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Bert Wheeler
Bert Wheeler
	; Wheeler in 1941;
Born	; (1895-04-07)April 7, 1895; ; Paterson, New Jersey, U.S.;
Died	January 18, 1968(1968-01-18) (aged 72); ; New York City, U.S.;
Nationality	American
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1929–1962
Known for	Wheeler & Woolsey
Spouse(s)	; Margaret Grae; (m. 1915; div. 1926); ; Bernice Wheeler; (m. 1928; div. 1936); ; Sally Haines; (m. 1937; div. 1939); ; Patsy Orr; (m. 1952; div. 1956); ; Olga Desmondae Rieman; (m. 1951; died 1966);
Children	1

Albert Jerome "Bert" Wheeler (April 7, 1895 – January 18, 1968) was an American comedian who performed in Broadway theatre, American comedy feature films, and vaudeville acts. He was the comedy partner of Robert Woolsey, and together they formed a successful double act called Wheeler & Woolsey.^[1]

Biography

Wheeler was born in Paterson, New Jersey on April 7, 1895.^[1]

He worked with Robert Woolsey on Broadway until their film debut in 1929, Rio Rita, established them in the Hollywood film industry.^[1]^[2]

In the early 1940s, after Robert Woolsey had died, Bert Wheeler struggled to restart his career. Their friend and former film costar Dorothy Lee agreed to tour with him in a vaudeville act. He also worked on radio on programs starring Frank Sinatra.^[3]

He continued to work off and on through the 1960s. His later appearances were mostly on American television; his last theatrical films were two slapstick short films for Columbia Pictures, filmed in 1950 and produced by Jules White. In 1955 Wheeler co-starred with Keith Larsen in the CBS western series Brave Eagle; Wheeler played the "half-breed" Smokey Joe, known for his tall tales and tribal wisdom.

Bert Wheeler died of emphysema in New York City on January 18, 1968.^[1]

Filmography

(As per the AFI database)^[4]

Film title	Year	Character
Captain Fly-by-Night	1922	Governor
Rio Rita	1929	Chick
Dixiana	1930	Peewee
The Cuckoos	1930	Sparrow
Half Shot at Sunrise	1930	Tommy Turner
Hook, Line and Sinker	1930	Wilbur Boswell
Caught Plastered	1931	Tommy Tanner
Too Many Cooks	1931	Albert Bennett
Peach-O-Reno	1931	Wattles
Cracked Nuts	1931	Wendell Graham
Hold 'Em Jail	1932	Curly Harris
Girl Crazy	1932	Jimmy Deegan
Diplomaniacs	1933	Willy Nilly
So This Is Africa	1933	Wilbur Wheeler
Kentucky Kernels	1934	Willie Doyle
Hips, Hips, Hooray!	1934	Andy Williams
Cockeyed Cavaliers	1934	Bert
The Nitwits	1935	Johnny
The Rainmakers	1935	Billy
Silly Billies	1936	Roy Banks
Mummy's Boys	1936	Stanley Wright
On Again-Off Again	1937	William "Willy" Hobbs
High Flyers	1937	Jerry Lane
The Cowboy Quarterback	1939	Harry Lynn
Las Vegas Nights	1941	Stu Grant

Marriages

Wheeler was married five times. His only child, with Speer, was Patricia Anne Wheeler.

Margaret Grae (m. 27 April 1915 to 15 November 1926) divorced.

Bernice Speer (m. 15 April 1928 to 19 February 1936) divorced, they had 1 child.^[5]

Sally Haines (m. 26 February 1937 to 1939) divorced.^[6]

Patsy Orr (c1940 to c1950) divorced.

Olga Desmondae Rieman (m. 1951 - 8 August 1966) to her death.

Dvd Releases

Nine of Wheeler's 21 movies were released in a DVD collection entitled "Wheeler & Woolsey: RKO Comedy Classics Collection" in March 2013 by Warner Archive.^[7]

References

^ ^a^b^c^d "Bert Wheeler, Vaudeville Comic With Rubbery Face, Dead at 72. His Over 50-Year Career in Show Business Spanned Films, the Follies and TV". The New York Times. January 18, 1968. Retrieved 2015-01-04..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em

^ Mardaunt Hall (October 7, 1929). "Rio Rita (1929)". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-01-05. The acting is uniformly capable. Robert Woolsey is excellent as the fast-talking, deep-voiced, narrow-shouldered Lovett. Bert Wheeler does exceedingly well as Chick Bean.

^ "Swing Shift". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 7, 1943. p. 15. Retrieved July 24, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.

^ "Bert Wheeler". American Film Institute. Retrieved August 3, 2014.

^ "Bert Wheeler Is Divorced". The New York Times. February 20, 1936. Retrieved 2015-01-05. Mrs. Bernice S. Wheeler won an interlocutory divorce today from Bert Wheeler, screen comic, after testifying that his actions saddened her. 'He said he didn't want to live with me,' she testified. Custody of the couple's daughter, Patricia, was granted to Mrs. Wheeler. ...

^ "Wife Sues Bert Wheeler". The New York Times. May 13, 1939. Retrieved 2015-01-04. Bert Wheeler ... was sued for divorce today by Sally Haines ... The Wheelers married in Beverly Hills Feb. 26, 1937, and separated April 20, 1939

^ Kehr, Dave (2 March 2013). "DVD Ribaldry Before the Code". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 March 2013.

External links

Bert Wheeler on IMDb

Bert Wheeler at Find a Grave

[obit-1] "Bert Wheeler, Vaudeville Comic With Rubbery Face, Dead at 72. His Over 50-Year Career in Show Business Spanned Films, the Follies and TV". The New York Times. January 18, 1968. Retrieved 2015-01-04..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em

[2] Mardaunt Hall (October 7, 1929). "Rio Rita (1929)". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-01-05. The acting is uniformly capable. Robert Woolsey is excellent as the fast-talking, deep-voiced, narrow-shouldered Lovett. Bert Wheeler does exceedingly well as Chick Bean.

[3] "Swing Shift". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 7, 1943. p. 15. Retrieved July 24, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.

[AFI-4] "Bert Wheeler". American Film Institute. Retrieved August 3, 2014.

[5] "Bert Wheeler Is Divorced". The New York Times. February 20, 1936. Retrieved 2015-01-05. Mrs. Bernice S. Wheeler won an interlocutory divorce today from Bert Wheeler, screen comic, after testifying that his actions saddened her. 'He said he didn't want to live with me,' she testified. Custody of the couple's daughter, Patricia, was granted to Mrs. Wheeler. ...

[6] "Wife Sues Bert Wheeler". The New York Times. May 13, 1939. Retrieved 2015-01-04. Bert Wheeler ... was sued for divorce today by Sally Haines ... The Wheelers married in Beverly Hills Feb. 26, 1937, and separated April 20, 1939

[NYTimes-7] Kehr, Dave (2 March 2013). "DVD Ribaldry Before the Code". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 March 2013.

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