprietor (uncredited)
The Time of Their Lives as Bill - Museum Guard (uncredited)
Two Sisters from Boston as Greek Professor (uncredited)
Lady in the Lake as Property Clerk (Uncredited)

1945

Hitchhike to Happiness as Sam Jones (uncredited)
Apology for Murder as Minister
The Southerner as Store Customer (uncredited)
Mildred Pierce as Personnel Man (uncredited)
Marshal of Laredo as Dr. Allen
River Gang as Reporter
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood as Pedestrian (uncredited)
The Brighton Strangler as Clerk (Uncredited)

1944

The Fighting Seabees as Navy Observer (uncredited)
The Falcon in Mexico as Jarvis the Butler (uncredited)
Heavenly Days as Well-Wisher

1943

Black Hills Express as Dad Southern
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)

1942

The Power of God as Mr. Gilder

1941

The Devil Commands as Dr. Sanders
Secrets of the Lone Wolf as Vanderbeek (uncredited)
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. as Dr. Henderson

1940

Drums of Fu Manchu as Dr. Humphrey
His Girl Friday as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
Foreign Correspondent as Committeeman (uncredited)
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe as Scientist (uncredited)

1939

Union Pacific as Businessman (uncredited)
Invitation to Happiness as Reporter (uncredited)
Slightly Honorable as Guest (Uncredited)
Geronimo as John A. Rawlins

1938

Mr. Wong, Detective as Chemistry Lab Director (uncredited)

1937

The Man Who Found Himself as Man at Train Wreck
Midnight Court as Reporter

1935

The Florentine Dagger as Servant (uncredited)