Acting · Houston, Texas, USA · Born June 20, 1930
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.
MovieMrs. Santa Claus
1996
as Man in Santa Suit
MovieApollo 13
1995
as Reporter
TVER
1994
as Mr. Resnick
TVLois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993
as Shop Owner
MovieRunaway Father
1991
as Judge Ciglio
MovieLucy & Desi: Before the Laughter
1991
as William Frawley
TVBeverly Hills, 90210
1990
as Greg Redborn
TVThe Golden Girls
1985
as Patron
TVNight Court
1984
as Mr. Perine
MovieSeed of Innocence
1980
as Trammer
MovieThe Wild Wild West Revisited
1979
as Henry
MovieRescue from Gilligan's Island
1978
as Studio Guard
MovieSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978
as Mr. Fields
MovieKate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
1978
as Telegraph Operator
MovieWith This Ring
1978
as Bell Captain
MovieBad Georgia Road
1977
as Dub Douchette
MovieThe Richard Pryor Special?
1977
as Security Guard
MovieBig Bad Mama
1974
as Lawyer
MovieNewman's Law
1974
as Eastman's dinner guest (uncredited)
MovieHonky Tonk
1974
as Bank Manager
MovieMame
1974
as Judge Bregoff
MovieSupport Your Local Gunfighter
1971
as Croupier
MovieBlack Angels
1970
TVThe Odd Couple
1970
as Herbert Murphy
MovieMove
1970
as Brown Package
MovieThe Silent Gun
1969
as Second Townsman
MovieTell Them Willie Boy Is Here
1969
as Newman
MovieThe Good Guys and the Bad Guys
1969
as Bumper (uncredited)
TVThen Came Bronson
1969
as Herb Perry
MovieSweet Charity
1969
as Dancer
TVStar Trek
1966
as Gav
MovieWonderful Town
1958
as Officer Lonigan
