John Wheeler

6/20/1930 (96 years old)Houston, Texas, USA

John Wheeler graduated from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, earning a bachelors degree in Music. A singer and character actor most familiar from television, he appeared on episodes of The Odd Couple, Green Acres, The Brady Bunch, and on Star Trek (as the tellarite Gav in the episode "Journey To Babel"). Wheeler sang with the City Center Opera in New York and performed in Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel and Bernstein, Comden, and Green's Wonderful Town at the 1958 Brussels World's Fair, repeating his role in the latter work in its television premier that same year. On Broadway, he appeared in The Happiest Girl in the World, Kean, Cafe Crown, I Had a Ball, and Sweet Charity (as "Herman", the dance hall proprietor, a role that went to Stubby Kaye in the movie adaptation; Wheeler played a smaller role in the film). He remained active into the 1990s.

Filmography (32 titles)

Mrs. Santa Claus6.2Movie

Mrs. Santa Claus

Man in Santa Suit · 1996

Apollo 137.5Movie

Apollo 13

Reporter · 1995

ER7.8Show

ER

Mr. Resnick · 1994

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman6.9Show

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

Shop Owner · 1993

Runaway Father7.4Movie

Runaway Father

Judge Ciglio · 1991

Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter9.0Movie

Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter

William Frawley · 1991

Beverly Hills, 902107.3Show

Beverly Hills, 90210

Greg Redborn · 1990

The Golden Girls7.6Show

The Golden Girls

Patron · 1985

Night Court7.3Show

Night Court

Mr. Perine · 1984

Seed of Innocence7.0Movie

Seed of Innocence

Trammer · 1980

The Wild Wild West Revisited5.4Movie

The Wild Wild West Revisited

Henry · 1979

Rescue from Gilligan's Island4.6Movie

Rescue from Gilligan's Island

Studio Guard · 1978

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band4.3Movie

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Mr. Fields · 1978

Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid7.0Movie

Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid

Telegraph Operator · 1978

With This Ring10.0Movie

With This Ring

Bell Captain · 1978

Bad Georgia Road5.8Movie

Bad Georgia Road

Dub Douchette · 1977

The Richard Pryor Special?7.2Movie

The Richard Pryor Special?

Security Guard · 1977

Big Bad Mama5.7Movie

Big Bad Mama

Lawyer · 1974

Newman's Law6.6Movie

Newman's Law

Eastman's dinner guest (uncredited) · 1974

Honky Tonk8.0Movie

Honky Tonk

Bank Manager · 1974

Mame5.9Movie

Mame

Judge Bregoff · 1974

Support Your Local Gunfighter6.6Movie

Support Your Local Gunfighter

Croupier · 1971

Black Angels4.8Movie

Black Angels

1970

The Odd Couple7.8Show

The Odd Couple

Herbert Murphy · 1970

Move5.5Movie

Move

Brown Package · 1970

The Silent Gun6.5Movie

The Silent Gun

Second Townsman · 1969

Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here5.8Movie

Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here

Newman · 1969

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys5.6Movie

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

Bumper (uncredited) · 1969

Then Came Bronson5.2Show

Then Came Bronson

Herb Perry · 1969

Sweet Charity6.9Movie

Sweet Charity

Dancer · 1969