Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 1, 1911
Place of Birth:
New York City, New York, USA
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O.Z. Whitehead
Biography
American character actor of rather bizarre range, a member of the so-called John Ford Stock Company. Originally a New York stage actor of some repute, Whitehead entered films in the 1930s. He played a wide variety of character parts, often quite different from his own actual age and type. He is probably most familiar as Al Joad in John Ford's The Grapes of Wrath (1940). But twenty-two years later, in his fifth film for Ford, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), Whitehead at 51 was playing a lollipop-licking schoolboy! He continued to work predominantly on the stage, appearing now and again in films or on television. In his last years, he suffered from cancer and died in 1998 in Dublin, Ireland, where he had lived in semi-retirement for many years.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Philadelphia, Here I Come | Ben Burton |
| 1968 | The Lion in Winter | Bishop of Durham |
| 1967 | Ulysses | Alexander J. Dowie |
| 1963 | Summer Magic | Mr. Perkins |
| 1962 | Panic in Year Zero! | Hogan |
| 1962 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | Herbert Carruthers |
| 1961 | Two Rode Together | Lt. Whitehead |
| 1959 | The Horse Soldiers | Otis 'Hoppy' Hopkins |
| 1958 | The Last Hurrah | Norman Cass Jr. |
| 1958 | Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! | Isaac Goodpasture |
| 1953 | The Body Beautiful | Oscar Blunt |
| 1952 | Beware, My Lovely | Mr. Franks |
| 1952 | The San Francisco Story | Alfey |
| 1952 | The San Francisco Story | |
| 1952 | For Men Only | Prof. Bixby |
| 1951 | The Scarf | Whoopie |
| 1951 | The Hoodlum | Breckenridge |
| 1951 | Comin' Round the Mountain | Zeke |
| 1951 | FBI Girl | Chauncey |
| 1951 | Journey Into Light | Lippy |
| 1949 | Ma and Pa Kettle | Mr. Billings |
| 1948 | Road House | Arthur |
| 1948 | A Song Is Born | Professor Oddly |
| 1947 | The Romance of Rosy Ridge | Ninny Nat |
| 1947 | My Brother Talks to Horses | Mr. Puddy |
| 1940 | The Grapes of Wrath | Al Joad |
| 1935 | The Scoundrel | Calhoun |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Hazel | |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Harry Beacom |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Hank Blenis |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Mr. Newton |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Simms |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America | |
| 1949 | Suspense | George Vance |
| 1948 | Studio One | Peter Kovalesky |