O.Z. Whitehead
Known for Acting · 34 credits
- Born
- 1911-03-01
- Died
- 1998-07-29
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Oothout Zabriskie Whitehead · Zebby
Biography
American character actor of rather bizarre range, a member of the so-called John Ford Stock Company. Originally a New York stage actor of some repute, Whitehead entered films in the 1930s. He played a wide variety of character parts, often quite different from his own actual age and type. He is probably most familiar as Al Joad in John Ford's The Grapes of Wrath (1940). But twenty-two years later, in his fifth film for Ford, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), Whitehead at 51 was playing a lollipop-licking schoolboy! He continued to work predominantly on the stage, appearing now and again in films or on television. In his last years, he suffered from cancer and died in 1998 in Dublin, Ireland, where he had lived in semi-retirement for many years.
Known For
TV Shows (7)
Movies (27)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Herbert Carruthers
The Lion in Winter
1968
as Bishop of Durham
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
as Al Joad
The Horse Soldiers
1959
as Otis 'Hoppy' Hopkins
Two Rode Together
1961
as Lt. Whitehead
Hello, Stranger
1992
The Last Hurrah
1958
as Norman Cass Jr.
A Song Is Born
1948
as Professor Oddly
Panic in Year Zero!
1962
as Hogan
Comin' Round the Mountain
1951
as Zeke
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!
1958
as Isaac Goodpasture
The Body Beautiful
1953
as Oscar Blunt
Ulysses
1967
as Alexander J. Dowie
Ma and Pa Kettle
1949
as Mr. Billings
Road House
1948
as Arthur
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947
as Ninny Nat
For Men Only
1952
as Prof. Bixby
The San Francisco Story
1952
as Alfey
The Hoodlum
1951
as Breckenridge
Philadelphia, Here I Come
1975
as Ben Burton
FBI Girl
1951
as Chauncey
The Scarf
1951
as Whoopie
Journey Into Light
1951
as Lippy
The Scoundrel
1935
as Calhoun
Summer Magic
1963
as Mr. Perkins
Beware, My Lovely
1952
as Mr. Franks
My Brother Talks to Horses
1947
as Mr. Puddy
About O.Z. Whitehead
American character actor of rather bizarre range, a member of the so-called John Ford Stock Company. Originally a New York stage actor of some repute, Whitehead entered films in the 1930s. He played a wide variety of character parts, often quite different from his own actual age and type. He is probably most familiar as Al Joad in John Ford's The Grapes of Wrath (1940). But twenty-two years later, in his fifth film for Ford, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), Whitehead at 51 was playing a lollipop-licking schoolboy! He continued to work… With 34 credits spanning from 1935 to 1992, O.Z. Whitehead has appeared in 27 films and 7 TV shows.
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Most Popular O.Z. Whitehead Movies
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) — as Herbert Carruthers
- The Lion in Winter (1968) — as Bishop of Durham
- The Grapes of Wrath (1940) — as Al Joad
- The Horse Soldiers (1959) — as Otis 'Hoppy' Hopkins
- Two Rode Together (1961) — as Lt. Whitehead
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