O.Z. Whitehead
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 1, 1911
- Died
- July 29, 1998 (aged 87)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Hello, Stranger
Movie
Philadelphia, Here I Come
Movie · as Ben Burton
The Lion in Winter
Movie · as Bishop of Durham
Ulysses
Movie · as Alexander J. Dowie
Summer Magic
Movie · as Mr. Perkins
Panic in Year Zero!
Movie · as Hogan
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Movie · as Herbert Carruthers
Two Rode Together
Movie · as Lt. Whitehead
Hazel
TV · 1 ep
The Horse Soldiers
Movie · as Otis 'Hoppy' Hopkins
The Last Hurrah
Movie · as Norman Cass Jr.
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!
Movie · as Isaac Goodpasture
Perry Mason
TV · as Harry Beacom · 1 ep
Gunsmoke
TV · as Hank Blenis · 1 ep
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Mr. Newton, Simms · 1 ep
The Body Beautiful
Movie · as Oscar Blunt
Beware, My Lovely
Movie · as Mr. Franks
The San Francisco Story
Movie · as Alfey
For Men Only
Movie · as Prof. Bixby
Cavalcade of America
TV · 1 ep
The Scarf
Movie · as Whoopie
The Hoodlum
Movie · as Breckenridge
Comin' Round the Mountain
Movie · as Zeke
FBI Girl
Movie · as Chauncey
Journey Into Light
Movie · as Lippy
Ma and Pa Kettle
Movie · as Mr. Billings
Suspense
TV · as George Vance · 1 ep
Road House
Movie · as Arthur
A Song Is Born
Movie · as Professor Oddly
Studio One
TV · as Peter Kovalesky · 1 ep
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
Movie · as Ninny Nat
My Brother Talks to Horses
Movie · as Mr. Puddy
The Grapes of Wrath
Movie · as Al Joad
The Scoundrel
Movie · as Calhoun