O.Z. Whitehead
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
Hello, Stranger
1992
Philadelphia, Here I Come
1975
as Ben Burton
The Lion in Winter
1968
as Bishop of Durham
Ulysses
1967
as Alexander J. Dowie
Summer Magic
1963
as Mr. Perkins
Panic in Year Zero!
1962
as Hogan
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Herbert Carruthers
Two Rode Together
1961
as Lt. Whitehead
Hazel
1961
The Horse Soldiers
1959
as Otis 'Hoppy' Hopkins
The Last Hurrah
1958
as Norman Cass Jr.
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!
1958
as Isaac Goodpasture
Perry Mason
1957
as Harry Beacom
Gunsmoke
1955
as Hank Blenis
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Mr. Newton
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Simms
The Body Beautiful
1953
as Oscar Blunt
Beware, My Lovely
1952
as Mr. Franks
The San Francisco Story
1952
The San Francisco Story
1952
as Alfey
For Men Only
1952
as Prof. Bixby
Cavalcade of America
1952
The Scarf
1951
as Whoopie
The Hoodlum
1951
as Breckenridge
Comin' Round the Mountain
1951
as Zeke
FBI Girl
1951
as Chauncey
Journey Into Light
1951
as Lippy
Ma and Pa Kettle
1949
as Mr. Billings
Suspense
1949
as George Vance
Road House
1948
as Arthur
A Song Is Born
1948
as Professor Oddly
Studio One
1948
as Peter Kovalesky
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947
as Ninny Nat
My Brother Talks to Horses
1947
as Mr. Puddy
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
as Al Joad
The Scoundrel
1935
as Calhoun