Born in New York City, New York, USA — Mar 01 1911• Died Jul 29 1998

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 predominant…
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Harry Beacom

Peter Kovalesky

Mr. Newton

George Vance

Hank Blenis



Herbert Carruthers

Al Joad

Bishop of Durham

Otis 'Hoppy' Hopkins

Norman Cass Jr.

Mr. Perkins

Hogan

Professor Oddly

Isaac Goodpasture

Lt. Whitehead

Arthur

Ninny Nat

Whoopie

Alexander J. Dowie

Chauncey

Lippy

Mr. Puddy


Mr. Franks

Prof. Bixby

Mr. Billings

Breckenridge
Oscar Blunt

Calhoun

Zeke

Ben Burton