John Wheeler

Biography

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.

Most Known For

Star Trek

as Gav

Beverly Hills, 90210

as Greg Redborn

ER

as Mr. Resnick

The Golden Girls

as Patron

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

as Shop Owner

Night Court

as Mr. Perine

The Odd Couple

as Herbert Murphy

The Odd Couple

as Henry

The Odd Couple

as Mr. Felscher

The Odd Couple

as Mr. Flescher

Apollo 13

as Reporter

Mame

as Judge Bregoff

Wonderful Town

as Officer Lonigan

Then Came Bronson

as Herb Perry

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

as Mr. Fields

Big Bad Mama

as Lawyer

Sweet Charity

as Dancer

Rescue from Gilligan's Island

as Studio Guard

Support Your Local Gunfighter

as Croupier

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

as Bumper (uncredited)