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John Wheeler
Born June 20, 1930 · Houston, Texas, USA (age 96)
John Wheeler graduated from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, earning a bachelors degree in Music. A singer and character actor most familiar from television, he appeared on episodes of The Odd Couple, Green Acres, The Brady Bunch, and on Star Trek (as the tellarite Gav in the episode "Journey To Babel"). Wheeler sang with the City Center Opera in New York and performed in Rod…
Known For
Apollo 13 · 1995Apollo 13
★ 7.51995
MovieDramaHistory
The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from Earth, the astronauts work furiously with the ground crew to avert tragedy.
Big Bad Mama · 1974Big Bad Mama
★ 5.71974
MovieActionComedy
Circumstances force a mother and her two daughters to get into bootlegging and bank robbing, and travel across the country pursued by the law.
Sweet Charity · 1969Sweet Charity
★ 6.91969
MovieComedyMusic
Taxi dancer Charity continues to have faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands, and hope that she will finally meet the nice young man to romance her away from her sleazy life. Maybe, just maybe, handsome Oscar will be the one to do it.
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here · 1969Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
★ 5.81969
MovieWesternDrama
While confronting the disapproving father of his girlfriend Lola, Native American man Willie Boy kills the man in self-defense, triggering a massive manhunt, led by Deputy Sheriff Christopher Cooper.
Mame · 1974Mame
★ 5.81974
MovieComedy
The madcap life of eccentric Mame Dennis and her bohemian, intellectual arty clique is disrupted when her deceased brother's 10-year-old son Patrick is entrusted to her care. Rather than bow to convention, Mame introduces the boy to her free-wheeling lifestyle, instilling in him her favorite credo, "Life is a banquet, and most poor sons of bitches are starving to death."
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band · 1978Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
★ 4.31978
MovieAdventureMusic
A small town band makes it big, but loses track of their roots, as they get caught up into the big-time machinations of the music biz. Now, they must thwart a plot to destroy their home town. Built around the music of The Beatles, this musical uses some big name groups like Peter Frampton and Aerosmith.
Support Your Local Gunfighter · 1971Support Your Local Gunfighter
★ 6.61971
MovieComedyWestern
A con artist arrives in a mining town controlled by two competing companies. Both companies think he's a famous gunfighter and try to hire him to drive the other out of town.
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys · 1969The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
★ 5.51969
MovieComedyWestern
An aging lawman and an aging outlaw join forces when their respective positions in society are usurped by a younger, but incompetent Marshal, and a younger, but vicious gang leader.
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