Person
John Wheeler
Acting · Born 1930-06-20 · Houston, Texas, USA
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.
Known for

ER
Mr. Resnick

Star Trek
Gav

Night Court
Mr. Perine

Beverly Hills, 90210
Greg Redborn

The Golden Girls
Patron

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Shop Owner

The Odd Couple
Herbert Murphy

Apollo 13
Reporter

Then Came Bronson
Herb Perry

Mame
Judge Bregoff
Filmography
- 1996Mrs. Santa ClausMan in Santa Suit
- 1995Apollo 13Reporter
- 1994ERMr. Resnick
- 1993Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of SupermanShop Owner
- 1991Runaway FatherJudge Ciglio
- 1991Lucy & Desi: Before the LaughterWilliam Frawley
- 1990Beverly Hills, 90210Greg Redborn
- 1985The Golden GirlsPatron
- 1984Night CourtMr. Perine
- 1980Seed of InnocenceTrammer
- 1979The Wild Wild West RevisitedHenry
- 1978Rescue from Gilligan's IslandStudio Guard
- 1978Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandMr. Fields
- 1978Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape KidTelegraph Operator
- 1978With This RingBell Captain
- 1977Bad Georgia RoadDub Douchette
- 1977The Richard Pryor Special?Security Guard
- 1974Big Bad MamaLawyer
- 1974Newman's LawEastman's dinner guest (uncredited)
- 1974Honky TonkBank Manager
- 1974MameJudge Bregoff
- 1971Support Your Local GunfighterCroupier
- 1970Black Angels
- 1970The Odd CoupleHerbert Murphy
- 1970MoveBrown Package
- 1969The Silent GunSecond Townsman
- 1969Tell Them Willie Boy Is HereNewman
- 1969The Good Guys and the Bad GuysBumper (uncredited)
- 1969Then Came BronsonHerb Perry
- 1969Sweet CharityDancer
- 1966Star TrekGav
- 1958Wonderful TownOfficer Lonigan
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