
Wheaton Chambers
Known for Acting · 104 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 (101)

Foreign Correspondent
1940
as Committeeman (uncredited)

Mildred Pierce
1945
as Personnel Man (uncredited)

The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951
as Mr. Bleeker, jeweller

The Pirate
1948
as Artist (uncredited)

Undercurrent
1946
as Bookstore Proprietor (uncredited)

The Fighting Seabees
1944
as Navy Observer (uncredited)

His Girl Friday
1940
as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)

East of Eden
1955
as Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)

Caught
1949
as Servant (uncredited)

Monsieur Verdoux
1947
as Pharmacist (uncredited)

The Three Musketeers
1948

The Southerner
1945
as Store Customer (uncredited)

Tall in the Saddle
1944
as Ab Jenkins (uncredited)

Phantom of the Opera
1943
as Reporter (uncredited)

All the King's Men
1949
as Senator (uncredited)

Possessed
1947
as Waiter (uncredited)

Christmas Holiday
1944
as Plane Passenger (uncredited)

Midnight Court
1937
as Reporter

Law and Order
1953
as Mr. Sterling (uncredited)

The Fastest Gun Alive
1956

This Land Is Mine
1943
as Mr. Lorraine

Gun Talk
1947
as Herk - the Barber

Union Pacific
1939
as Businessman (uncredited)

The Duel at Silver Creek
1952
as Doc Hargrove (uncredited)

The Crimson Ghost
1946
as Wilson [Ch. 1]

The Sea of Grass
1947
as Dean (uncredited)

Peggy
1950
as Gateman

Two Sisters from Boston
1946
as Greek Professor (uncredited)

Three Secrets
1950
as Man With Dog (uncredited)

The Peacemaker
1956
as Doc Runyan

The Seventh Victim
1943
as Missing Girl's Father (Uncredited)

Lady in the Lake
1946
as Property Clerk (Uncredited)

Body and Soul
1947
as Ben's Doctor (uncredited)

Panhandle
1948
as Cabot (uncredited)

Mr. Wong, Detective
1938
as Chemistry Lab Director (uncredited)

The Baron of Arizona
1950
as Brother Gregory (uncredited)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945
as Pedestrian (uncredited)

River Gang
1945
as Reporter

Drums of Fu Manchu
1940
as Dr. Humphrey

The Well
1951
as Mr. Woody

The Time of Their Lives
1946
as Bill - Museum Guard (uncredited)

Hitchhike to Happiness
1945
as Sam Jones (uncredited)

The Prowler
1951
as Doctor James

Geronimo
1939
as John A. Rawlins

The Great Sinner
1949
as Priest (uncredited)

Romance on the High Seas
1948
as Passport Photographer (uncredited)

Not Wanted
1949
as Mr. Kelton

Three Daring Daughters
1948
as Stage Manager (uncredited)

Slightly Honorable
1939
as Guest (Uncredited)

Walk Softly, Stranger
1950
as Tobacco Clerk (uncredited)

Four Faces West
1948
as Station Agent (uncredited)

The Unknown Man
1951
as Second Bailiff (uncredited)

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
1940
as Scientist (uncredited)

Lost City of the Jungle
1946
as Peace Foundation Member #2

Big Town
1946
as Witness (uncredited)

Swing Shift Maisie
1943
as Technician (Uncredited)

Strange Confession
1945

The Secret Fury
1950
as Ed Peterson (uncredited)

The Undercover Man
1949
as Parker's Secretary

The Brighton Strangler
1945
as Clerk (Uncredited)

The Man Who Found Himself
1937
as Man at Train Wreck

Invitation to Happiness
1939
as Reporter (uncredited)

Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
1942
as Floorwalker

The Magnificent Yankee
1950
as Senator (uncredited)

Apology for Murder
1945
as Minister

The Last Crooked Mile
1946
as Lane

The Power of God
1942
as Mr. Gilder

Stagecoach to Denver
1946
as Jasper Braydon

Stagecoach Express
1942
as Gates - Stage Line Official (uncredited)

Deputy Marshal
1949
as Harley Masters

The Falcon in Mexico
1944
as Jarvis the Butler (uncredited)

Son of Zorro
1947
as Caleb Baldwin [Chs. 2-3, 5, 9]

Wagons West
1952
as Sam Wilkins

Young Man with Ideas
1952
as Proctor - Law Professor (uncredited)

Between Midnight and Dawn
1950
as Building Superintendent Blake

The Miami Story
1954

Valley of the Zombies
1946
as Coroner (uncredited)

The Notorious Mr. Monks
1958
as Coroner (uncredited)

Mississippi Rhythm
1949
as Townsman (uncredited)

Heavenly Days
1944
as Well-Wisher

The Wife Takes a Flyer
1942
as Chaplain

Adventures of Red Ryder
1940
as Boswell

The Son of Dr. Jekyll
1951
as Magistrate (uncredited)

The El Paso Kid
1946
as Doctor Hamlin

The Flying Serpent
1946
as Louis Havener

Marshal of Laredo
1945
as Dr. Allen

The Crime Doctor's Gamble
1947
as Brown

Florida Special
1936
as (uncredited)

Secrets of the Lone Wolf
1941
as Vanderbeek (uncredited)

The Wild Frontier
1947
as Doc Hardy

Song of the Drifter
1948
as Doctor

The Devil Commands
1941
as Dr. Sanders

The Invisible Wall
1947
as Conductor (uncredited)

Slaves of Babylon
1953
as Cyrus' Foster Father

Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
1941
as Dr. Henderson

D-Day on Mars
1966
as Prof. Benjamin

Always Together
1947
as Court Clerk (uncredited)

The Florentine Dagger
1935
as Servant (uncredited)

Black Hills Express
1943
as Dad Southern

On the Old Spanish Trail
1947
as Oil Co. Clerk Silas MacIntyre

Sarge Goes to College
1947
as Professor
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 104 credits spanning from 1935 to 1966, Wheaton Chambers has appeared in 101 films and 3 TV shows.
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Most Popular Wheaton Chambers Movies
- Foreign Correspondent (1940) — as Committeeman (uncredited)
- Mildred Pierce (1945) — as Personnel Man (uncredited)
- The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) — as Mr. Bleeker, jeweller
- The Pirate (1948) — as Artist (uncredited)
- Undercurrent (1946) — as Bookstore Proprietor (uncredited)
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