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.
The Day the Earth Stood Still
as Mr. Bleeker, jewellerAn alien and a robot land on Earth after World War II and tell mankind to be peaceful or face...
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His Girl Friday
as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s...
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Mildred Pierce
as Personnel Man (uncredited)A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a...
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Phantom of the Opera
as Reporter (uncredited)Following a tragic accident that leaves him disfigured, crazed composer Erique Claudin...
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The Three Musketeers
as uncreditedAthletic adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic adventure about the king's musketeers and their...
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East of Eden
as Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against...
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Union Pacific
as Businessman (uncredited)One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad...
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Foreign Correspondent
as Committeeman (uncredited)American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover...
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The Pirate
as Artist (uncredited)A girl is engaged to the local richman, but meanwhile she has dreams about the legendary pirate...
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The Seventh Victim
as Missing Girl's Father (Uncredited)A woman in search of her missing sister uncovers a Satanic cult in New York's Greenwich Village...
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All the King's Men
as Senator (uncredited)A man of humble beginnings and honest intentions rises to power by nefarious means. Along for...
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The Fastest Gun Alive
as uncreditedWhenever it becomes known how good he is with guns, ex-gunman George and his wife Dora have to...
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This Land Is Mine
as Mr. LorraineSomewhere in Europe, in a city occupied by the Nazis, a gentle school teacher finds himself torn...
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The Sea of Grass
as Dean (uncredited)On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant...
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Body and Soul
as Ben's Doctor (uncredited)Charley Davis, against the wishes of his mother, becomes a boxer. As he becomes more successful...
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Monsieur Verdoux
as Pharmacist (uncredited)The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining...
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Undercurrent
as Bookstore Proprietor (uncredited)After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of...
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Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
as Scientist (uncredited)A mysterious plague, the Purple Death, ravages the earth. Dr. Zarkov, investigating in his...
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Caught
as Servant (uncredited)Wide-eyed and poor young Leonora weds an obsessive millionaire named Ohlrig, but the marriage is...
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Lady in the Lake
as Property Clerk (Uncredited)Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But...
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The Southerner
as Store Customer (uncredited)Sam Tucker, a cotton picker, in search of a better future for his family, decides to grow his...
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The Fighting Seabees
as Navy Observer (uncredited)Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the...
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Mr. Wong, Detective
as Chemistry Lab Director (uncredited)A chemical manufacturer is killed just after asking detective James Wong to help him. So...
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The Prowler
as Doctor JamesLos Angeles, California. A cop who, unhappy with his job, blames others for his work problems,...
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Walk Softly, Stranger
as Tobacco Clerk (uncredited)A petty crook moves to an Ohio town and courts a factory owner's disabled daughter.
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The Duel at Silver Creek
as Doc Hargrove (uncredited)When a gang of ruthless claim jumpers brutally murders his miner father, a gunman known as the...
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Three Secrets
as Man With Dog (uncredited)A five-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a devastating plane crash in the mountains of...
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The Secret Fury
as Ed Peterson (uncredited)The wedding of Ellen and David is halted by a stranger who insists that the bride is already...
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Romance on the High Seas
as Passport Photographer (uncredited)Georgia Garrett is sent by jealous wife Elvira Kent on an ocean cruise to masquerade as herself...
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The Devil Commands
as Dr. SandersA story about a scientist who is obsessed with communicating with the dead.
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The Time of Their Lives
as Bill - Museum Guard (uncredited)Two ghosts, who were mistakenly branded as traitors during the Revolutionary War, return to 20th...
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The Baron of Arizona
as Brother Gregory (uncredited)The U.S. government recognizes land grants made when the West was under Spanish rule. This...
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Four Faces West
as Station Agent (uncredited)Cowboy Ross McEwen arrives in town. He asks the banker for a loan of $2000. When the banker asks...
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Panhandle
as Cabot (uncredited)An ex-gunfighter woos two women while avenging his brother, victim of a crooked gambler.
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The Brighton Strangler
as Clerk (Uncredited)After suffering a head injury during the Blitz, John Loder, a theatre actor comes to believe...
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Between Midnight and Dawn
as Building Superintendent BlakeRocky and Dan, war buddies, are prowl car cops on night duty. Dan is a cynic who views all...
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Valley of the Zombies
as Coroner (uncredited)A woman falls under the hypnotic spell of a resurrected madman.
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Invitation to Happiness
as Reporter (uncredited)An egotistical boxer romances a rich backer's daughter.
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Swing Shift Maisie
as Technician (Uncredited)Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and...
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The Undercover Man
as Parker's SecretaryFrank Warren is a treasury agent assigned to put an end to the activities of a powerful mob...
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The Magnificent Yankee
as Senator (uncredited)Biography of celebrated American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes.
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Secrets of the Lone Wolf
as Vanderbeek (uncredited)Michael Lanyard's faithful butler Jamison is mistaken for his boss by a gang of jewel robbers.
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The Peacemaker
as Doc RunyanA former gunfighter who went to prison but then took up religion arrives in a western town as...
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The Flying Serpent
as Louis HavenerA demented archaeologist discovers a living, breathing serpent creature known to the Aztecs as...
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Two Sisters from Boston
as Greek Professor (uncredited)Abigail Chandler has written her stuffy Boston relatives that she's a successful opera singer in...
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Big Town
as Witness (uncredited)A newspaper editor goes on an anti-crime crusade, but gets carried away.
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Law and Order
as Mr. Sterling (uncredited)Frame Johnson's attempt to settle down in Tombstone is interrupted when a mob tries to mete out...
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The Crimson Ghost
as Wilson [Ch. 1]A criminal mastermind known as The Crimson Ghost is out to steal a device called the Cyclotrode,...
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Hitchhike to Happiness
as Sam Jones (uncredited)An aspiring playwright gets a job in a New York City restaurant favored by celebrities in hopes...
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The Great Sinner
as Priest (uncredited)A young man succumbs to gambling fever.
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The Son of Dr. Jekyll
as Magistrate (uncredited)The son of the notorious Dr. Henry Jekyll is determined to prove that his father's reputation...
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Geronimo
as John A. RawlinsThe army's effort to capture Apache chief Geronimo, who is leading a band of warriors on a...
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The Falcon in Mexico
as Jarvis the Butler (uncredited)The Falcon travels to Mexico where he gets involved with murder and a mysterious painting.
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Not Wanted
as Mr. KeltonAfter a beautiful but unsophisticated girl is seduced by a worldly piano player and gives up her...
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The Miami Story
as uncreditedFed up with the raising crime in Miami, the police chief and the leading members of the city...
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The Wife Takes a Flyer
as ChaplainChristopher Reynolds, an American flying with the R.A.F, is shot down over German-occupied...
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Adventures of Red Ryder
as BoswellCalvin Drake employs a group of low-lifes to drive away land owners along the path of a new...
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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
as Pedestrian (uncredited)When two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony...
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Son of Zorro
as Caleb Baldwin [Chs. 2-3, 5, 9]A man returning home after having fought in the Civil War discovers that corrupt politicians...
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The Man Who Found Himself
as Man at Train WreckYoung Jim Stanton is a conscientious surgeon, but spends too many off-duty hours pursuing his...
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Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
as Dr. HendersonDick Tracy goes up against a villain known as The Ghost, who can turn himself invisible.
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Apology for Murder
as MinisterHead over heels in love with a stern and cold older businessman's young wife, a reporter is...
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The Florentine Dagger
as Servant (uncredited)A playwright descended from the Borgia family becomes a murder suspect.
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Strange Confession
as uncreditedA scientist who is working on a cure for influenza is victimized by his unscrupulous boss, who...
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On the Old Spanish Trail
as Oil Co. Clerk Silas MacIntyreA cowboy turns bounty hunter to pay off his debts.
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The Unknown Man
as uncreditedA scrupulously honest lawyer discovers that the client he's gotten off was really guilty.
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Slaves of Babylon
as Cyrus' foster fatherThe Jews are taken from Jerusalem and made slaves by King Nebuchadnezzar. In the meantime Cyrus,...
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Stagecoach to Denver
as Jasper BraydonLambert has the stagecoach wrecked killing the Commissioner so his phony replacement can alter...
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The Well
as Mr. WoodyIn a racially mixed American town, a five-year-old black girl falls unnoticed into a hidden,...
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Black Hills Express
as Dad SouthernA man framed for a series of Wells' Fargo stage robberies and a comical sheriff's deputy join...
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Three Daring Daughters
as Stage Manager (uncredited)Three young girls try to help their divorced mother find the right husband.
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The Last Crooked Mile
as LaneA mystery grows after a bank robbery car leads investigators to a carnival sideshow.
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Peggy
as GatemanProfessor Brookfield along with daughters Peggy and Susan move to small town Pasadena,...
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Deputy Marshal
as Harley MastersA lawman takes on gangsters attempting to steal property wanted for a railroad.
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Drums of Fu Manchu
as Dr. HumphreyThe nefarious Dr. Fu Manchu searches for the keys to the tomb of Genghis Khan, in order to...
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The Notorious Mr. Monks
as Coroner (uncredited)A drunken driver, his wife and a hitchhiker equals murder.
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Young Man with Ideas
as Proctor - Law Professor (uncredited)A Montana lawyer gets distracted after moving to California with his wife and children.
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Wagons West
as Sam WilkinsTravelers heading west in a wagon train, under repeated assault by Indians, discover someone in...
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Lost City of the Jungle
as Peace Foundation Member #2A movie serial in 13 chapters, and Lionel Atwill's final film: Following the end of WWII,...
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The El Paso Kid
as Doctor HamlinIn this Western, an outlaw tries to escape from a gang of robbers after they refuse to assist a...
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D-Day on Mars
as Prof. BenjaminThis is a shortened version of the 1945 Republic serial "The Purple Monster Strikes," which was...
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Slightly Honorable
as Guest (Uncredited)A lawyer is framed for the murder of a young party girl and tries to clear his name.
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Marshal of Laredo
as Dr. AllenSubstituting for Allan Lane, who'd been called away to active military service, Bill Elliot...
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The Invisible Wall
as Conductor (uncredited)A former GI gets his old job back working for a bookie after returning from serving in the...
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Midnight Court
as ReporterAfter losing his bid for district attorney, an aspiring young lawyer agrees to defend a ring of...
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River Gang
as ReporterAn orphan girl lives with apparently kind uncle who turns out to be a murderer.
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The Wild Frontier
as Doc HardyOutlaws are in control of the land so the town of Clayton City writes the governor for an honest...
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Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
as FloorwalkerKathy lives in a cramped New York flat with her father Madden Thomas, a celebrated actor brought...
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Sarge Goes to College
as ProfessorA Marine Sergeant, wounded in overseas service, requires an operation, and the Navy psychiatrist...
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Song of the Drifter
as DoctorJimmy joins Cannonball on a visit to the widow Fennamore, Cannonball's old girlfriend, at...
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Always Together
as Court Clerk (uncredited)An old millionaire, who believes he's dying, bequeaths his fortune to a young woman with a...
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The Power of God
as Mr. GilderAs the elderly man visiting his wife's grave remembers how a renewed faith in Christianity help...
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Gun Talk
as Herk - the BarberIn this western, a hero prevents a stagecoach robbery and wins the respect and confidence of a...
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The Lone Ranger
as Father BatistaThe Lone Ranger is an American western television series that ran from 1949 to 1957, starring...
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Crossroads
as R.W. BergenAn anthology series based on the activities of clergymen from different denominations.
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