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Wheeler Oakman (1890–1949)

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Born in Washington, DC, in 1890, screen villain "par excellance" Wheeler Oakman got into films in 1912. He specialized in playing villains, but he wasn't just a one-note, mustache-twirling "bad guy"--a tall, solidly-built, distinguished-looking, almost patrician man, he could effectively play cold-blooded mob bosses... See full bio »

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Vivian Eichelberger
in Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Died:

(age 59) in Van Nuys, California, USA
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1948 Superman
Dr. Fredrick Larkin (uncredited)
 
1947 Brick Bradford
Louis Walthar
 
1947 Jack Armstrong
Prof. Hobart Zorn
 
1946 Son of the Guardsman
Lord Markham (uncredited)
 
1946 In Fast Company
Cabbie-Henchman with graying mustache (uncredited)
 
1946 Hop Harrigan
Alex Ballard
 
1945 Who's Guilty?
Smiley
 
1945 Allotment Wives
Bartender (uncredited)
 
1945 Trouble Chasers
Dek Sharp
 
1945 Rough Ridin' Justice
Virgil Trent (uncredited)
 
1945 Brenda Starr, Reporter
Joe Heller/Lew Heller (uncredited)
 
1945 Mom and Dad
Bourbon drinker on train
 
1944 Bowery Champs
Tom Wilson
 
1944 Three of a Kind
Oliver
 
1944 Riding West
Captain Amos Karnes
 
1944 Sundown Valley
'Cab' Baxter (uncredited)
 
1944 What a Man!
Detective
 
1943 Campus Rhythm
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
 
1943 The Girl from Monterrey
Fight Announcer
 
1943 Ghosts on the Loose
Tony
 
1943 Spotlight Revue
Promoter
 
1943 Saddles and Sagebrush
Henchman Ace Barko
 
1943 The Ape Man
Detective Brady
 
1943 Kid Dynamite
Tony - Bookie
 
1943 The Fighting Buckaroo
Sam Thatcher (uncredited)
 
1943 The Adventures of Smilin' Jack
Freighter Mate [Chs. 7-8] (uncredited)
 
1942 Fall In
Army Officer (uncredited)
 
1942 Bowery at Midnight
Stratton
 
1942 So's Your Aunt Emma!
Blackie Hale, Henderson's Triggerman (uncredited)
 
1941 Double Trouble
Kimble
 
1941 The Medico of Painted Springs
Fred Burns
 
1941 Escort Girl
Gregory Stone
 
1939 Buried Alive
Manning
 
1939 Torture Ship
John Ritter
 
1939 Mutiny in the Big House
Benson (uncredited)
 
1939 Wolf Call
Carson
 
1939 Buck Rogers
Lt. Patten
 
1939 The Lone Ranger Rides Again
Manny the Fake Drunk [Ch. 9] (uncredited)
 
1939 In Old Montana
Jim Dawson
 
1938 Red Barry
Weaver
 
1938 The Texans
Union Captain (uncredited)
 
1938 Code of the Rangers
Blackie Miller
 
1938 Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars
Tarnak
 
1938 Land of Fighting Men
Wallace
 
1937 Radio Patrol
Stevens, gang chemist
 
1937 Slaves in Bondage
Jim Murray
 
1937 Bank Alarm
Joe Karlotti
 
1936 Death in the Air
Lt. Douglas Thompson
 
1936 Gambling with Souls
'Lucky' Wilder
 
1936 Kelly the Second
Bookie (uncredited)
 
1936 Ghost Patrol
Kincaid
 
1936 Aces and Eights
Ace Morgan
 
1936 Song of the Trail
Bob Arnold
 
1936 Darkest Africa
Durkin
 
1936 Roarin' Guns
Walton
 
1936 The Mysterious Avenger
Brophy
 
1935 Timber War
Murdock
 
1935 Death from a Distance
Langsdale, aka George Fremont
 
1935 Special Agent
Julie's Kidnapper (uncredited)
 
1935 Annapolis Farewell
Cmdr. Lawson
 
1935 The Man from Guntown
Henry DeLong
 
1935 The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
Henchman Wheeler
 
1935 Trails of the Wild
Hardy
 
1935 Born to Gamble
Jeff Drugan (uncredited)
 
1935 Code of the Mounted
Duval
 
1935 Motive for Revenge
Doane
 
1935 The Headline Woman
Panther Fielding
 
1935 'G' Men
Gangster at Lodge Wanting to Quit (uncredited)
 
1935 The Case of the Curious Bride
Detective Jones (uncredited)
 
1935 The Phantom Empire
Lord Argo
 
1935 Square Shooter
Jim Thorne
 
1935 Thoroughbred
Duke Foster
 
1934 Murder in the Clouds
Joe - Accomplice
 
1934 Undercover Men
Insp. A.R. McCrae
 
1934 Frontier Days
Henry Jethrow
 
1934 In Old Santa Fe
Tracy
 
1934/II The Lost Jungle
Kirby (Mary R Mate)
 
1934 Operator 13
Scout (uncredited)
 
1934 One Is Guilty
Toledo Eddie Marchetti
 
1934/I The Lost Jungle
Kirby
 
1934 Paradise Valley
'Smiley' Mason
 
1934 Palooka
Rafferty (uncredited)
 
1933 Blood Money
Gangster with Shotgun (uncredited)
 
1933 Broadway Thru a Keyhole
Sam (uncredited)
 
1933 Hold the Press
Hugh Abbott
 
1933 Hot Hoofs (short)
Gill Brown, the Horse Owner
 
1933 Rusty Rides Alone
Poe Powers
 
1933 Soldiers of the Storm
George
 
1933 Silent Men
Ed Wilder
 
1933 Revenge at Monte Carlo
Spike Maguire
 
1933 Man of Action
Sheriff Clem Norton
 
1932 Sundown Rider
'Laughing' Maxey
 
1932 End of the Trail
Major Jenkins
 
1932 Guilty or Not Guilty
Joe
 
1932 Speed Demon
Pete Stenner
 
1932 The Heart Punch
Spike
 
1932 The Western Code
Nick Grindell
 
1932 Gorilla Ship
Philip Wells
 
1932 The Boiling Point
Holt Norbo (bank cashier)
 
1932 The Honor of the Press
Roger Bradley, Crooked Newspaper Owner
 
1932 Beauty Parlor
Fremont
 
1932 Two-Fisted Law
Bob Russell
 
1932 The Riding Tornado
Hatch Engall
 
1932 The Airmail Mystery
Judson Ward
 
1932 Texas Cyclone
Utah Becker
 
1932 Devil on Deck
Shanghai Morgan
 
1931 First Aid
Michael Rush
 
1931 The Back Page (short)
 
1931 The Good Bad Girl
Moreland
 
1931 The Sky Raiders
Willard
 
1931 The Lawless Woman
'Poker' WIlson
 
1930 The Costello Case
Mile-Away-Harry
 
1930 On Your Back
'Lucky' Jim Seymour
 
1930 The Bad Man
 
1930 The Big Fight
Steve
 
1930 Roaring Ranch
Ramsey Kane
 
1930 Hello, Baby (short)
Master of Ceremonies
 
1929 The Show of Shows
Performer in 'The Pirate' Number (uncredited)
 
1929 Little Johnny Jones
Wyman
 
1929 Shanghai Lady
Repen
 
1929 The Girl from Woolworth's
Lawrence Mayfield
 
1929 Hurricane
First Mate (uncredited)
 
1929 Handcuffed
Tom Bennett
 
1929 On with the Show!
Durant
 
1929 Father and Son
Anton Lebau
 
1929 The Donovan Affair
Porter
 
1929 The Shakedown
Manager
 
1929 The Devil's Chaplain
Nicholay
 
1929 Morgan's Last Raid
John Bland
 
1928 What a Night!
Mike Corney
 
1928 The Power of the Press
Van
 
1928 While the City Sleeps
Eddie 'Mile-Away' Skeeter Carlson
 
1928 The Good-Bye Kiss
Sgt. Hoffman
 
1928 Lights of New York
'Hawk' Miller
 
1928 The Masked Angel
Luther Spence
 
1928 Black Feather
 
1928 Danger Patrol
George Gambler
 
1928 Top Sergeant Mulligan
The captain
 
1928 The Broken Mask
Dr. Gordon White
 
1928 The Heart of Broadway
'Dandy Jim' Doyle
 
1927 Out All Night
Kerrigan
 
1927 Hey! Hey! Cowboy
John Evans
 
1927 The Snarl of Hate
Boy Maxson
 
1927 Heroes of the Night
Jack Nichols
 
1926 Fangs of Justice
Paul Orr
 
1926 In Borrowed Plumes
Jack Raymond
 
1925 The Pace That Thrills
Director
 
1925 Lilies of the Streets
Frank Delmore
 
1923 Other Men's Daughters
'Winnie'
 
1923 The Love Trap
Grant Garrison
 
1923 Mine to Keep
Clint Mowbray
 
1923 Slippy McGee
Slippy McGee
 
1922 The Half Breed
Delmar Spavinaw (the halfbreed)
 
1922 The Son of the Wolf
Scruff Mackenzie
 
1921 A Wise Fool (uncredited)
 
1921 Penny of Top Hill Trail
Kurt Walters
 
1921 Peck's Bad Boy
Dr. Martin
 
1920 Outside the Law
Dapper Bill Ballard
 
1920 What Women Love
Willy St. John
 
1920 The Virgin of Stamboul
Capt. Carlisle Pemberton
 
1919 Eve in Exile
Paul Armitage
 
1919 A Woman of Pleasure
Bobby Ralston
 
1919 Back to God's Country
Peter Burke
 
1919 The Splendid Sin
Stephen Hartley
 
1919 False Evidence
Burr Gordon
 
1918 Mickey
Herbert Thornhill
 
1918 The Claim
John MacDonald
 
1918 Revenge
Dick Randall
 
1918 I Love You
Armand de Gautier
 
1917 Face Value
Bertram Van Twiller
 
1917 Princess Virtue
Basil Demarest
 
1917 The Law North of 65 (short)
 
1917 The Victor of the Plot (short)
 
1917 Between Man and Beast (short)
 
1917 Her Salvation (short)
 
1917 Betrayed
William Jerome
 
1917 Her Heart's Desire (short)
 
1917 The Love of Madge O'Mara (short)
 
1916 The Crisis (unconfirmed)
 
1916 The Brand of Cain (short)
 
1916 The Private Banker (short)
 
1916 The Battle of Hearts
Jo Sprague
 
1916 The Cycle of Fate
Joe Strong
 
1916 A Social Deception (short)
Blake Penderley
 
1916 The Ne'er Do Well
Kirk Anthony, the Ne're-Do-Well
 
1916 Toll of the Jungle (short)
 
1916 Hell's Hinges
Rowdy Townsman (uncredited)
 
1916 The Black Orchid (short)
 
1916 The Dragnet (short)
Bill Avery
 
1916 The Devil-in-Chief (short)
 
1915 The Golden Spurs (short)
Lt. Dick Belmont
 
1915 Just as I Am (short)
 
1915 Sweet Alyssum
Wynne Garlan
 
1915 The Runt (short)
 
1915 'Neath Calvary's Shadows (short)
John Strong
 
1915 The Strange Case of Talmai Lind (short)
Paul Burnham
 
1915 Ebb Tide (short)
 
1915 The Rosary
Bruce Wilton
 
1915 Sands of Time (short)
Doctor Gordon Blake
 
1915 Willie Goes to Sea (short)
Willie
 
1915 The Melting Pot (uncredited)
 
1915 The Carpet from Bagdad
George P.A. Jones
 
1915 The Vision of the Shepherd (short)
Arthur Harding
 
1914 Till Death Us Do Part (short)
Dr. Albert Leigh
 
1914 In the Days of the Thundering Herd (short)
Chief Swift Wing
 
1914 Her Sacrifice (short)
Tom
 
1914 The Story of the Blood Red Rose (short)
Paolo, Godiva's Lover
 
1914 The Losing Fight (short)
Mack Huntley
 
1914 The Tragedy That Lived (short)
John
 
1914 The Woman of It (short)
The Brute
 
1914 Hearts and Masks (short)
Dick Comstock
 
1914 The Going of the White Swan (short)
John Bagot
 
1914 The Lonesome Trail (short)
 
1914 When the West Was Young (short)
Ned Halton
 
1914 Chip of the Flying U (short)
Weary
 
1914 The White Mouse (short)
Billy Silver
 
1914 The Reveler (short)
 
1914 The Speck on the Wall (short)
Roland De Long
 
1914 Willie (short)
Willie Clark
 
1914 Etienne of the Glad Heart (short)
Etienne
 
1914 When the Cook Fell Ill (short)
Weary
 
1914 The Mother Heart (short)
The Shepherd
 
1914 The Squatters (short)
Antonio Angelo
 
1914 The Wilderness Mail (short)
Jan, the Trapper
 
1914 His Fight (short)
Dr. Brant
 
1914 The Lily of the Valley (short)
Philip Vale
 
1914 In Defiance of the Law (short)
Billy McVeigh
 
1914 Me an' Bill (short)
Sam Somners
 
1914 Shotgun Jones (short)
Shotgun Jones
 
1914 The Cherry Pickers (short)
Lt. John Nazare
 
1914 The Spoilers
The Broncho Kid, alias of Drury
 
1914 The Fire Jugglers (short)
 
1914 The Salvation of Nance O'Shaughnessy (short)
The Dance Hall Proprietor
 
1914 The Smuggler's Sister (short)
The Revenue Officer
 
1914 The Tragedy of Ambition (short)
Reginald Van Dorn
 
1914 The Uphill Climb (short)
Frank Cameron
 
1914 On the Breast of the Tide (short)
 
1913 A Dip in the Briney (short)
Chat Swivel
 
1913 Until the Sea... (short)
John Wendle
 
1913 The Master of the Garden (short)
Herbert Gray
 
1913 Terrors of the Jungle (short)
Jack Milbank
 
1913 The Hopeless Dawn (short)
Rob
 
1913 Phantoms (short)
Matt Elliott
 
1913 Hope (short)
The Detective
 
1913 The Ne'er to Return Road (short)
Chris Hansen
 
1913 A Wild Ride (short)
Leigh Jones - MacGraw's Foreman
 
1913 Budd Doble Comes Back (short)
Oliver's Son
 
1913 Songs of Truce (short)
Duncan Ellitot - Southern Sympathizer
 
1913 When Men Forget (short)
 
1913 Mrs. Hilton's Jewels (short)
1st Safecracker
 
1913 When Lillian Was Little Red Riding Hood (short)
 
1913 Alone in the Jungle (short)
Concho
 
1913 The Wordless Message (short)
Bessie's Worthless Husband
 
1913 In the Long Ago (short)
Dreamer - the Indian Lover/The Modern Lover
 
1913 Her Guardian (short)
Richard Davis
 
1913 Hiram Buys an Auto (short)
 
1913 Dollar Down, Dollar a Week (short)
Jim Harcourt
 
1913 Alas! Poor Yorick! (short)
Montgomery Irving - the Real Actor
 
1913 Vengeance Is Mine (short)
Chapo - the Hunchback
 
1913 A Prisoner of Cabanas (short)
Capt. Lopez
 
1913/II Sally in Our Alley (short)
Billy - the Apprentice Draper
 
1913 The Dancer's Redemption (short)
Jack Wilde - a Gringo
 
1913 The Story of Lavinia (short)
 
1913 The Flaming Forge (short)
 
1913 The Early Bird (short)
 
1913 The Artist and the Brute (short)
The Helper
 
1913 The Three Wise Men (short)
The Devil
 
1913 A Revolutionary Romance (short)
 
1913 Greater Wealth (short)
Harold - John Sharon's Wayward Son
 
1912 The Little Organ Player of San Juan (short)
Don Phillippi
 
1912 The Last of Her Tribe (short)
 
1912 The Millionaire Vagabonds (short)
Mr. Knobhill
 
1912 Opitsah: Apache for Sweetheart (short)
Tom Jarvis
 
1912 The God of Gold (short)
John Miles
 
1912 The Vintage of Fate (short)
Pietro Artola
 
1912 When Helen Was Elected (short)
Beach Summers
 
1912/II Saved by Fire (short)
Manley Hart
 
1912 Her Educator (short)
Joe Emory
 
1912 A Sad Devil (short)
Harry - 1st College Boy
 
1912 How the Cause Was Won (short)
Tom Clarke
 
1912 The Great Drought (short)
Andy Cline
 
1912 The Pity of It (short)
 
1912/II Partners (short)
Jan Thoureau
 
1912 The Trade Gun Bullet (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1912 The Indelible Stain (short)
 
1912 Sergeant Byrne of the Northwest Mounted Police (short)
Sergeant O'Rourke, N.W.M.P.
 
1912 The Little Indian Martyr (short)
 
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1914 The Man in Black (short) (scenario)
 
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2004 Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche (TV documentary)
Peter Burke
 
1977 Buck Rogers
Kane Henchman with Thick Mustache
 
1966 Deadly Ray from Mars (TV movie)
Tarnak
 
1953 Planet Outlaws
Kane Henchman (uncredited)
 
1944 Teen Age
Jim Murray, alias Frank Wilder (edited from: Gambling with Souls and Slaves in Bondage)
 
1940 Men with Steel Faces
Argo
 
1938 Mars Attacks the World
Tarnak
 

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