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Personal life and death. Selected filmography. References. External links. Wheeler Oakman (born Vivian Eichelberger; February 21, 1890 – March 19, 1949) was an American film actor. [1] [2] Early years.
Wheeler Oakman (1890-1949) was a versatile and prolific screen actor who played villains, heroes, and everything in between. He worked in all genres for almost every studio in Hollywood, from silent films to serials, and was married to Priscilla Dean.
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Wheeler Oakman. Actor: Lights of New York. Born in Washington, DC, in 1890, screen villain "par excellance" Wheeler Oakman got into films in 1912. He specialized in playing villains, but he wasn't just a one-note, mustache-twirling "bad guy"--a tall, solidly-built, distinguished-looking, almost patrician man, he could effectively play cold ...
Learn about the life and career of Wheeler Oakman, a versatile actor who appeared in silents, sound films, serials and westerns. Find out his real name, marriages, military service, roles and death.
Wheeler Oakman. February 21st, 1890 — March 19th, 1949. Above: Wheeler Oakman in the Mascot serial The Lost Jungle (1934). Though Wheeler Oakman played several conventional henchmen (and even some sympathetic characters) in the movie serials of the 1930s and 1940s, his specialty was the independent-minded wild-card heavy–the type of ...
Wheeler Oakman was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Oakman's earliest roles were in film, including the William Farnum western "The Spoilers" (1914), the Priscilla Dean crime picture "Outside the Law" (1921) and "Half Breed" (1922).
Wheeler Oakman was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career from 1914 to 1944. He appeared in over 100 films, mostly in westerns, and played roles such as Civil War Monkey Man, Ripley, and The Ape Man.
