03/01/1911
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 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.
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Hello, Stranger (1992) as |
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Philadelphia, Here I Come (1975) as Ben Burton |
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The Lion in Winter (1968) as Bishop of Durham |
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Ulysses (1967) as Alexander J. Dowie |
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Summer Magic (1963) as Mr. Perkins |
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Panic in Year Zero! (1962) as Hogan |
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) as Herbert Carruthers |
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Two Rode Together (1961) as Lt. Whitehead |
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The Horse Soldiers (1959) as Otis 'Hoppy' Hopkins |
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The Last Hurrah (1958) as Norman Cass Jr. |
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Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958) as Isaac Goodpasture |
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The Body Beautiful (1953) as Oscar Blunt |
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Beware, My Lovely (1952) as Mr. Franks |
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The San Francisco Story (1952) as |
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The San Francisco Story (1952) as Alfey |
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For Men Only (1952) as Prof. Bixby |
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FBI Girl (1951) as Chauncey |
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Journey Into Light (1951) as Lippy |
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Comin' Round the Mountain (1951) as Zeke |
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The Hoodlum (1951) as Breckenridge |
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The Scarf (1951) as Whoopie |
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Ma and Pa Kettle (1949) as Mr. Billings |
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A Song Is Born (1948) as Professor Oddly |
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Road House (1948) as Arthur |
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The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947) as Ninny Nat |
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My Brother Talks to Horses (1947) as Mr. Puddy |
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The Grapes of Wrath (1940) as Al Joad |
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The Scoundrel (1935) as Calhoun |