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.
Known For
Movies
- Black Hills Express
1943
- D-Day on Mars
1966
- The Prowler
1951
- Panhandle
1948
- Hitchhike to Happiness
1945
- Apology for Murder
1945
- The Well
1951
- The Flying Serpent
1946
- Phantom of the Opera
1943
- Three Daring Daughters
1948
- The Undercover Man
1949
- Valley of the Zombies
1946
- Law and Order
1953
- Mr. Wong, Detective
1938
- The Duel at Silver Creek
1952
- The Devil Commands
1941
- The Unknown Man
1951
- Adventures of Red Ryder
1940
- Song of the Drifter
1948
- The Fastest Gun Alive
1956
- The Man Who Found Himse...
1937
- Life Begins at Eight-Th...
1942
- Not Wanted
1949
- Union Pacific
1939
- Invitation to Happiness
1939
- The Magnificent Yankee
1950
- Big Town
1946
- Slightly Honorable
1939
- Caught
1949
- Slaves of Babylon
1953
- Drums of Fu Manchu
1940
- Midnight Court
1937
- All the King's Men
1949
- The Southerner
1945
- East of Eden
1955
- Between Midnight and Da...
1950
- Mildred Pierce
1945
- Monsieur Verdoux
1947
- His Girl Friday
1940
- Secrets of the Lone Wolf
1941
- The Invisible Wall
1947
- The Sea of Grass
1947
- The Pirate
1948
- The Crimson Ghost
1946
- The Great Sinner
1949
- The Three Musketeers
1948
- This Land Is Mine
1943
- The Florentine Dagger
1935
- Foreign Correspondent
1940
- Dick Tracy vs. Crime In...
1941
- Flash Gordon Conquers t...
1940
- Geronimo
1939
- The Last Crooked Mile
1946
- The Fighting Seabees
1944
- Marshal of Laredo
1945
- The Wild Frontier
1947
- Stagecoach to Denver
1946
- Peggy
1950
- Wagons West
1952
- The El Paso Kid
1946
- Gun Talk
1947
- On the Old Spanish Trail
1947
- Son of Zorro
1947
- Deputy Marshal
1949
- Lost City of the Jungle
1946
- The Wife Takes a Flyer
1942
- The Peacemaker
1956
- Sarge Goes to College
1947
- The Falcon in Mexico
1944
- The Day the Earth Stood...
1951
- The Power of God
1942
- Undercurrent
1946
- The Secret Fury
1950
- River Gang
1945
- Three Secrets
1950
- Walk Softly, Stranger
1950
- Young Man with Ideas
1952
- Body and Soul
1947
- Always Together
1947
- Bud Abbott and Lou Cost...
1945
- The Time of Their Lives
1946
- Two Sisters from Boston
1946
- Romance on the High Seas
1948
- The Brighton Strangler
1945
- The Seventh Victim
1943
- Swing Shift Maisie
1943
- The Miami Story
1954
- Strange Confession
1945
- Lady in the Lake
1946
- The Notorious Mr. Monks
1958
- The Son of Dr. Jekyll
1951
- Four Faces West
1948
- The Baron of Arizona
1950
- Heavenly Days
1944
- Florida Special
1936
- Mississippi Rhythm
1949
- Stagecoach Express
1942
- The Crime Doctor's Gamb...
1947
- Tall in the Saddle
1944
- Possessed
1947
TV Shows
- The Lone Ranger
1949
- Crossroads
1955
- Boston Blackie
1951