
Acting
James Wheaton Chambers was named after his maternal grandfather, James Wheaton Smith. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but grew up in Freehold, New Jersey. he eventually made his way to Hollywood in the late 1920s. Shortening his name to Wheaton Chambers, he would go on to appear in over 200 film and television productions during a career that spanned roughly three decades.

The Lone Ranger
1949

Boston Blackie
1951

Crossroads
1955

The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951

East of Eden
1955

Foreign Correspondent
1940

His Girl Friday
1940

The Three Musketeers
1948

Mildred Pierce
1945

All the King's Men
1949

The Pirate
1948

Monsieur Verdoux
1947

Phantom of the Opera
1943

Law and Order
1953

Tall in the Saddle
1944

The Duel at Silver Creek
1952

The Fastest Gun Alive
1956

Caught
1949

Romance on the High Seas
1948

Undercurrent
1946

The Fighting Seabees
1944

Union Pacific
1939

Body and Soul
1947

The Crime Doctor's Gamble
1947

The Prowler
1951

The Undercover Man
1949

The Time of Their Lives
1946

Lady in the Lake
1946

The Crimson Ghost
1946

The Great Sinner
1949

Three Secrets
1950

The Seventh Victim
1943

The Sea of Grass
1947

The Southerner
1945

Possessed
1947

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945