Bert Wheeler

Bert Wheeler

Known for

Acting

Born

April 6, 1895

Birthplace

Paterson, New Jersey, USA

Died

January 18, 1968 (aged 72)

Biography

Albert Jerome 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 teamed with Broadway comic Robert Woolsey, and they went on to fame as Wheeler & Woolsey.

Best known work

The Stolen Jools

The Stolen Jools

1931

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948

Hook, Line and Sinker

Hook, Line and Sinker

1930

Half Shot at Sunrise

Half Shot at Sunrise

1930

Dixiana

Dixiana

1930

Kentucky Kernels

Kentucky Kernels

1934

The Nitwits

The Nitwits

1935

Mummy's Boys

Mummy's Boys

1936

Sunday Night at the Trocadero

Sunday Night at the Trocadero

1937

So This Is Africa

So This Is Africa

1933

Filmography

1986
Classic Comedy Teams
as Self (archive footage)
1955
Brave EagleTV
1951
The Awful Sleuth
as Bert
1950
Innocently Guilty
as Hodkinson G. Pogglebrewer
1950
Robert Montgomery PresentsTV
as Chuck Bean (1 episode)
1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowTV
as Self (2 episodes)
1941
Las Vegas Nights
as Stu Grant
1939
The Cowboy Quarterback
as Harry Lynn
1937
High Flyers
as Jerry Lane
1937
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
as Bert Wheeler
1937
On Again—Off Again
as William Hobbs
1936
Mummy's Boys
as Stanley Wright
1936
Silly Billies
as Roy Banks
1935
The Rainmakers
as Billy
1935
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
as Bert Wheeler
1935
The Nitwits
as Johnny
1934
Kentucky Kernels
as Willie Doyle
1934
Cockeyed Cavaliers
as Bert
1934
Hips, Hips, Hooray!
as Andy Williams
1933
Signing 'em Up
as Himself
1933
Hollywood on Parade No. A-12
as Self
1933
Diplomaniacs
as Willy Nilly
1933
So This Is Africa
as Wilbur
1932
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
as Self
1932
Hold 'Em Jail
as Curley Harris