Larry Wheat Explained

Larry Wheat
Birth Name:Laurence Wheat
Birth Date:10 October 1876
Birth Place:Wheeling, West Virginia, U.S.
Death Place:Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting Place:Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Occupation:Actor
Relatives:Kate Rolla (sister)
Years Active:1921 - 1947

Laurence Wheat (October 10, 1876  - August 7, 1963) was an American character actor of the silent and sound film eras.

Biography

Born on October 20, 1876,[1] in Wheeling, West Virginia, Wheat entered the film industry in 1921 with a supporting role in the film, The Land of Hope, which starred Jason Robards Sr.[2] During his 27-year career he would appear in over 70 films, in small and supporting roles, many of which were unbilled.[3] Some of the more notable films in which Wheat appeared include: Peck's Bad Boy (1934), starring Jackie Cooper;[4] Frank Capra's Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), starring Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur;[5] 1936's The Great Ziegfeld, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy;[6] arguably one of the greatest films ever made, Citizen Kane (1941), directed, starring and co-written by Orson Welles;[7] the classic film noir, Murder, My Sweet (1944), directed by Edward Dmytryk, and starring Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, and Anne Shirley;[8] and 1946's The Spiral Staircase, with Dorothy McGuire, George Brent, and Ethel Barrymore.[9] Wheat's final film role would be in a small unbilled role in the 1947 film, Killer McCoy, starring Mickey Rooney, Brian Donlevy and Ann Blyth.[10] Wheat died on August 7, 1963, in Los Angeles, California, and was buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Wheat's older sister was opera singer Kate Rolla.[11] [12]

Filmography

(Per AFI database)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Larry Wheat . Find a Grave . January 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150123154838/http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Wheat&GSfn=Larry&GSby=1876&GSbyrel=in&GSdy=1963&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=7936818&df=all& . January 23, 2015.
  2. Web site: The Land of Hope . American Film Institute . January 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140402050446/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=1548 . April 2, 2014.
  3. Web site: Larry Wheat . American Film Institute . January 23, 2015.
  4. Web site: Peck's Bad Boy . American Film Institute . January 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140329211645/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=6359 . March 29, 2014.
  5. Web site: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town . American Film Institute . January 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141026054401/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=6328 . October 26, 2014.
  6. Web site: The Great Ziegfeld . American Film Institute . January 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140402051618/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=8351 . April 2, 2014.
  7. Web site: Citizen Kane . American Film Institute . January 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141025073736/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=27624 . October 25, 2014.
  8. Web site: Murder, My Sweet . American Film Institute . January 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140428043538/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=24087 . April 28, 2014.
  9. Web site: The Spiral Staircase . American Film Institute . January 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140430035806/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=24977 . April 30, 2014.
  10. Web site: Killer McCoy . American Film Institute . January 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140329171637/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=25229 . March 29, 2014.
  11. May 24, 1905. Footlights. The Club-Fellow.
  12. July 1911. A Thespian Jack-of-All-Trades. The Green Book Magazine. 6. 211.

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