Birthday
1924/01/11
Day of death
2002/06/09 (78 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Meridian, Mississippi, USA
Also know as
James Lorenzo
James Wheaton first made a name for himself on the stage. First, as a member of the Bishop's Company, a repertory theatre group which toured the United States, and later with the Ebony Showcase which was based in Los Angeles. After NBC aired an adaptation of "Carnival Island," an Ebony Showcase production, on their affiliate KNBC in Los Angeles, Wheaton began to find work in television and film. He made his major film debut as OMM, the narrator in "THX 1138" (1971), the debut feature of directo...Read more
(1992) Guncrazy
as Parole Officer #2
(1971) THX 1138
as OMM (voice)
(1977) A Piece of the Action
as Voisin Waiter
(2001) Gasline
as Mr. Miller
(1974) Good Times
as ---
(1976) What's Happening!!
as ---
(1999) L.A. Heat
as ---
(1972) Sanford and Son
as ---
(1973) Kojak
as ---
(1967) Ironside
as ---
(1973) Kojak
as Mr. Scott