Larry Wheat
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Born | Laurence Wheat October 10, 1876 Wheeling, West Virginia, U.S. |
Died | August 7, 1963 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 86)
Resting place | Hollywood Forever Cemetery |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1921–1947 |
Relatives | Kate Rolla (sister) |
Laurence Wheat (October 10, 1876 – August 7, 1963) was an American character actor of the silent and sound film eras.
Biography
[edit]Born on October 20, 1876,[1] in Wheeling, West Virginia, Wheat entered the film industry in 1921 with a supporting role in the film, The Land of Hope, which starred Jason Robards Sr.[2] During his 27-year career he would appear in over 70 films, in small and supporting roles, many of which were unbilled.[3] Some of the more notable films in which Wheat appeared include: Peck's Bad Boy (1934), starring Jackie Cooper;[4] Frank Capra's Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), starring Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur;[5] 1936's The Great Ziegfeld, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy;[6] arguably one of the greatest films ever made, Citizen Kane (1941), directed, starring and co-written by Orson Welles;[7] the classic film noir, Murder, My Sweet (1944), directed by Edward Dmytryk, and starring Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, and Anne Shirley;[8] and 1946's The Spiral Staircase, with Dorothy McGuire, George Brent, and Ethel Barrymore.[9] Wheat's final film role would be in a small unbilled role in the 1947 film, Killer McCoy, starring Mickey Rooney, Brian Donlevy and Ann Blyth.[10] Wheat died on August 7, 1963, in Los Angeles, California, and was buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.[1]
Wheat's older sister was opera singer Kate Rolla.[11][12]
Filmography
[edit]- The Land of Hope (1921)
- Hush Money (1921)
- Our Leading Citizen (1922)
- Hollywood (1923)
- The Song of Love (1923)
- The Confidence Man (1924)
- Inez from Hollywood (1924)
- Not So Long Ago (1925)
- Irene (1926)
- The Loudspeaker (1934)
- Student Tour (1934)
- Peck's Bad Boy (1934)
- Ever Since Eve (1934)
- The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935)
- The Case of the Curious Bride (1935)
- It's in the Air (1935)
- Show Them No Mercy! (1935)
- Public Hero No. 1 (1935)
- Diamond Jim (1935)
- Night Life of the Gods (1935)
- Annapolis Farewell (1935)
- The Preview Murder Mystery (1936)
- 15 Maiden Lane (1936)
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
- Postal Inspector (1936)
- To Mary - with Love (1936)
- The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
- Big City (1937)
- It's All Yours (1937)
- Time Out for Romance (1937)
- Checkers (1938)
- There's That Woman Again (1938)
- Broadway Serenade (1939)
- Turnabout (1940)
- The Trial of Mary Dugan (1941)
- Citizen Kane (1941) - Man Singing at Inquirer Party (uncredited)
- It Happened in Flatbush(1942)
- The Magnificent Dope (1942)
- My Gal Sal (1942)
- The Postman Didn't Ring (1942)
- Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943)
- Gildersleeve's Bad Day (1943)
- Bombardier (1943)
- The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
- Heavenly Days (1944)
- Experiment Perilous (1944)
- The Canterville Ghost (1944)
- Murder, My Sweet (1944)
- Nevada (1944)
- A Night of Adventure (1944)
- Step Lively (1944)
- Bride by Mistake (1944)
- The Body Snatcher (1945)
- The Enchanted Cottage (1945)
- George White's Scandals (1945)
- Having Wonderful Crime (1945)
- Man Alive (1945)
- Wanderer of the Wasteland (1945)
- West of the Pecos (1945)
- What a Blonde (1945)
- Abie's Irish Rose (1946)
- Badman's Territory (1946)
- The Bamboo Blonde (1946)
- Bedlam (1946)
- Deadline at Dawn (1946)
- The Falcon's Alibi (1946)
- Genius at Work (1946)
- Lady Luck (1946)
- Riverboat Rhythm (1946)
- The Spiral Staircase (1946)
- The Truth About Murder (1946)
- Killer McCoy (1947)
- Magic Town (1947)
- Merton of the Movies (1947)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Larry Wheat". Find a Grave. Archived from the original on January 23, 2015. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
- ^ "The Land of Hope". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 2, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
- ^ a b "Larry Wheat". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
- ^ "Peck's Bad Boy". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
- ^ "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on October 26, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
- ^ "The Great Ziegfeld". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 2, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
- ^ "Citizen Kane". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on October 25, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
- ^ "Murder, My Sweet". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 28, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
- ^ "The Spiral Staircase". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 30, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
- ^ "Killer McCoy". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
- ^ "Footlights". The Club-Fellow. May 24, 1905.
- ^ "A Thespian Jack-of-All-Trades". The Green Book Magazine. 6: 211. July 1911.
External links
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- Larry Wheat at IMDb
- Larry Wheat at the TCM Movie Database