Wheaton Chambers

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1887-10-13 (71 years old)

Deathday

1958-01-31

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.

Acting

1943

Black Hills Express

as Dad Southern

1966

D-Day on Mars

as Prof. Benjamin

1951

The Prowler

as Doctor James

1948

Panhandle

as Cabot (uncredited)

1945

Hitchhike to Happiness

as Sam Jones (uncredited)

1945

1951

The Well

as Mr. Woody

1946

The Flying Serpent

as Louis Havener

1943

Phantom of the Opera

as Reporter (uncredited)

1948

Three Daring Daughters

as Stage Manager (uncredited)

1949

The Undercover Man

as Parker's Secretary

1946

Valley of the Zombies

as Coroner (uncredited)

1953

Law and Order

as Mr. Sterling (uncredited)

1938

Mr. Wong, Detective

as Chemistry Lab Director (uncredited)

1952

The Duel at Silver Creek

as Doc Hargrove (uncredited)

1941

The Devil Commands

as Dr. Sanders

1948

1937

The Man Who Found Himself

as Man at Train Wreck

1942

1949

Not Wanted

as Mr. Kelton

1939

Union Pacific

as Businessman (uncredited)

1939

Invitation to Happiness

as Reporter (uncredited)

1950

The Magnificent Yankee

as Senator (uncredited)

1946

Big Town

as Witness (uncredited)

1939

Slightly Honorable

as Guest (Uncredited)

1949

Caught

as Servant (uncredited)

1953

Slaves of Babylon

as Cyrus' foster father

1940

Drums of Fu Manchu

as Dr. Humphrey

1937

Midnight Court

as Reporter

1949

All the King's Men

as Senator (uncredited)

1945

The Southerner

as Store Customer (uncredited)

1955

East of Eden

as Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)

1950

Between Midnight and Dawn

as Building Superintendent Blake

1945

Mildred Pierce

as Personnel Man (uncredited)

1947

Monsieur Verdoux

as Pharmacist (uncredited)

1940

His Girl Friday

as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)

1941

Secrets of the Lone Wolf

as Vanderbeek (uncredited)

1947

The Invisible Wall

as Conductor (uncredited)

1947

The Sea of Grass

as Dean (uncredited)

1948

The Pirate

as Artist (uncredited)

1946

The Crimson Ghost

as Wilson [Ch. 1]

1949

The Great Sinner

as Priest (uncredited)

1943

This Land Is Mine

as Mr. Lorraine

1935

The Florentine Dagger

as Servant (uncredited)

1940

Foreign Correspondent

as Committeeman (uncredited)

1941

1940

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

as Scientist (uncredited)

1939

Geronimo

as John A. Rawlins

1944

The Fighting Seabees

as Navy Observer (uncredited)

1945

Marshal of Laredo

as Dr. Allen

1947

The Wild Frontier

as Doc Hardy

1946

Stagecoach to Denver

as Jasper Braydon

1950

Peggy

as Gateman

1952

Wagons West

as Sam Wilkins

1946

The El Paso Kid

as Doctor Hamlin

1947

Gun Talk

as Herk - the Barber

1947

On the Old Spanish Trail

as Oil Co. Clerk Silas MacIntyre

1947

Son of Zorro

as Caleb Baldwin [Chs. 2-3, 5, 9]

1949

Deputy Marshal

as Harley Masters

1946

Lost City of the Jungle

as Peace Foundation Member #2

1942

1956

The Peacemaker

as Doc Runyan

1947

1944

The Falcon in Mexico

as Jarvis the Butler (uncredited)

1951

The Day the Earth Stood Still

as Mr. Bleeker, jeweller

1942

The Power of God

as Mr. Gilder

1946

Undercurrent

as Bookstore Proprietor (uncredited)

1950

The Secret Fury

as Ed Peterson (uncredited)

1945

River Gang

as Reporter

1950

Three Secrets

as Man With Dog (uncredited)

1950

Walk Softly, Stranger

as Tobacco Clerk (uncredited)

1952

Young Man with Ideas

as Proctor - Law Professor (uncredited)

1947

Body and Soul

as Ben's Doctor (uncredited)

1947

Always Together

as Court Clerk (uncredited)

1945

1946

The Time of Their Lives

as Bill - Museum Guard (uncredited)

1946

Two Sisters from Boston

as Greek Professor (uncredited)

1948

Romance on the High Seas

as Passport Photographer (uncredited)

1945

The Brighton Strangler

as Clerk (Uncredited)

1943

The Seventh Victim

as Missing Girl's Father (Uncredited)

1943

Swing Shift Maisie

as Technician (Uncredited)

1946

Lady in the Lake

as Property Clerk (Uncredited)

1958

The Notorious Mr. Monks

as Coroner (uncredited)

1951

The Son of Dr. Jekyll

as Magistrate (uncredited)

1948

Four Faces West

as Station Agent (uncredited)

1950

The Baron of Arizona

as Brother Gregory (uncredited)

1944

Heavenly Days

as Well-Wisher

1936

Florida Special

as (uncredited)

1949

Mississippi Rhythm

as Townsman (uncredited)

1942

Stagecoach Express

as Gates - Stage Line Official (uncredited)

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