John Wheeler
Acting
Born: 1930-06-20 in Houston, Texas, USA
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
Star Trek
Gav
Beverly Hills, 90210
Greg Redborn
ER
Mr. Resnick
The Golden Girls
Patron
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Shop Owner
Night Court
Mr. Perine
The Odd Couple
Herbert Murphy
The Odd Couple
Henry
The Odd Couple
Mr. Felscher
The Odd Couple
Mr. Flescher
Apollo 13
Reporter
Then Came Bronson
Herb Perry
Big Bad Mama
Lawyer
Sweet Charity
Dancer
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
Bumper (uncredited)
The Richard Pryor Special?
Security Guard
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Mr. Fields
Mame
Judge Bregoff
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Croupier
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
Newman
Honky Tonk
Bank Manager
Mrs. Santa Claus
Man in Santa Suit
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
Studio Guard
Move
Brown Package
Runaway Father
Judge Ciglio
With This Ring
Bell Captain
The Silent Gun
Second Townsman
Seed of Innocence
Trammer
Bad Georgia Road
Dub Douchette
The Wild Wild West Revisited
Henry
Newman's Law
Eastman's dinner guest (uncredited)
Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter
William Frawley
Wonderful Town
Officer Lonigan
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
Telegraph Operator
