Wheaton Chambers
Known for Acting · 107 credits
- Born
- 1887-10-13
- Died
- 1958-01-31
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Also known as
- James 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
TV Shows (3)
Movies (104)
The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951
as Mr. Bleeker
Foreign Correspondent
1940
as Committeeman (uncredited)
Law and Order
1953
as Mr. Sterling (uncredited)
His Girl Friday
1940
as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
Monsieur Verdoux
1947
as Pharmacist (uncredited)
The Three Musketeers
1948
The Sea of Grass
1947
as Dean (uncredited)
Invitation to Happiness
1939
as Reporter (uncredited)
Mildred Pierce
1945
as Personnel Man (uncredited)
The Pirate
1948
as Artist (uncredited)
The Crimson Ghost
1946
as Wilson [Ch. 1]
Valley of the Zombies
1946
as Coroner (uncredited)
East of Eden
1955
as Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)
Body and Soul
1947
as Ben's Doctor (uncredited)
The Duel at Silver Creek
1952
as Doc Hargrove (uncredited)
The Great Sinner
1949
as Priest (uncredited)
Caught
1949
as Servant (uncredited)
Swing Shift Maisie
1943
as Technician (Uncredited)
The Fastest Gun Alive
1956
as Jim Drews (uncredited)
Stagecoach to Denver
1946
as Jasper Braydon
Not Wanted
1949
as Mr. Kelton
The Crime Doctor's Gamble
1947
as Brown
Between Midnight and Dawn
1950
as Building Superintendent Blake
The Unknown Man
1951
as Second Bailiff (uncredited)
The Fighting Seabees
1944
as Navy Observer (uncredited)
The Peacemaker
1956
as Doc Runyan
Romance on the High Seas
1948
as Passport Photographer (uncredited)
Undercurrent
1946
as Bookstore Proprietor (uncredited)
Two Sisters from Boston
1946
as Greek Professor (uncredited)
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
1940
as Scientist (uncredited)
Four Faces West
1948
as Station Agent (uncredited)
All the King's Men
1949
as Senator (uncredited)
Union Pacific
1939
as Businessman (uncredited)
Young Man with Ideas
1952
as Proctor - Law Professor (uncredited)
The Last Crooked Mile
1946
as Lane
The Cimarron Kid
1952
as Webb Thompson (uncredited)
The Man Who Found Himself
1937
as Man at Train Wreck
Lost City of the Jungle
1946
as Peace Foundation Member #2
Walk Softly, Stranger
1950
as Tobacco Clerk (uncredited)
The Wife Takes a Flyer
1942
as Chaplain
The Secret Fury
1950
as Ed Peterson (uncredited)
Drums of Fu Manchu
1940
as Dr. Humphrey
The Time of Their Lives
1946
as Bill - Museum Guard (uncredited)
Tall in the Saddle
1944
as Ab Jenkins (uncredited)
Hitchhike to Happiness
1945
as Sam Jones (uncredited)
Phantom of the Opera
1943
as Reporter (uncredited)
The Baron of Arizona
1950
as Brother Gregory (uncredited)
The Miami Story
1954
Three Daring Daughters
1948
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
This Land Is Mine
1943
as Mr. Lorraine
Peggy
1950
as Gateman
Son of Zorro
1947
as Caleb Baldwin [Chs. 2-3, 5, 9]
Lady in the Lake
1946
as Property Clerk (Uncredited)
The Seventh Victim
1943
as Missing Girl's Father (Uncredited)
The Magnificent Yankee
1950
as Senator (uncredited)
The Brighton Strangler
1945
as Clerk (Uncredited)
The Son of Dr. Jekyll
1951
as Magistrate (uncredited)
Adventures of Red Ryder
1940
as Boswell
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
1942
as Floorwalker
The Notorious Mr. Monks
1958
as Coroner (uncredited)
Panhandle
1948
as Cabot (uncredited)
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
1941
as Dr. Henderson
Three Secrets
1950
as Man With Dog (uncredited)
Deputy Marshal
1949
as Harley Masters
Sarge Goes to College
1947
as Professor
Marshal of Laredo
1945
as Dr. Allen
Wagons West
1952
as Sam Wilkins
The Prowler
1951
as Doctor James
The Southerner
1945
as Store Customer (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945
as Pedestrian (uncredited)
Heavenly Days
1944
as Well-Wisher
Midnight Court
1937
as Reporter
The Undercover Man
1949
as Parker's Secretary
On the Old Spanish Trail
1947
as Oil Co. Clerk Silas MacIntyre
Top Gun
1955
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Florentine Dagger
1935
as Servant (uncredited)
Christmas Holiday
1944
as Plane Passenger (uncredited)
Possessed
1947
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Devil Commands
1941
as Dr. Sanders
Black Hills Express
1943
as Dad Southern
The Falcon in Mexico
1944
as Jarvis the Butler (uncredited)
Stagecoach Express
1942
as Gates - Stage Line Official (uncredited)
River Gang
1945
as Reporter
The Falcon in Hollywood
1944
as Marvin, in Miniatures (uncredited)
Florida Special
1936
as (uncredited)
Gun Talk
1947
as Herk - the Barber
Mr. Wong, Detective
1938
as Chemistry Lab Director (uncredited)
The Well
1951
as Mr. Woody
Secrets of the Lone Wolf
1941
as Vanderbeek (uncredited)
Geronimo
1939
as John A. Rawlins
Song of the Drifter
1948
as Doctor
Slightly Honorable
1939
as Guest (Uncredited)
Slaves of Babylon
1953
as Cyrus' Foster Father
The Invisible Wall
1947
as Conductor (uncredited)
Strange Confession
1945
Always Together
1947
as Court Clerk (uncredited)
Mississippi Rhythm
1949
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Flying Serpent
1946
as Louis Havener
The Wild Frontier
1947
as Doc Hardy
The El Paso Kid
1946
as Doctor Hamlin
D-Day on Mars
1966
as Prof. Benjamin
Big Town
1946
as Witness (uncredited)
Apology for Murder
1945
as Minister
The Power of God
1942
as Mr. Gilder
About Wheaton Chambers
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. With 107 credits spanning from 1935 to 1966, Wheaton Chambers has appeared in 104 films and 3 TV shows.
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Most Popular Wheaton Chambers Movies
- The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) — as Mr. Bleeker
- Foreign Correspondent (1940) — as Committeeman (uncredited)
- Law and Order (1953) — as Mr. Sterling (uncredited)
- His Girl Friday (1940) — as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
- Monsieur Verdoux (1947) — as Pharmacist (uncredited)
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