O.Z. Whitehead
O.Z. Whitehead
Person

O.Z. Whitehead

Actor 1911-03-01 New York City, New York, USA

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 sch...

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FILMOGRAPHY
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1962 · Herbert Carruthers

The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath

1940 · Al Joad

The Lion in Winter

The Lion in Winter

1968 · Bishop of Durham

The Horse Soldiers

The Horse Soldiers

1959 · Otis 'Hoppy' Hopkins

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955 · Mr. Newton

Two Rode Together

Two Rode Together

1961 · Lt. Whitehead

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

1957 · Harry Beacom

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

1955 · Hank Blenis

Panic in Year Zero!

Panic in Year Zero!

1962 · Hogan

The Last Hurrah

The Last Hurrah

1958 · Norman Cass Jr.

Summer Magic

Summer Magic

1963 · Mr. Perkins

A Song Is Born

A Song Is Born

1948 · Professor Oddly

Road House

Road House

1948 · Arthur

Beware, My Lovely

Beware, My Lovely

1952 · Mr. Franks

Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!

Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!

1958 · Isaac Goodpasture

The Hoodlum

The Hoodlum

1951 · Breckenridge

Comin' Round the Mountain

Comin' Round the Mountain

1951 · Zeke

Hazel

Hazel

1961 · TV

Ma and Pa Kettle

Ma and Pa Kettle

1949 · Mr. Billings