Birthday
1887/10/13
Day of death
1958/01/31 (70 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also know as
James Wheaton Chambers
James Wheaton Chambers was named after his maternal grandfather, James Wheaton Smith. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but grew up in Freehold, New Jersey. he eventually made his way to Hollywood in the late 1920s. Shortening his name to Wheaton Chambers, he would go on to appear in over 200 film and television productions during a career that spanned roughly three decades.
(1943) Black Hills Express
as Dad Southern
(1966) D-Day on Mars
as Prof. Benjamin
(1951) The Prowler
as Doctor James
(1948) Panhandle
as Cabot (uncredited)
(1945) Hitchhike to Happiness
as Sam Jones (uncredited)
(1945) Apology for Murder
as Minister
(1951) The Well
as Mr. Woody
(1946) The Flying Serpent
as Louis Havener
(1943) Phantom of the Opera
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1948) Three Daring Daughters
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
(1949) The Undercover Man
as Parker's Secretary
(1946) Valley of the Zombies
as Coroner (uncredited)
(1953) Law and Order
as Mr. Sterling (uncredited)
(1938) Mr. Wong, Detective
as Chemistry Lab Director (uncredited)
(1952) The Duel at Silver Creek
as Doc Hargrove (uncredited)
(1941) The Devil Commands
as Dr. Sanders
(1951) The Unknown Man
as ---
(1940) Adventures of Red Ryder
as Boswell
(1948) Song of the Drifter
as Doctor
(1956) The Fastest Gun Alive
as ---
(1937) The Man Who Found Himself
as Man at Train Wreck
(1942) Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
as Floorwalker
(1949) Not Wanted
as Mr. Kelton
(1939) Union Pacific
as Businessman (uncredited)
(1939) Invitation to Happiness
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1950) The Magnificent Yankee
as Senator (uncredited)
(1946) Big Town
as Witness (uncredited)
(1939) Slightly Honorable
as Guest (Uncredited)
(1949) Caught
as Servant (uncredited)
(1953) Slaves of Babylon
as Cyrus' foster father
(1940) Drums of Fu Manchu
as Dr. Humphrey
(1937) Midnight Court
as Reporter
(1949) All the King's Men
as Senator (uncredited)
(1945) The Southerner
as Store Customer (uncredited)
(1955) East of Eden
as Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)
(1950) Between Midnight and Dawn
as Building Superintendent Blake
(1945) Mildred Pierce
as Personnel Man (uncredited)
(1947) Monsieur Verdoux
as Pharmacist (uncredited)
(1940) His Girl Friday
as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
(1941) Secrets of the Lone Wolf
as Vanderbeek (uncredited)
(1947) The Invisible Wall
as Conductor (uncredited)
(1947) The Sea of Grass
as Dean (uncredited)
(1948) The Pirate
as Artist (uncredited)
(1946) The Crimson Ghost
as Wilson [Ch. 1]
(1949) The Great Sinner
as Priest (uncredited)
(1948) The Three Musketeers
as ---
(1943) This Land Is Mine
as Mr. Lorraine
(1935) The Florentine Dagger
as Servant (uncredited)
(1940) Foreign Correspondent
as Committeeman (uncredited)
(1941) Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
as Dr. Henderson
(1940) Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
as Scientist (uncredited)
(1939) Geronimo
as John A. Rawlins
(1946) The Last Crooked Mile
as Lane
(1944) The Fighting Seabees
as Navy Observer (uncredited)
(1945) Marshal of Laredo
as Dr. Allen
(1947) The Wild Frontier
as Doc Hardy
(1946) Stagecoach to Denver
as Jasper Braydon
(1950) Peggy
as Gateman
(1952) Wagons West
as Sam Wilkins
(1946) The El Paso Kid
as Doctor Hamlin
(1947) Gun Talk
as Herk - the Barber
(1947) On the Old Spanish Trail
as Oil Co. Clerk Silas MacIntyre
(1947) Son of Zorro
as Caleb Baldwin [Chs. 2-3, 5, 9]
(1949) Deputy Marshal
as Harley Masters
(1946) Lost City of the Jungle
as Peace Foundation Member #2
(1942) The Wife Takes a Flyer
as Chaplain
(1956) The Peacemaker
as Doc Runyan
(1947) Sarge Goes to College
as Professor
(1944) The Falcon in Mexico
as Jarvis the Butler (uncredited)
(1951) The Day the Earth Stood Still
as Mr. Bleeker, jeweller
(1942) The Power of God
as Mr. Gilder
(1946) Undercurrent
as Bookstore Proprietor (uncredited)
(1950) The Secret Fury
as Ed Peterson (uncredited)
(1945) River Gang
as Reporter
(1950) Three Secrets
as Man With Dog (uncredited)
(1950) Walk Softly, Stranger
as Tobacco Clerk (uncredited)
(1952) Young Man with Ideas
as Proctor - Law Professor (uncredited)
(1947) Body and Soul
as Ben's Doctor (uncredited)
(1947) Always Together
as Court Clerk (uncredited)
(1945) Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
as Pedestrian (uncredited)
(1946) The Time of Their Lives
as Bill - Museum Guard (uncredited)
(1946) Two Sisters from Boston
as Greek Professor (uncredited)
(1948) Romance on the High Seas
as Passport Photographer (uncredited)
(1945) The Brighton Strangler
as Clerk (Uncredited)
(1943) The Seventh Victim
as Missing Girl's Father (Uncredited)
(1943) Swing Shift Maisie
as Technician (Uncredited)
(1954) The Miami Story
as ---
(1945) Strange Confession
as ---
(1946) Lady in the Lake
as Property Clerk (Uncredited)
(1958) The Notorious Mr. Monks
as Coroner (uncredited)
(1951) The Son of Dr. Jekyll
as Magistrate (uncredited)
(1948) Four Faces West
as Station Agent (uncredited)
(1950) The Baron of Arizona
as Brother Gregory (uncredited)
(1949) The Lone Ranger
as Father Batista
(1955) Crossroads
as R.W. Bergen