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John Wheeler

Biography

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.

Known For

Filmography

1995 Apollo 13
as Reporter
1994 ER
as Mr. Resnick
1991 Runaway Father
as Judge Ciglio
1991 Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter
as William Frawley
1985 The Golden Girls
as Patron
1984 Night Court
as Mr. Perine
1980 Seed of Innocence
as Trammer
1979 The Wild Wild West Revisited
as Henry
1978 Rescue from Gilligan's Island
as Studio Guard
1978 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
as Mr. Fields
1978 Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
as Telegraph Operator
1978 With This Ring
as Bell Captain
1977 Bad Georgia Road
as Dub Douchette
1977 The Richard Pryor Special?
as Security Guard
1974 Big Bad Mama
as Lawyer
1974 Newman's Law
as Eastman's dinner guest (uncredited)
1974 Honky Tonk
as Bank Manager
1974 Mame
as Judge Bregoff
1971 Support Your Local Gunfighter
as Croupier
1970 Black Angels
as