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Wheeler Oakman, usually wearing a dapper mustache, generally portrayed villains, gangsters, or henchmen, frequently appearing in crime thrillers, melodramas, and westerns. In 1932, he appeared alongside Buck Jones in Sundown Rider and John Wayne in Texas Cyclone.
Wheeler Oakman. Actor: Lights of New York. Born in Washington, DC, in 1890, screen villain "par excellance" Wheeler Oakman got into films in 1912.
Actor: Lights of New York. Born in Washington, DC, in 1890, screen villain "par excellance" Wheeler Oakman got into films in 1912.
Some memorable Oakman roles in westerns and serials: in SUNDOWN RIDER (Columbia, 1933), the "branded" Buck Jones tracks down Oakman, the man who framed him as a rustler. in IN OLD SANTE FE (Mascot, 1934), Oakman was among the no-goods trying to steal Tarzan from Ken Maynard.
Aug 27, 2012 · Wheeler Oakman. Born: 21 February 1890, Washington, District of Columbia, USA. Died: 19 March 1949, Van Nuys, California, USA. A silent screen actor whose career survived the transition to the talkies. Wheeler mostly portrayed villains or their henchman in westerns and crime dramas. Mickey (1918) as Herbert Thornhill.
Lights of New York is a 1928 American crime drama film starring Helene Costello, Cullen Landis, Wheeler Oakman and Eugene Pallette, and directed by Bryan Foy.
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 character who might support other villains or even help the hero for…
