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O. Z. Whitehead
Actor
Died July 29, 1998 (87 years)
American character actor of rather bizarre range, a member of the so-called John Ford Stock Company. Originally a New York stage actor of some repute, Whitehead entered films in the 1930s. He played a wide variety of character parts, often quite different from his own actual age and type. He is probably most familiar as Al Joad in John Ford's The Grapes of Wrath (1940). But twenty-two years later, in his fifth film for Ford, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), Whitehead at 51 was playing a lollipop-licking schoolboy! He continued to work predominantly on the stage, appearing now and again in films or on television. In his last years, he suffered from cancer and died in 1998 in Dublin, Ireland, where he had lived in semi-retirement for many years.
Filmography
| 1995 | Jake's Progress (TV Series) · as Elderly Man |
| 1994 | Ailsa · as American Tourist |
| 1981 | The Manions of America (TV Series) · as Storekeeper |
| 1974 | Philadelphia, Here I Come! · as Ben Burton |
| 1968 | The Lion in Winter · as Bishop Of Durham |
| 1967 | Ulysses · as Alexander J. Dowie |
| 1963 | Summer Magic · as Mr. Perkins |
| 1962 | Panic in Year Zero! · as Hogan |
| 1962 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance · as Herbert Carruthers |
| 1961 | Hazel (TV Series) |
| 1961 | Two Rode Together · as Lt. Whitehead |
| 1960 | Chartroose Caboose · as J.b. King |
| 1960 | National Velvet (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1959 | Hotel de Paree (TV Series) · as Hardcastle |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | The Horse Soldiers · as Otis 'hoppy' Hopkins |
| 1959 | The Third Man (TV Series) · as Whimmer |
| 1958 | The Last Hurrah · as Norman Cass Jr. |
| 1958 | Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! · as Isaac Goodpasture |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 1957 | Alcoa Theatre (TV Series) · as Andy |
| 1957 | Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Harry Beacom |
| 1956 | The Gale Storm Show (TV Series) · as Tasha |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as Simms |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Hank Blenis |
| 1953 | The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (TV Series) · as Dog Keeper |
| 1953 | Make Room for Daddy (TV Series) · as Ticket Agent |
| 1952 | We're Not Married! · as Jeff's Postman |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America (TV Series) |
| 1952 | Feudin' Fools · as Yancy Smith |
| 1952 | Beware, My Lovely · as Mr. Franks |
| 1952 | The San Francisco Story · as Alfey |
| 1952 | For Men Only · as Prof. Bixby |
| 1951 | F.B.I. Girl · as Chauncey |
| 1951 | Journey Into Light · as Lippy |
| 1951 | Comin' Round the Mountain · as Zeke |
| 1951 | The Hoodlum · as Breckenridge |
| 1951 | The Scarf · as Whoopie |
| 1950 | Dallas · as Settler |
| 1950 | The Web (1950) (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | One Way Street · as Gas Station Proprietor |
| 1949 | Ma and Pa Kettle · as Mr. Billings |
| 1949 | Suspense (TV Series) · as George Vance |
| 1948 | Family Honeymoon · as Jess |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Peter Kovalesky |
| 1948 | Road House · as Arthur |
| 1948 | A Song Is Born · as Professor Oddly |
| 1948 | The Pirate · as Hurtada |
| 1947 | The Romance of Rosy Ridge · as Ninny Nat |
| 1947 | My Brother Talks to Horses · as Mr. Puddy |
| 1942 | To the Shores of Tripoli · as Marine Recruit |
| 1940 | The Grapes of Wrath · as Al Joad |
| 1936 | M'Liss · as Sheriff |
| 1935 | The Scoundrel · as Calhoun |