
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 Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel and Bernstein, Comden, and Green's Wonderful Town at the 1958 Brussels World's Fair, repeating his role in the latter work in its television premier that same year. On Broadway, he appeared in The Happiest Girl in the World, Kean, Cafe Crown, I Had a Ball, and Sweet Charity (as "Herman", the dance hall proprietor, a role that went to Stubby Kaye in the movie adaptation; Wheeler played a smaller role in the film). He remained active into the 1990s.

ER
TV • 1994

Beverly Hills, 90210
TV • 1990

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
TV • 1993

Star Trek
TV • 1966

Night Court
TV • 1984

The Golden Girls
TV • 1985

The Odd Couple
TV • 1970

The Odd Couple
TV • 1970

The Odd Couple
TV • 1970

The Odd Couple
TV • 1970

Then Came Bronson
TV • 1969

Apollo 13
MOVIE • 1995

Mame
MOVIE • 1974

Sweet Charity
MOVIE • 1969

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
MOVIE • 1969

Big Bad Mama
MOVIE • 1974

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
MOVIE • 1978

Support Your Local Gunfighter
MOVIE • 1971