Wheeler Oakman

Wheeler Oakman

actor, writer

Wheeler Oakman was born on Feb 21, 1890 in USA. Wheeler Oakman's big-screen debut came with In the Days of the Thundering Herd directed by Colin Campbell in 1914, strarring Chief Swift Wing. Wheeler Oakman is known for 'G' Men directed by William Keighley, James Cagney stars as 'Brick' Davis and Margaret Lindsay as Kay McCord. The upcoming new movie Wheeler Oakman plays is Mom and Dad which will be released on Apr 04, 1949.

Born in Washington, DC, in 1890, screen villain "par excellance" Wheeler Oakman got into films in 1912. He specialized in playing villains, but he wasn't just a one-note, mustache-twirling "bad guy"--a tall, solidly-built, distinguished-looking, almost patrician man, he could effectively play cold-blooded mob bosses, slick-talking crooked businessmen, greedy land barons, gregarious bankers who are secretly the head of the local bandit gang, and everything in between. On the other hand, he could play college professors, heroic army officers and tough big-city detectives with equal aplomb. He worked in all genres for just about every studio in town at one time or another, from high dramas at top-ranked MGM to bottom-of-the-barrel exploitation fare from

  • Birthday

    Feb 21, 1890
  • Place of Birth

    Washington, District of Columbia, USA

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