Wheaton Chambers
Department: 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.
Known For
Black Hills Express
1943
D-Day on Mars
1966
The Prowler
1951
Panhandle
1948
Hitchhike to Happiness
1945
Apology for Murder
1945
The Well
1951
The Flying Serpent
1946
Phantom of the Opera
1943
Three Daring Daughters
1948
The Undercover Man
1949
Valley of the Zombies
1946
Law and Order
1953
Mr. Wong, Detective
1938
The Duel at Silver Creek
1952
The Devil Commands
1941
The Unknown Man
1951
Adventures of Red Ryder
1940
Song of the Drifter
1948
The Fastest Gun Alive
1956
The Man Who Found Himself
1937
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
1942
Not Wanted
1949
Union Pacific
1939
Invitation to Happiness
1939
The Magnificent Yankee
1950
Big Town
1946
Slightly Honorable
1939
Caught
1949
Slaves of Babylon
1953
Drums of Fu Manchu
1940
Midnight Court
1937
All the King's Men
1949
The Southerner
1945
East of Eden
1955
Between Midnight and Dawn
1950
Mildred Pierce
1945
Monsieur Verdoux
1947
His Girl Friday
1940
Secrets of the Lone Wolf
1941
The Invisible Wall
1947
The Sea of Grass
1947
The Pirate
1948
The Crimson Ghost
1946
The Great Sinner
1949
The Three Musketeers
1948
This Land Is Mine
1943
The Florentine Dagger
1935
Foreign Correspondent
1940
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
1941
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
1940
Geronimo
1939
The Last Crooked Mile
1946
The Fighting Seabees
1944
Marshal of Laredo
1945
The Wild Frontier
1947
Stagecoach to Denver
1946
Peggy
1950
Wagons West
1952
The El Paso Kid
1946
Gun Talk
1947
On the Old Spanish Trail
1947
Son of Zorro
1947
Deputy Marshal
1949
Lost City of the Jungle
1946
The Wife Takes a Flyer
1942
The Peacemaker
1956
Sarge Goes to College
1947
The Falcon in Mexico
1944
The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951
The Power of God
1942
Undercurrent
1946
The Secret Fury
1950
River Gang
1945
Three Secrets
1950
Walk Softly, Stranger
1950
Young Man with Ideas
1952
Body and Soul
1947
Always Together
1947
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945
The Time of Their Lives
1946
Two Sisters from Boston
1946
Romance on the High Seas
1948
The Brighton Strangler
1945
The Seventh Victim
1943
Swing Shift Maisie
1943
The Miami Story
1954
Strange Confession
1945
Lady in the Lake
1946
The Notorious Mr. Monks
1958
The Son of Dr. Jekyll
1951
Four Faces West
1948
The Baron of Arizona
1950
Heavenly Days
1944
Florida Special
1936
Mississippi Rhythm
1949
Stagecoach Express
1942
The Crime Doctor's Gamble
1947
Tall in the Saddle
1944
Possessed
1947
Christmas Holiday
1944
The Lone Ranger
1949
Crossroads
1955
Boston Blackie
1951