O.Z. Whitehead
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 1, 1911
- Died
- July 29, 1998
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
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 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.
Filmography
- Hello, Stranger
Hello, Stranger 1992
Actor
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
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
- The Body Beautiful
The Body Beautiful 1953
as Oscar Blunt
Beware, My Lovely 1952
as Mr. Franks
The San Francisco Story 1952
as Alfey, Actor
For Men Only 1952
as Prof. Bixby
FBI Girl 1951
as Chauncey
Journey Into Light 1951
as Lippy
Comin' Round the Mountain 1951
as Zeke
The Hoodlum 1951
as Breckenridge
The Scarf 1951
as Whoopie
Ma and Pa Kettle 1949
as Mr. Billings
A Song Is Born 1948
as Professor Oddly
Road House 1948
as Arthur
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
Credits from TMDB.