Wheaton Chambers
Acting
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.
Born: October 13, 1887
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For
Monsieur Verdoux
The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.
Mildred Pierce
A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
East of Eden
In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their father. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, how to get ahead in business and in life, and how to relate to his estranged mother.
The Day the Earth Stood Still
An alien and a robot land on Earth after World War II and tell mankind to be peaceful or face destruction.
His Girl Friday
Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle down with a new beau, but, as Walter knows, she has a weakness: she can’t resist a juicy scoop.
The Well
In a racially mixed American town, a five-year-old black girl falls unnoticed into a hidden, forgotten well on her way to school. Having nothing better to go on, the police follow up a report that the child was seen with a white stranger, and rumors run wild. Before hapless, innocent Claude Packard is even found, popular hysteria has him tried and convicted. But is he guilty?
This Land Is Mine
Somewhere in Europe, in a city occupied by the Nazis, a gentle school teacher finds himself torn between collaboration and resistance, cowardice and courage.
The Time of Their Lives
Two ghosts, who were mistakenly branded as traitors during the Revolutionary War, return to 20th century New England to retrieve a letter from George Washington which would prove their innocence.
The Duel at Silver Creek
When a gang of ruthless claim jumpers brutally murders his miner father, a gunman known as the Silver Kid joins forces with the local marshal to free the tiny town of Silver City from the clutches of the dastardly villains.
The Man Who Found Himself
Young Jim Stanton is a conscientious surgeon, but spends too many off-duty hours pursuing his passion for aviation to suit his stuffy father. When it is discovered that a passenger killed in a plane that Jim crashes was a married woman, the resulting scandal prompts the hospital to put Jim on probation. His pride wounded, Jim takes to the open road and enjoys the simpler life of a vagabond. In Los Angeles--where he is arrested for vagrancy and put to work on a road crew--Jim runs into old pal Dick Miller, who gets him a job as a mechanic for Roberts Aviation. But maintaining his anonymity becomes more difficult, particularly when a pretty nurse, Doris King, decides to make Jim's redemption her personal crusade.
Filmography
as Prof. Benjamin
as Coroner (uncredited)
as Doc Runyan
as R.W. Bergen
as Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)
as Cyrus' Foster Father
as Mr. Sterling (uncredited)
as Doc Hargrove (uncredited)
as Sam Wilkins
as Proctor - Law Professor (uncredited)
as Second Bailiff (uncredited)
as Magistrate (uncredited)
as Mr. Woody
as Mr. Bleeker, jeweller
as Businessman (uncredited)
as Doctor James
as Senator (uncredited)
as Man With Dog (uncredited)
as Tobacco Clerk (uncredited)
as Building Superintendent Blake
as Gateman
as Brother Gregory (uncredited)
as Ed Peterson (uncredited)
as Senator (uncredited)
as Harley Masters
as Father Batista
as Priest (uncredited)
as Mr. Kelton
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Parker's Secretary
as Servant (uncredited)
as Station Agent (uncredited)
as Passport Photographer (uncredited)
as Artist (uncredited)
as Cabot (uncredited)
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
as Doctor
as Herk - the Barber
as Court Clerk (uncredited)
as Brown
as Ben's Doctor (uncredited)
as Conductor (uncredited)
as Oil Co. Clerk Silas MacIntyre
as Doc Hardy
as Pharmacist (uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Professor
as Dean (uncredited)
as Caleb Baldwin [Chs. 2-3, 5, 9]
as Jasper Braydon
as Property Clerk (Uncredited)
as Bookstore Proprietor (uncredited)
as Wilson [Ch. 1]
as Witness (uncredited)
as Bill - Museum Guard (uncredited)
as Lane
as Greek Professor (uncredited)
as Coroner (uncredited)
as Doctor Hamlin
as Peace Foundation Member #2
as Louis Havener
as Personnel Man (uncredited)
as Dr. Allen
as Pedestrian (uncredited)
as Minister
as Reporter
as Sam Jones (uncredited)
as Clerk (Uncredited)
as Store Customer (uncredited)
as Well-Wisher
as Ab Jenkins (uncredited)
as Jarvis the Butler (uncredited)
as Plane Passenger (uncredited)
as Navy Observer (uncredited)
as Technician (Uncredited)
as Missing Girl's Father (Uncredited)
as Dad Southern
as Reporter (uncredited)
as Mr. Lorraine
as Floorwalker
as Chaplain
as Gates - Stage Line Official (uncredited)
as Mr. Gilder
as Dr. Henderson
as Vanderbeek (uncredited)
as Dr. Sanders
as Committeeman (uncredited)
as Boswell
as Dr. Humphrey
as Scientist (uncredited)
as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
as Guest (Uncredited)
as John A. Rawlins
as Reporter (uncredited)
as Businessman (uncredited)
as Chemistry Lab Director (uncredited)
as Man at Train Wreck
as Reporter
as (uncredited)
as Servant (uncredited)