Filmography
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Known For
Cracked Nuts Wendell Graham (1931) -
The Rainmakers Billy (1935) -
Hook, Line and Sinker Wilbur Boswell (1930) -
Known For
High Flyers Jerry Lane (1937) -
Actor
The Defenders Mike Finn (1962) -
The Robert Herridge Theater (1960) -
The Life of Riley Thaddeus (1956) -
Brave Eagle Smokey Joe (1955-1956) -
The Awful Sleuth Bert (1951) -
Musical Comedy Time Chuck Bean (1950) -
Robert Montgomery Presents Chuck Bean (1950) -
Innocently Guilty Hodkinson G. Pogglebrewer (1950) -
Las Vegas Nights Stu Grant (1941) -
The Cowboy Quarterback Harry Lynn (1939) -
A Vaudeville Interlude Bert (1938)
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![High Flyers]( "High Flyers")
High Flyers Jerry Lane (1937) -
![Sunday Night at the Trocadero]( "Sunday Night at the Trocadero")
Sunday Night at the Trocadero Bert Wheeler (1937) -
![On Again-Off Again]( "On Again-Off Again")
On Again-Off Again William Hobbs (1937) -
![Mummy's Boys]( "Mummy's Boys")
Mummy's Boys Stanley Wright (1936) -
![Silly Billies]( "Silly Billies")
Silly Billies Roy Banks (1936) -
![The Rainmakers]( "The Rainmakers")
The Rainmakers Billy (1935) -
![A Night at the Biltmore Bowl]( "A Night at the Biltmore Bowl")
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl Bert Wheeler (1935) -
![The Nitwits]( "The Nitwits")
The Nitwits Johnnie (1935) -
![Kentucky Kernels]( "Kentucky Kernels")
Kentucky Kernels Willie Doyle (1934) -
![Cockeyed Cavaliers]( "Cockeyed Cavaliers")
Cockeyed Cavaliers Bert Winstanley (1934) -
![Hips, Hips, Hooray!]( "Hips, Hips, Hooray!")
Hips, Hips, Hooray! Andy Williams (1934) -
![Signing 'em Up]( "Signing 'em Up")
Signing 'em Up Bert Wheeler (1933) -
![Hollywood on Parade No. A-13]( "Hollywood on Parade No. A-13")
Hollywood on Parade No. A-13 (1933) -
![Diplomaniacs]( "Diplomaniacs")
Diplomaniacs Willy Nilly (1933) -
![So This Is Africa]( "So This Is Africa")
So This Is Africa Wilbur (1933) -
![Hold 'Em Jail]( "Hold 'Em Jail")
Hold 'Em Jail Curley Harris (1932) -
The Hollywood Handicap Character (1932)
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![Girl Crazy]( "Girl Crazy")
Girl Crazy Jimmy Deegan (1932) -
![Peach O'Reno]( "Peach O'Reno")
Peach O'Reno Wattles (1931) -
![Caught Plastered]( "Caught Plastered")
Caught Plastered Tommy Tanner (1931) -
![Oh! Oh! Cleopatra]( "Oh! Oh! Cleopatra")
Oh! Oh! Cleopatra Mark Antony (1931) -
![Too Many Cooks]( "Too Many Cooks")
Too Many Cooks Albert 'Al' Bennett (1931) -
![The Stolen Jools]( "The Stolen Jools")
The Stolen Jools Bert Wheeler (1931) -
![Cracked Nuts]( "Cracked Nuts")
Cracked Nuts Wendell Graham (1931) -
![Hook, Line and Sinker]( "Hook, Line and Sinker")
Hook, Line and Sinker Wilbur Boswell (1930) -
![Half Shot at Sunrise]( "Half Shot at Sunrise")
Half Shot at Sunrise Tommy Turner (1930) -
![Dixiana]( "Dixiana")
Dixiana Peewee (1930) -
![The Cuckoos]( "The Cuckoos")
The Cuckoos Sparrow (1930) -
The Voice of Hollywood No. 9 Bert Wheeler - Guest Host (1930)
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![Small Timers]( "Small Timers")
Small Timers Bert Wheeler (1929) -
Actor
![Rio Rita]( "Rio Rita")
Rio Rita Chick Bean (1929) -
Soundtrack
![Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical]( "Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical")
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![Las Vegas Nights]( "Las Vegas Nights")
Las Vegas Nights (1941) -
![The Cowboy Quarterback]( "The Cowboy Quarterback")
The Cowboy Quarterback (1939) -
![On Again-Off Again]( "On Again-Off Again")
On Again-Off Again (1937) -
![Silly Billies]( "Silly Billies")
Silly Billies (1936) -
![The Rainmakers]( "The Rainmakers")
The Rainmakers (1935) -
![The Nitwits]( "The Nitwits")
The Nitwits (1935) -
![Kentucky Kernels]( "Kentucky Kernels")
Kentucky Kernels (1934) -
![Cockeyed Cavaliers]( "Cockeyed Cavaliers")
Cockeyed Cavaliers (1934) -
![Hips, Hips, Hooray!]( "Hips, Hips, Hooray!")
Hips, Hips, Hooray! (1934) -
![Diplomaniacs]( "Diplomaniacs")
Diplomaniacs (1933) -
![Girl Crazy]( "Girl Crazy")
Girl Crazy (1932) -
![Peach O'Reno]( "Peach O'Reno")
Peach O'Reno (1931) -
![Caught Plastered]( "Caught Plastered")
Caught Plastered (1931) -
![Cracked Nuts]( "Cracked Nuts")
Cracked Nuts (1931) -
![Half Shot at Sunrise]( "Half Shot at Sunrise")
Half Shot at Sunrise (1930) -
![Dixiana]( "Dixiana")
Dixiana (1930) -
![The Cuckoos]( "The Cuckoos")
The Cuckoos (1930) -
Soundtrack
![Rio Rita]( "Rio Rita")
Rio Rita (1929) -
Writer
![The Brown Derby]( "The Brown Derby")
The Brown Derby (1926) -
Archive footage
![Classic Comedy Teams]( "Classic Comedy Teams")
Classic Comedy Teams (1986) -
![Bob Hope's World of Comedy]( "Bob Hope's World of Comedy")
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976) -
![Hollywood and the Stars]( "Hollywood and the Stars")
Hollywood and the Stars (1963) -
![Hollywood Bound]( "Hollywood Bound")
Hollywood Bound (1947) -
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Archive footage
![Hollywood on Parade No. A-12]( "Hollywood on Parade No. A-12")
Hollywood on Parade No. A-12 (1933) -
All Filmography
Videos
Did You Know
Trivia
Nine of the 21 movies he and Woolsey made together were released in a DVD collection entitled "Wheeler & Woolsey: RKO Comedy Classics Collection" in March 2013 by Warner Archive.
Quotes
[on working for Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., who made no secret of the fact that he didn't appreciate comics] You could never get the stage to rehearse. He'd be using it to drape those gorgeous dames. You could rehearse in the alley for all he cared. But ...
Personal Details
Born
Albert Jerome Wheeler
Paterson, New Jersey, USA
Died
(age 72)
New York City, New York, USA
Height:
5' 4" (1.63 m)Contribute to this page
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