John Wheeler
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 20, 1930
- Died
- February 6, 2026 (aged 95)
- Birthplace
- Houston, Texas, USA
Biography
John Wheeler graduated from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, earning a bachelors degree in Music. A singer and character actor most familiar from television, he appeared on episodes of The Odd Couple, Green Acres, The Brady Bunch, and on Star Trek (as the tellarite Gav in the episode "Journey To Babel"). Wheeler sang with the City Center Opera in New York and performed in Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel and Bernstein, Comden, and Green's Wonderful Town at the 1958 Brussels World's Fair, repeating his role in the latter work in its television premier that same year. On Broadway, he appeared in The Happiest Girl in the World, Kean, Cafe Crown, I Had a Ball, and Sweet Charity (as "Herman", the dance hall proprietor, a role that went to Stubby Kaye in the movie adaptation; Wheeler played a smaller role in the film). He remained active into the 1990s.
Known For
Filmography
Mrs. Santa Claus
Movie · as Man in Santa Suit
Apollo 13
Movie · as Reporter
ER
TV · as Mr. Resnick · 1 ep
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
TV · as Shop Owner · 1 ep
Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter
Movie · as William Frawley
Runaway Father
Movie · as Judge Ciglio
Beverly Hills, 90210
TV · as Greg Redborn · 1 ep
The Golden Girls
TV · as Patron · 1 ep
Night Court
TV · as Mr. Perine · 1 ep
Seed of Innocence
Movie · as Trammer
The Wild Wild West Revisited
Movie · as Henry
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
Movie · as Telegraph Operator
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Movie · as Mr. Fields
With This Ring
Movie · as Bell Captain
Rescue from Gilligan's Island
Movie · as Studio Guard
The Richard Pryor Special?
Movie · as Security Guard
Bad Georgia Road
Movie · as Dub Douchette
Big Bad Mama
Movie · as Lawyer
Mame
Movie · as Judge Bregoff
Newman's Law
Movie · as Eastman's dinner guest (uncredited)
Honky Tonk
Movie · as Bank Manager
Emergency!
TV · as Felix · 1 ep
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Movie · as Croupier
Black Angels
Movie
Move
Movie · as Brown Package
The Odd Couple
TV · as Herbert Murphy, Henry, Mr. Felscher, Mr. Flescher · 1 ep
Sweet Charity
Movie · as Dancer
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
Movie · as Newman
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
Movie · as Bumper (uncredited)
The Silent Gun
Movie · as Second Townsman
Then Came Bronson
TV · as Herb Perry · 1 ep
Star Trek
TV · as Gav · 1 ep
Wonderful Town
Movie · as Officer Lonigan