James Wheaton Chambers was named after his maternal grandfather, James Wheaton Smith. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but grew up in Freehold, New Jersey. he eventually made his way to Hollywood in the late 1920s. Shortening his name to Wheaton Chambers, he would go on to appear in over 200 film and television productions during a career that spanned roughly three decades.
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One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad acro...
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American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the i...
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Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star...
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Following a tragic accident that leaves him disfigured, crazed composer Erique Claudin transformed i...
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Somewhere in Europe, in a city occupied by the Nazis, a gentle school teacher finds himself torn bet...
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After young Mary Gibson discovers that her older sister Jacqueline has disappeared, she leaves her b...
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When Rocklin arrives in a western town he finds that the rancher who hired him as a foreman has been...
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Suave amateur detective Tom Lawrence--aka Michael Arlen's literary hero The Falcon--arrives in Holly...
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A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful re...
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When two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony murder...
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A scientist who is working on a cure for influenza is victimized by his unscrupulous boss, who relea...
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After suffering a head injury during the London Blitz, theatre actor John Loder comes to believe him...
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Sam Tucker, a cotton picker, in search of a better future for his family, decides to grow his own co...
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Head over heels in love with a stern and cold older businessman's young wife, a reporter is seduced ...
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After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of his...
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Two ghosts, who were mistakenly branded as traitors during the Revolutionary War, return to 20th cen...
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Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But whe...
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Charley Davis, against the wishes of his mother, becomes a boxer. As he becomes more successful the ...
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The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining inco...
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A girl is engaged to the local richman, but meanwhile she has dreams about the legendary pirate Maco...
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In 17th century France, young D'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends ...
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Frank Warren is a treasury agent assigned to put an end to the activities of a powerful mob crime bo...
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A man of humble beginnings and honest intentions rises to power by nefarious means. Along for the wi...
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Fugitive Chris Hale starts over in a small Midwestern town in Ohio, where he befriends Elaine Corell...
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The wedding of Ellen and David is halted by a stranger who insists that the bride is already married...
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Rocky and Dan, war buddies, are prowl car cops on night duty. Dan is a cynic who views all lawbreake...
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Biography of celebrated American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes....
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The U.S. government recognizes land grants made when the West was under Spanish rule. This inspires ...
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An alien and a robot land on Earth after World War II and tell mankind to be peaceful or face destru...
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A scrupulously honest lawyer discovers that the client he's gotten off was really guilty....
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In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelmin...
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Whenever it becomes known how good he is with guns, ex-gunman George and his wife Dora have to flee ...
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Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
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| 1 | The Fastest Gun Alive (1956) | Jim Drews (uncredited) | 7 | |
| 2 | East of Eden (1955) | Townsman at Carnival (uncredited) | 7.6 | |
| 3 | The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) | Mr. Bleeker | 7.9 | |
| 4 | The Well (1951) | Mr. Woody | 6 | |
| 5 | The Unknown Man (1951) | Second Bailiff (uncredited) | 4 | |
| 6 | Walk Softly, Stranger (1950) | Tobacco Clerk (uncredited) | 5 | |
| 7 | The Secret Fury (1950) | Ed Peterson (uncredited) | 4 | |
| 8 | Between Midnight and Dawn (1950) | Building Superintendent Blake | 4 | |
| 9 | The Magnificent Yankee (1950) | Senator (uncredited) | - | - |
| 10 | The Baron of Arizona (1950) | Brother Gregory (uncredited) | 6 | |
| 11 | Caught (1949) | Servant (uncredited) | 5 | |
| 12 | The Undercover Man (1949) | Parker's Secretary | 5 | |
| 13 | All the King's Men (1949) | Senator (uncredited) | 6.5 | |
| 14 | The Pirate (1948) | Artist (uncredited) | 5 | |
| 15 | The Three Musketeers (1948) | - | 6.7 | |
| 16 | Body and Soul (1947) | Ben's Doctor (uncredited) | 6.5 | |
| 17 | Possessed (1947) | Waiter (uncredited) | 6 | |
| 18 | Monsieur Verdoux (1947) | Pharmacist (uncredited) | 6.7 | |
| 19 | Undercurrent (1946) | Bookstore Proprietor (uncredited) | 5 | |
| 20 | The Time of Their Lives (1946) | Bill - Museum Guard (uncredited) | 8 | |
| 21 | Lady in the Lake (1946) | Property Clerk (Uncredited) | 6 | |
| 22 | Mildred Pierce (1945) | Personnel Man (uncredited) | 6.6 | |
| 23 | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945) | Pedestrian (uncredited) | - | - |
| 24 | Strange Confession (1945) | - | 6 | |
| 25 | The Brighton Strangler (1945) | Clerk (Uncredited) | - | - |
| 26 | The Southerner (1945) | Store Customer (uncredited) | 5 | |
| 27 | Apology for Murder (1945) | Minister | 6 | |
| 28 | Tall in the Saddle (1944) | Ab Jenkins (uncredited) | 5 | |
| 29 | The Falcon in Hollywood (1944) | Marvin, in Miniatures (uncredited) | 7 | |
| 30 | Christmas Holiday (1944) | Plane Passenger (uncredited) | 5 | |
| 31 | Phantom of the Opera (1943) | Reporter (uncredited) | 3.5 | |
| 32 | This Land Is Mine (1943) | Mr. Lorraine | 4 | |
| 33 | The Seventh Victim (1943) | Missing Girl's Father (Uncredited) | 5 | |
| 34 | Foreign Correspondent (1940) | Committeeman (uncredited) | 7 | |
| 35 | His Girl Friday (1940) | Elevator Passenger (uncredited) | 7.4 | |
| 36 | Union Pacific (1939) | Businessman (uncredited) | 7 |
