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O.Z. Whitehead
Born · March 1, 1911
Died · July 29, 1998 (87 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Bio
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.
The Lion in Winter
Bishop of Durham
7.4
1968
Summer Magic
Mr. Perkins
6.7
1963
Panic in Year Zero!
Hogan
6.2
1962
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Herbert Carruthers
7.8
1962
Hazel
(1 episode)
6.9
1961
Two Rode Together
Lt. Whitehead
6.4
1961
The Horse Soldiers
Otis 'Hoppy' Hopkins
7.0
1959
The Last Hurrah
Norman Cass Jr.
7.1
1958
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!
Isaac Goodpasture
5.2
1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
(1 episode)
5.3
1958
Perry Mason
Harry Beacom · (1 episode)
7.7
1957
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Mr. Newton · (1 episode)
7.7
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Simms · (1 episode)
7.7
1955
Gunsmoke
Hank Blenis · (1 episode)
6.6
1955
The Body Beautiful
Oscar Blunt
0.0
1953
Cavalcade of America
(1 episode)
3.5
1952
Beware, My Lovely
Mr. Franks
6.0
1952
The San Francisco Story
4.8
1952
The San Francisco Story
Alfey
4.8
1952
For Men Only
Prof. Bixby
5.6
1952
FBI Girl
Chauncey
5.9
1951
Journey Into Light
Lippy
6.0
1951
Comin' Round the Mountain
Zeke
6.0
1951
The Hoodlum
Breckenridge
6.2
1951
The Scarf
Whoopie
5.7
1951
Ma and Pa Kettle
Mr. Billings
7.2
1949
Suspense
George Vance · (1 episode)
4.7
1949
Studio One
Peter Kovalesky · (1 episode)
4.7
1948
A Song Is Born
Professor Oddly
6.5
1948
Road House
Arthur
6.7
1948
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
Ninny Nat
6.6
1947
My Brother Talks to Horses
Mr. Puddy
6.0
1947
The Grapes of Wrath
Al Joad
7.8
1940
The Scoundrel
Calhoun
6.2
1935