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Larry Wheat
File:LarryWheat1947.jpg
Wheat in the 1947 film, Magic Town
Born(1876-10-10)October 10, 1876
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States
DiedAugust 7, 1963(1963-08-07) (aged 86)
Los Angeles, California, United States
OccupationActor
Years active1921–47

Laurence Wheat (October 10, 1876 – August 7, 1963), professionally known as Larry Wheat, 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.[1]

Filmography

(Per AFI database)[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Larry Wheat". Find a Grave. Archived from the original on January 23, 2015. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
  2. ^ "The Land of Hope". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 2, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Larry Wheat". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
  4. ^ "Peck's Bad Boy". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
  5. ^ "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on October 26, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
  6. ^ "The Great Ziegfeld". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 2, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
  7. ^ "Citizen Kane". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on October 25, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
  8. ^ "Murder, My Sweet". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 28, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
  9. ^ "The Spiral Staircase". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 30, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
  10. ^ "Killer McCoy". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
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