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O.Z. Whitehead

O.Z. Whitehead

Known For Acting
Birthday Mar 01, 1911
Died Jul 29, 1998 (87)
Birthplace New York City, New York, USA
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Sep 07, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 prob ... ably 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

The Lion in Winter

The Lion in Winter

1968

as Bishop of Durham

Summer Magic

Summer Magic

1963

as Mr. Perkins

Panic in Year Zero!

Panic in Year Zero!

1962

as Hogan

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1962

as Herbert Carruthers

Two Rode Together

Two Rode Together

1961

as Lt. Whitehead

The Horse Soldiers

The Horse Soldiers

1959

as Otis 'Hoppy' Hopkins

Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!

Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!

1958

as Isaac Goodpasture

The Last Hurrah

The Last Hurrah

1958

as Norman Cass Jr.

The Body Beautiful

The Body Beautiful

1953

as Oscar Blunt

Beware, My Lovely

Beware, My Lovely

1952

as Mr. Franks

The San Francisco Story

The San Francisco Story

1952

as Alfey

For Men Only

For Men Only

1952

as Prof. Bixby

The Hoodlum

The Hoodlum

1951

as Breckenridge

Journey Into Light

Journey Into Light

1951

as Lippy

The Scarf

The Scarf

1951

as Whoopie

FBI Girl

FBI Girl

1951

as Chauncey

Ma and Pa Kettle

Ma and Pa Kettle

1949

as Mr. Billings

Road House

Road House

1948

as Arthur

A Song Is Born

A Song Is Born

1948

as Professor Oddly

My Brother Talks to Horses

My Brother Talks to Horses

1947

as Mr. Puddy

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

1947

as Ninny Nat

The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath

1940

as Al Joad

The Scoundrel

The Scoundrel

1935

as Calhoun

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Gunsmoke

as Hank Blenis

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

Perry Mason

as Harry Beacom

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

Studio One

as Peter Kovalesky

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 07, 1948

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Mr. Newton

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1955

Suspense

as George Vance

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 06, 1949

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Simms

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1955

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 06, 1958

Hazel

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 28, 1961

Cavalcade of America

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1952

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