
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
TV • 1949

Boston Blackie
TV • 1951

Crossroads
TV • 1955

The Day the Earth Stood Still
MOVIE • 1951

East of Eden
MOVIE • 1955

The Three Musketeers
MOVIE • 1948

Mildred Pierce
MOVIE • 1945

His Girl Friday
MOVIE • 1940

All the King's Men
MOVIE • 1949

Caught
MOVIE • 1949

The Pirate
MOVIE • 1948

Law and Order
MOVIE • 1953

Undercurrent
MOVIE • 1946

The Crimson Ghost
MOVIE • 1946

Monsieur Verdoux
MOVIE • 1947

Phantom of the Opera
MOVIE • 1943

Possessed
MOVIE • 1947

Romance on the High Seas
MOVIE • 1948