O.Z. Whitehead
Acting
1911-03-01 · New York City, New York, USA
American character actor of rather bizarre range, a member of the so-called John Ford Stock Company. Originally a New York stage actor of some repute, Whitehead entered films in the 1930s. He played a wide variety of character parts, often quite different from his own actual age and type. He is probably most familiar as Al Joad in John Ford's The Grapes of Wrath (1940). But twenty-two years later, in his fifth film for Ford, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), Whitehead at 51 was playing a lollipop-licking schoolboy! He continued to work predominantly on the stage, appearing now and again in films or on television. In his last years, he suffered from cancer and died in 1998 in Dublin, Ireland, where he had lived in semi-retirement for many years.
movieHello, Stranger
as · 1992 · 9.0
moviePhiladelphia, Here I Come
as Ben Burton · 1975 · 7.0
movieThe Lion in Winter
as Bishop of Durham · 1968 · 7.4
movieUlysses
as Alexander J. Dowie · 1967 · 5.9
movieSummer Magic
as Mr. Perkins · 1963 · 6.7
moviePanic in Year Zero!
as Hogan · 1962 · 6.3
movieThe Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Herbert Carruthers · 1962 · 7.8
tvHazel
as · 1961 · 6.8
movieTwo Rode Together
as Lt. Whitehead · 1961 · 6.4
movieThe Horse Soldiers
as Otis 'Hoppy' Hopkins · 1959 · 7.0
movieThe Last Hurrah
as Norman Cass Jr. · 1958 · 7.2
movieRally 'Round the Flag, Boys!
as Isaac Goodpasture · 1958 · 5.2
tvPerry Mason
as Harry Beacom · 1957 · 7.7
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mr. Newton · 1955 · 7.8
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
as Simms · 1955 · 7.8
tvGunsmoke
as Hank Blenis · 1955 · 6.7
movieThe Body Beautiful
as Oscar Blunt · 1953 · 9.0
tvCavalcade of America
as · 1952 · 4.6
movieBeware, My Lovely
as Mr. Franks · 1952 · 6.1
movieThe San Francisco Story
as Alfey · 1952 · 4.9
movieThe San Francisco Story
as · 1952 · 4.9
movieFor Men Only
as Prof. Bixby · 1952 · 6.3
movieFBI Girl
as Chauncey · 1951 · 6.2
movieJourney Into Light
as Lippy · 1951 · 6.5