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.
Filmography
Mrs. Santa Claus
1996
as Man in Santa Suit
Apollo 13
1995
as Reporter
Runaway Father
1991
as Judge Ciglio
Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter
1991
as William Frawley
Seed of Innocence
1980
as Trammer
The Wild Wild West Revisited
1979
as Henry
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
1978
as Studio Guard
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978
as Mr. Fields
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
1978
as Telegraph Operator
With This Ring
1978
as Bell Captain
Bad Georgia Road
1977
as Dub Douchette
The Richard Pryor Special?
1977
as Security Guard
Big Bad Mama
1974
as Lawyer
Newman's Law
1974
as Eastman's dinner guest (uncredited)
Honky Tonk
1974
as Bank Manager
Mame
1974
as Judge Bregoff
Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971
as Croupier
Black Angels
1970
Move
1970
as Brown Package
The Silent Gun
1969
as Second Townsman
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
1969
as Newman
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
1969
as Bumper (uncredited)
Sweet Charity
1969
as Dancer
Wonderful Town
1958
as Officer Lonigan