Wheeler Oakman

Biography

Career Overview

Wheeler Oakman has 166 screen credits in a career dating back to 1913. Their work spans 3 cinematic universes — most prominently East Side Kids Collection with 2 titles. Signature works include Slippy McGee, The Half Breed, When the West Was Young. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

166

Birth Date

1890-02-21 00:00:00

Birth Place

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Known For

• 

  Slippy McGee
• 

  The Half Breed
• When the West Was Young
• The White Mouse
• Willie
• 

  Etienne of the Glad Heart

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 3 universes

• East Side Kids Collection (2 titles)
• The Ape Man Collection (1 titles)
• Inspector Steve Trent Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Colin Campbell (5 collaborations)
• Tom Mix (4 collaborations)
• Bessie Eyton (3 collaborations)
• Frank Clark (3 collaborations)
• Charles G. Clarke (2 collaborations)
• Charles A. Taylor (2 collaborations)
• Gertrude Ryan (2 collaborations)
• Joe King (2 collaborations)
• Allen G. Siegler (1 collaborations)
• Wesley Ruggles (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (166 credits)

  • Bat Men of Africa

    Durkin

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • Planet Outlaws

    Lieutenant Patten

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Jack Armstrong

    Prof. Hobart Zorn

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Son of the Guardsman

    Lord Markham (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways

    Alex Ballard

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Brenda Starr, Reporter

    Joe Heller / Lew Heller (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Mom and Dad

    Bourbon Drinker on Train

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Three of a Kind

    Oliver

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Teen Age

    Jim Murray (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Riding West

    Captain Amos Karnes

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • What a Man!

    Detective

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • The Girl from Monterrey

    Fight Announcer

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Ghosts on the Loose

    Tony

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Saddles and Sagebrush

    Henchman Ace Barko

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • The Ape Man

    Brady

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Kid Dynamite

    Tony

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • The Adventures of Smilin' Jack

    Freighter Mate [Chs. 7-8]

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Fall In

    Army Officer

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Bowery at Midnight

    "Trigger" Stratton

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Double Trouble

    Kimble

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Escort Girl

    Gregory Stone

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • The Medico of Painted Springs

    Fred Burns

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Radio Ranch

    Argo

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Buried Alive

    Manning

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Torture Ship

    John Ritter

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Mutiny in the Big House

    Benson

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Wolf Call

    Carson

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Buck Rogers

    Lt. Patten

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Lone Ranger Rides Again

    Manny

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • In Old Montana

    Jim Dawson

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Mars Attacks the World

    Tarnak

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Land of Fighting Men

    Wallace

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Red Barry

    Weaver

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Code of the Rangers

    Blackie Miller

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars

    Tarnak

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Radio Patrol

    Stevens, gang chemist

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Slaves in Bondage

    Jim Murray

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Bank Alarm

    Karlotti

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Pilot X

    Lieut. Douglas Thompson

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Gambling with Souls

    'Lucky' Wilder

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Ghost Patrol

    Kincaid

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Aces and Eights

    Ace Morgan

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Song of the Trail

    Bob Arnold

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Darkest Africa

    Durkin

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Roarin' Guns

    Walton

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • The Mysterious Avenger

    Brophy

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Timber War

    Murdock

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Special Agent

    Julie's Kidnapper (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • The Adventures of Rex and Rinty

    Wheeler

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Annapolis Farewell

    Cmdr. Lawson

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • The Man from Guntown

    Henry DeLong

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Trails of the Wild

    Hardy

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Death from a Distance

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Code of the Mounted

    Duval

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Motive for Revenge

    Doane

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • The Headline Woman

    Panther Fielding

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • 'G' Men

    Gangster at Lodge Wanting to Quit (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Thoroughbred

    Duke Foster

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • The Phantom Empire

    Lord Argo

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Square Shooter

    Jim Thorne

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Murder in the Clouds

    Joe

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Undercover Men

    A.R. McCrae

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • In Old Santa Fe

    Tracy

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Frontier Days

    Henry Jethrow

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • The Lost Jungle

    Kirby

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • One Is Guilty

    Toledo Eddie Marchetti

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • The Lost Jungle

    Kirby

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Paradise Valley

    'Smiley' Mason

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Broadway Thru a Keyhole

    Sam

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Hold the Press

    Abbott

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Hot Hoofs

    Gill Brown, the Horse Owner

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Rusty Rides Alone

    Poe Powers

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Revenge at Monte Carlo

    Spike Maguire

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Soldiers of the Storm

    George

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Silent Men

    Ed Wilder

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Man Of Action

    Sheriff Clem Norton

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Sundown Rider

    Laughing Maxey

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • End of the Trail

    Major Jenkins

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Guilty or Not Guilty

    Joe

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Speed Demon

    Pete Stenner

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • The Heart Punch

    Spike

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • The Western Code

    Nick Grindell

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Gorilla Ship

    Philip Wells

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • The Boiling Point

    Holt Norbo - Bank Cashier

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • The Honor of the Press

    Roger Bradley

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Beauty Parlor

    Jim Fremont

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Two-Fisted Law

    Bob Russell

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • The Riding Tornado

    Hatch Engall

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • The Airmail Mystery

    Judson Ward

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Texas Cyclone

    Utah Becker

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Devil on Deck

    Shanghai Morgan

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • First Aid

    Michael Rush

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • The Back Page

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • The Sky Raiders

    Willard

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • The Lawless Woman

    'Poker' Wilson

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • The Costello Case

    Mile-Away-Harry

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • On Your Back

    'Lucky'Jim Seymour

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • The Bad Man

    (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • The Big Fight

    Steve

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Roaring Ranch

    Ramsey Kane

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Little Johnny Jones

    Wyman

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • Shanghai Lady

    Repen

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • The Girl from Woolworth's

    Lawrence Mayfield (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • Hurricane

    First Mate (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • Handcuffed

    Tom Bennett

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • On With the Show!

    Willie Durant aka Robert Wallace

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • Father and Son

    Anton Lebau

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • The Donovan Affair

    Porter

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • The Shakedown

    Manager

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • The Devil's Chaplain

    Nicholay

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • Morgan's Last Raid

    John Bland

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • What a Night!

    Mike Corney

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • The Power of the Press

    Van

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • Lights of New York

    Hawk Miller

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • The Masked Angel

    Luther Spence

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • The Danger Patrol

    George Gambler

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • While the City Sleeps

    Eddie 'Mile-Away' Skeeter Carlson

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • The Heart of Broadway

    'Dandy Jim' Doyle

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • Top Sergeant Mulligan

    The captain

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • The Broken Mask

    Dr. Gordon White

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • Out All Night

    Kerrigan

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • Hey! Hey! Cowboy

    John Evans

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • In Borrowed Plumes

    Jack Raymond

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • The Pace That Thrills

    Director

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • Other Men's Daughters

    Winnie

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • The Love Trap

    Grant Garrison

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • Mine to Keep

    Clint Mowbray

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • Slippy McGee

    Slippy McGee

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • The Son of the Wolf

    Scruff Mackenzie

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • The Half Breed

    Delmar Spavinaw

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • A Wise Fool

    (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • Penny of Top Hill Trail

    Kurt Walters

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • Peck's Bad Boy

    Dr. Jack Martin - the Man in the Case

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • Outside the Law

    'Dapper Bill' Ballard

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • What Women Love

    Willy St. John

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • The Virgin of Stamboul

    Capt. Carlisle Pemberton

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • Eve in Exile

    Paul Armitage

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • A Woman of Pleasure

    Bobby Ralston

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • Back to God's Country

    Peter Burke

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • The Splendid Sin

    Stephen Hartley

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • False Evidence

    Burr Gordon

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • Mickey

    Herbert Thornhill

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • Revenge

    Dick Randall

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • Face Value

    Bertram Van Twiller

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • Princess Virtue

    Basil Demarest

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • The Law North of 65

    Pierre

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • The Battle of Hearts

    Jo Sprague

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • Hell's Hinges

    Rowdy Townsman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • Sweet Alyssum

    Wynne Garlan

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • The Carpet from Bagdad

    George P.A. Jones

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • In the Days of the Thundering Herd

    Chief Swift Wing

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • When the West Was Young

    Ned Halton

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • Chip of the Flying U

    Weary

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • The White Mouse

    Billy Silver

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • Willie

    Willie Clark

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • Etienne of the Glad Heart

    Etienne Cloquet

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • When the Cook Fell Ill

    Weary

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • The Wilderness Mail

    Jan, the Trapper

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • In Defiance of the Law

    Billy McVeigh

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • Shotgun Jones

    Shotgun Jones

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • The Spoilers

    The Bronco Kid, alias of Drury

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • The Smuggler's Sister

    The Revenue Officer

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • Alone in the Jungle

    Concho

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • In the Long Ago

    Dreamer

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • Alas! Poor Yorick!

    Real Montgomery Irving

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • Greater Wealth

    Harold - John Sharon's Wayward Son

    actor

    actors
    1913