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
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
1968
Summer Magic
Mr. Perkins
1963
Panic in Year Zero!
Hogan
1962
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Herbert Carruthers
1962
Hazel
(1 episode)
1961
Two Rode Together
Lt. Whitehead
1961
The Horse Soldiers
Otis 'Hoppy' Hopkins
1959
The Last Hurrah
Norman Cass Jr.
1958
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!
Isaac Goodpasture
1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
(1 episode)
1958
Perry Mason
Harry Beacom · (1 episode)
1957
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Mr. Newton · (1 episode)
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Simms · (1 episode)
1955
Gunsmoke
Hank Blenis · (1 episode)
1955
The Body Beautiful
Oscar Blunt
1953
Cavalcade of America
(1 episode)
1952
Beware, My Lovely
Mr. Franks
1952
The San Francisco Story
Alfey
1952
The San Francisco Story
1952
For Men Only
Prof. Bixby
1952
FBI Girl
Chauncey
1951
Journey Into Light
Lippy
1951
Comin' Round the Mountain
Zeke
1951
The Hoodlum
Breckenridge
1951
The Scarf
Whoopie
1951
Ma and Pa Kettle
Mr. Billings
1949
Suspense
George Vance · (1 episode)
1949
Studio One
Peter Kovalesky · (1 episode)
1948
A Song Is Born
Professor Oddly
1948
Road House
Arthur
1948
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
Ninny Nat
1947
My Brother Talks to Horses
Mr. Puddy
1947
The Grapes of Wrath
Al Joad
1940
The Scoundrel
Calhoun
1935