Bert Wheeler

Known For

On Again-Off Again William Hobbs

(1937)

The Rainmakers Billy

(1935)

Cracked Nuts Wendell Graham

(1931)

Hook Line and Sinker Wilbur Boswell

(1930)

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Actor (41 credits)

1962 The Defenders (TV Series)
Mike Finn

- The Invisible Badge (1962) ... Mike Finn

1960 The Robert Herridge Theater (TV Series)

- Hope Is the Thing with Feathers (1960)

1956 The Life of Riley (TV Series)
Thaddeus

- Riley's Lonely Night (1956) ... Thaddeus

1955-1956 Brave Eagle (TV Series)
Smokey Joe / Smokey

- Ambush at Arrow Pass (1956) ... Smokey Joe

- Trouble at Medicine Creek (1956) ... Smokey Joe

- Witch Bear (1956) ... Smokey

- Valley of Decision (1956) ... Smokey

- War Paint (1956) ... Smokey

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1951 The Awful Sleuth (Short)
Bert

1950 Musical Comedy Time (TV Series)
Chuck Bean

- Rio Rita (1950) ... Chuck Bean

1950 Robert Montgomery Presents (TV Series)
Chuck Bean

- Rio Rita (1950) ... Chuck Bean

1950 Innocently Guilty (Short)
Hodkinson G. Pogglebrewer

1941 Las Vegas Nights
Stu Grant

1939 The Cowboy Quarterback
Harry Lynn

1938 A Vaudeville Interlude (Short)
Bert (as Bert)

1937 High Flyers
Jerry Lane

1937 Sunday Night at the Trocadero (Short)
Bert Wheeler

1937 On Again-Off Again
William Hobbs

1936 Mummy's Boys
Stanley Wright

1936 Silly Billies
Roy Banks

1935 The Rainmakers
Billy

1935 A Night at the Biltmore Bowl (Short)
Bert Wheeler

1935 The Nitwits
Johnnie

1934 Kentucky Kernels
Willie

1934 Cockeyed Cavaliers
Bert Winstanley

1934 Hips, Hips, Hooray!
Andy Williams

1933 Signing 'em Up (Short)
Bert Wheeler

1933 Diplomaniacs
Willy Nilly

1933 So This Is Africa
Wilbur

1932 Hold 'Em Jail
Curley Harris

1932 The Hollywood Handicap (Short)
Character

1932 Girl Crazy
Jimmy Deegan

1931 Peach O'Reno
Wattles

1931 Caught Plastered
Tommy Tanner

1931 Oh! Oh! Cleopatra (Short)
Mark Antony

1931 Too Many Cooks
Albert 'Al' Bennett

1931 Cracked Nuts
Wendell Graham

1931 The Stolen Jools (Short)
Bert Wheeler

1930 Hook Line and Sinker
Wilbur Boswell

1930 Half Shot at Sunrise
Tommy Turner

1930 Dixiana
Peewee

1930 The Cuckoos
Sparrow

1930 The Voice of Hollywood No. 9 (Short)
Bert Wheeler - Guest Host

1929 Small Timers (Short)
Bert Wheeler

1929 Rio Rita
Chick Bean

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Soundtrack (19 credits)

2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (Video documentary) (performer: "Unidentified Tune" - uncredited)

1941 Las Vegas Nights (performer: "Dolores" (uncredited), "Mary, Mary Quite Contrary", "That's Southern Hospitality" (uncredited))

1939 The Cowboy Quarterback (performer: "Mother Machree" (1910) - uncredited)

1937 On Again-Off Again (performer: "One Happy Family" (1937), "Thanks to You" (1937))

1936 Silly Billies (performer: "Tumble on Tumbleweed" (1931) - uncredited)

1935 The Rainmakers (performer: "Isn't Love the Grandest Thing?" (1935) - uncredited)

1935 The Nitwits ("Music in My Heart" (1935)) / (performer: "Music in My Heart" (1935))

1934 Kentucky Kernels (performer: "One Little Kiss" (1934), "Supper Song" (1934) - uncredited)

1934 Cockeyed Cavaliers (performer: "And the Big Bad Wolf was Dead" (1934), "Dilly Dally" (1934) - uncredited)

1934 Hips, Hips, Hooray! ("Keep On Doin' What You're Doin'" (1933), uncredited) / (performer: "Keep Romance Alive" (1933), "Keep On Doin' What You're Doin'" (1933) - uncredited)

1933 Diplomaniacs (performer: "Ood-Gay Eye-bay" (1933), "Annie Laurie" (ca 1834), "Sing To Me" (1933), "On the Boulevard" (1933), "Sing to Me" (1933), "The Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)" (1851), "No More War" (1933) - uncredited)

1932 Girl Crazy (performer: "You've Got What Gets Me" (1932) - uncredited)

1931 Peach O'Reno (performer: "I'm Just Wild About Harry" (1921), "From Niagara Falls to Reno", "Carolina Moon" (1928), "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes", "Les patineurs (The Skaters)" - uncredited)

1931 Caught Plastered (performer: "The Fountain in the Park" (1884), "I'm That Way About You" (1931) - uncredited)

1931 Cracked Nuts (performer: "Dance" (1931) - uncredited)

1930 Half Shot at Sunrise (performer: "WHISTLING THE BLUES AWAY" (1930) - uncredited)

1930 Dixiana (performer: "My One Ambition Is You" (1930), "I Am Your Baby Now" - uncredited)

1930 The Cuckoos (performer: "Oh! How We Love Our Alma Mater" (1926), "Good-Bye" (1926), "I Love You So Much (It's a Wonder You Don't Feel It)" (1930), "Sweet Adeline" (1903) - uncredited)

1929 Rio Rita (performer: "Are You There" (1927), "Out on the Loose" (1927), "Sweetheart, We Need Each Other" (1927) - uncredited)

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Writer (1 credit)

1926 The Brown Derby

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Self (19 credits)

1965-1966 The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Jayne Mansfield, Orson Bean, Sheilah Graham, Renée Taylor, Bert Wheeler (1966) ... Himself

- Jayne Mansfield, Orson Bean, Renée Taylor, Gerry Mulligan, Bert Wheeler, Sheila Graham (1966) ... Himself

- Eddie Bracken, Julie Newmar, Bert Wheeler, Dayton Allen, Rod Perry, Richard Pryor, Hans Koenigsberger (1965) ... Himself

1952-1960 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series)
Himself / Himself - Comedian

- Episode #14.7 (1960) ... Himself

- Episode #5.22 (1952) ... Himself - Comedian

1959 The Mike Wallace Interview (TV Series)
Himself - Comedian

- Episode #2.64 (1959) ... Himself - Comedian

1958 Brains & Brawn (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 13 December 1958 (1958) ... Himself

1958 The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom (TV Series)
Himself

- The McGuire Sisters, Bert Wheeler (1958) ... Himself

1956 The NBC Comedy Hour (TV Series)
Himself - Comedian

- Episode #1.10 (1956) ... Himself - Comedian

- Episode #1.5 (1956) ... Himself - Comedian

1954 Stage Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Marguerite Piazza/Bert Wheeler (1954) ... Himself

1953 Your Chevrolet Showroom (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #1.8 (1953) ... Himself

1951-1952 The Arthur Murray Party (TV Series)
Himself - Comedian / Himself - Actor / Himself - Comedic Actor

- Episode #3.31 (1952) ... Himself - Comedian

- Episode #3.28 (1952) ... Himself - Actor

- Episode #2.22 (1951) ... Himself - Comedic Actor

- Episode #2.13 (1951) ... Himself - Comedian

1952 All Star Summer Revue (TV Series)
Himself - Co-Host

- Episode #1.10 (1952) ... Himself - Co-Host

1952 The U.S. Royal Showcase (TV Series)
Himself

- Bert Wheeler/Toni Arden (1952) ... Himself

1951 Star of the Family (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #2.14 (1951) ... Himself

1951 The James Melton Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Anne Shelton, Bert Wheeler (1951) ... Himself

1949-1951 Cavalcade of Stars (TV Series)
Himself - Guest Comic / Himself - Guest Vaudeville Comic / Himself / ...

- Episode #2.37 (1951) ... Himself - Guest Comic

- Episode #2.21 (1951) ... Himself - Guest Comic

- Episode #2.16 (1950) ... Himself - Guest Comic

- Episode #2.1 (1950) ... Himself - Guest Vaudeville Comic

- Vivian Blaine, Bert Wheeler, Richard Tucker (1950) ... Himself

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1948-1951 The Milton Berle Show (TV Series)
Himself - Comedian / Himself - Guest Host

- Yvonne De Carlo, Mary McCarty, The King Cole Trio (1951) ... Himself - Guest Host

- Episode #1.52 (1949) ... Himself - Comedian

- Episode #1.23 (1948) ... Himself - Comedian

- Guest Host: Georgie Price; guest stars: Al Bernie, Bert Wheeler (1948) ... Himself - Comedian

- Bert Wheeler, Harry Richman (1948) ... Himself - Comedian

1950 Showtime, U.S.A. (TV Series)
Himself

- American Red Cross Drive (1950) ... Himself

1949 The Lamb's Gambol (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #1.4 (1949) ... Himself

1932 Hollywood on Parade No. A-3 (Short)
Himself

1931 Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 6 (Short)
Himself

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Archive footage (8 credits)

1987 Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story (TV Series documentary)
Willie (clip from Kentucky Kernels (1934))

- Birth of a Titan (1987) ... Willie (clip from Kentucky Kernels (1934)) (uncredited)

1986 Classic Comedy Teams (Video documentary)
Himself

1976 Bob Hope's World of Comedy (TV Special)
Tribute Montage

1963 Hollywood and the Stars (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- The Funny Men: Part 2 (1963) ... Himself

1947 Hollywood Bound
Edited from: A Night at the Biltmore Bowl

1946 Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 8: Looking Back (Short)
Himself

1933 Hollywood on Parade No. A-12 (Short)
Himself (uncredited)

1931 The Voice of Hollywood No. 26 (Short)
Himself

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Stage: Appeared in "Harvey", Hollywood-By-The-Sea Playhouse, Hollywood, FL. See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Print Biographies | 1 Portrayal | 1 Article | See more »

Official Sites:

Wheeler & Woolsey Fan Club Site

Alternate Names:

Bert

Height:

5' 4" (1.63 m)

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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on working for Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., who made no secret of the fact that he didn't appreciate comics] You could never get the stage to rehearse. He'd be using it to drape those gorgeous dames. You could rehearse in the alley for all he cared. But when you worked for Mr. Ziegfeld you had made it. That was the tops.

Trivia:

Nine of the 21 movies he and Woolsey made together were released in a DVD collection entitled "Wheeler & Woolsey: RKO Comedy Classics Collection" in March 2013 by Warner Archive. See more »