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Oakman was born as Vivian Eichelberger [3] in Washington, D.C., and educated in that city's schools [1] [4] —specifically Henry School and William McKinley Manual Training School [5] —after having spent the bulk of his childhood in Fairfax, Virginia.
Wheeler Oakman. Actor: Lights of New York. Born in Washington, DC, in 1890, screen villain "par excellance" Wheeler Oakman got into films in 1912.
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- Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, USA
Actor: Lights of New York. Born in Washington, DC, in 1890, screen villain "par excellance" Wheeler Oakman got into films in 1912.
- February 21, 1890
- March 19, 1949
Aug 16, 2012 · A silent screen actor whose career survived the transition to the talkies. Wheeler mostly portrayed villains or their henchman in westerns and crime dramas. Mickey (1918) as Herbert Thornhill
girl works like a slave on Woolworth's Music Demonstration counter. the job requires her to sing any sheet of music from the display on demand. one day she catches the eye of a scout who offers her a career as a singer. the work is challenging, but much more fun than the five-and-ten.
They have him attending Georgetown University and playing baseball there. Found no records to support that. Early records have him touring in 1908 with the play "Under Skies"; in the 1910 census, Oakman was an actor, age of 20 years and 2 months; 1912 was his first film and he was 22 years old.
Though Wheeler Oakman played several conventional henchmen (and even some sympathetic characters) in the movie serials of the 1930s and 1940s, his specialty was the independent-minded wild-card heavy--the type of character who might support other villains or even help the hero for…
