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