List of the best Wheeler Oakman movies: The Shakedown(1929), Outside the Law(1920), Back to God's Country(1919), The Virgin of Stamboul(1920), Teen Age(1943), Gambling With Souls(1936), Peck's Bad Boy(1921), The Boiling Point(1932), Texas Cyclone(1932), Two-Fisted Law(1932), Frontier Days(1934), Slaves in Bondage(1937) ... ...
Drama
USA
1929
70 Minutes
Manager
George Kotsonaros Wheeler Oakman Jack Hanlon Harry Gribbon
Dave Roberts is a professional boxer better at losing in fixed matches than in knocking out his opponents. He turns up in towns and is part of a group who sets up corrupt boxing matches. ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1920
75 Minutes
Dapper Bill Ballard
Priscilla Dean Wheeler Oakman Lon Chaney Ralph Lewis E. Alyn Warren Stanley Goethals Melbourne MacDowell Wilton Taylor Rose Plumer
monk robber criminal rival father daughter melodramatic intense spirited hideout big city street redemption double-cross father/daughter relationship heist wrongfully accused jewelry theft transformation rivalry
In this early collaboration with director Tod Browning (Dracula, Freaks), Chaney delivers a dual performance of dramatic intensity, starring as Ah Wing, a kind-hearted student of Confucian ... See full summary »
Adventure
Canada
1919
75 Minutes
Nell Shipman Wheeler Oakman Wellington Playter Roy Laidlaw
A woman finds herself all alone in a remote harbor with the man responsible for the murder of her father. With seemingly nobody around to protect her, she has to be resourceful.
Drama
USA
1920
70 Minutes
Capt. Carlisle Pemberton
Priscilla Dean Wheeler Oakman Wallace Beery Clyde Benson E. Alyn Warren Nigel de Brulier Edmund Burns Eugenie Forde Ethel Ritchie
Achmet Bey, a Turkish chieftain, catches one of his many wives in adultery and murders her lover. Throwing aside the cuckolding wife, he abducts his harem an innocent girl. However, a brave... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1943
55 Minutes
Herbert Heyes Wheeler Oakman John Duncan Fred Towns Sylvia Stanton Betty Walters Beverly Penn Rod Rogers Russell Horton
Crime, Drama
1936
70 Minutes
"Lucky" Wilder
Martha Chapin Wheeler Oakman Bryant Washburn Robert Frazer Gaston Glass Florence Dudley Eddie Laughton
Comedy
1921
51 Minutes
The Man in the Case
Jackie Coogan Wheeler Oakman Doris May Raymond Hatton James Corrigan Lillian Leighton Charles Hatton
Western
USA
1932
62 Minutes
Holt Norbo
Hoot Gibson Helen Foster Wheeler Oakman Skeeter Bill Robbins Lafe McKee Billy Bletcher Tom London George "Gabby" Hayes Charles Bailey G. Raymond Nye
Jimmy's uncle gives him 30 days probation on Kirk's ranch to control his temper or lose his inheritance. There he gets tangled up with a gang of robbers whose boss is his rival for Kirk's ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1932
63 Minutes
Utah Becker
Tim McCoy John Wayne Wheeler Oakman Shirley Grey Jim Farley Walter Brennan Wallace MacDonald Harry Cording
Pecos Grant rides into a strange town only to find that everyone recognizes him, not as Pecos Grant, but as a presumed-dead man named Rawlins. Even Rawlins' wife thinks her husband has come back. Pecos sets out to solve the mystery.
Western
USA
1932
64 Minutes
Bob Russell
Tim McCoy Alice Day Wheeler Oakman Tully Marshall Wallace MacDonald John Wayne Walter Brennan Richard Alexander
After Rob Russell steals Tim Clark's ranch, Clark starts prospecting for silver.
Western
USA
1934
61 Minutes
Henry Jethrow
Bill Cody Ada Williams Wheeler Oakman
Henry Jethrow is after the Wilson ranch. He has George Wilson unknowningly sign a note for the ranch, has him killed, and then presents the note. The Pinto Kid, investigating cattle ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1937
70 Minutes
Jim Murray
Lona Andre Donald Reed Wheeler Oakman John Merton Richard Cramer William Royle Louise Small Matty Roubert
Mary Lou manages to escape abduction by a prostitution ring. She tells the Chief of Detectives they were planning to take her to the Berrywood road house, a well-known den of iniquity. Jim ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
1918
60 Minutes
Herbert Thornhill
Mabel Normand George Nichols Wheeler Oakman Minta Durfee Laura La Varnie Tom Kennedy
Comedy, Drama
1941
68 Minutes
Betty Compson Margaret Marquis Wheeler Oakman Guy Kingsford Arthur Housman Mary Daily Kathryn Keyes
An undercover investigator tries to nab a couple (Betty Compson, Wheeler Oakman) who run an illegal escort service.
Western
USA
1933
56 Minutes
Sheriff Clem Norton
Tim McCoy Caryl Lincoln Julian Rivero Wheeler Oakman Walter Brennan Joe Girard Stanley Blystone Ted Adams Barney Beasley
When the bank is robbed, the Sheriff shoots the robber and recovers the money bag only to find it empty. Ranger Tim Barlow arrives and over objections of the Sheriff decides to stay and ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1936
62 Minutes
Ace Morgan
Tim McCoy Jimmy Aubrey Luana Walters Wheeler Oakman Earle Hodgins Frank Glennon Rex Lease Joe Girard George Stevens John Merton
A cardsharp comes to the aid of a Mexican family.
Western, Comedy, Action
Canada
1935
61 Minutes
Insp. A.R. McCrae
Eric Clavering Adrienne Dore Kenne Duncan Wheeler Oakman Charles Starrett
For showing cowardice during a holdup, bank teller Bob Hunter is fired. He joins the Mounties and is assigned to look for those robbers. To have him work undercover, the Inspector's scheme ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1936
58 Minutes
Kincaid
Tim McCoy Claudia Dell Walter Miller Wheeler Oakman Jimmy Burtis Dick Curtis Lloyd Ingram Jack Casey Charles Whitaker Artie Ortego Art Dillard
A professor invents a radium tube that makes internal combustion engines stop running. He and his invention are captured by a gang of robbers. A federal agent is sent to rescue him.
Sci-Fi
1935
70 Minutes
Lord Argo
Gene Autry Frankie Darro Betsy King Ross Wheeler Oakman Charles French Warner Richmond
cowboy radio station manager rancher queen scientist sidekick campy lighthearted suspenseful thrilling california underground ranch fantasy world radio station city american west secret society radio smuggling
Riders from Radio Ranch venture into the underground city of Murania. Adapted from "The Phantom Empire" serial.
Adventure, Drama
USA
1914
110 Minutes
The Broncho Kid
William Farnum Kathlyn Williams Tom Santschi Bessie Eyton Wheeler Oakman Marshall Farnum
mine owner partner girlfriend politician love interest niece spirited engaging moving nome, alaska mining camp dance hall washington, d.c. office mining fraud partnership secret plans romantic dilemma rivalry
The first of many filmed adaptations of Rex Beach's adventure novel of the Alaskan gold-rush.
Western
USA
1934
62 Minutes
Tracy
Ken Maynard Evalyn Knapp H.B. Warner Kenneth Thomson Wheeler Oakman George "Gabby" Hayes Gene Autry Lester Burnette George Cheseboro George Burton Jack Rockwell
Kentucky loses his horse in a rigged horse race and gets framed for the murder of a stagecoach driver.
Crime, Drama
USA
1928
57 Minutes
Hawk Miller
Helene Costello Cullen Landis Gladys Brockwell Mary Carr Wheeler Oakman Eugene Pallette Robert Elliott Tom Dugan Tom McGuire Guy D'Ennery Walter Percival
Two men are conned into bootlegging business.
Adventure
1934
70 Minutes
Kirby
David Howard Clyde Beatty Cecilia Parker Syd Saylor Warner Richmond Wheeler Oakman Edward LeSaint
An animal trainer (Clyde Beatty) and his press agent (Syd Saylor) find marooned people and a buried city.
Action
1936
69 Minutes
Lt. Douglas Thompson
Lona Andre John Carroll Henry Hall Leon Ames Wheeler Oakman Reed Howes Pat Somerset Gaston Glass Hans Joby Willard Kent John Elliott
The main suspects involved with planes being shot down are invited to an old, dark mansion for the weekend.
Western
1932
60 Minutes
Nick Grindell
Tim McCoy Nora Lane Dwight Frye Mischa Auer Wheeler Oakman Matthew Betz Gordon De Main Emilio Fernández
Tim Barrett (Tim McCoy), a renowned lawman, rescues Patty from a ruffian and saves her brother from being lynched.
Drama
USA
1944
67 Minutes
Detective
Johnny Downs Wanda McKay Robert Kent Harry Holman Lillian Bronson Wheeler Oakman John Ince I. Stanford Jolley Jack Gardner
Henry Burrows, timid, white-collar worker for the firm of Rankin and Phillips, returns to his bachelor apartment to discover Joan Rankin, whom he does not know, hiding there. She feigns ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1943
73 Minutes
Tony
Gabriel Dell Adele Pearce Bennie Bartlett Henry Hall Charles Judels Vince Barnett Wheeler Oakman Daphne Pollard Snub Pollard Margaret Padula Dudley Dickerson
EastSide boxing champion (Leo Gorcey) has been challenged to fight the West Side champ but is kidnapped before the match. Leo's friend (Bobby Jordan) takes his place and wins the fight only... See full summary »
Sci-Fi
1938
99 Minutes
Tarnak
Robert Hill Buster Crabbe Jean Rogers Charles Middleton Frank Shannon Donald Kerr Beatrice Roberts Wheeler Oakman C. Montague Shaw Richard Alexander
scientist partner flash gordon reporter ming the merciless queen confident engaging spirited earth rocket mars cave palace cell death ray mars science war slavery
Flash (Buster Crabbe) catches Ming the Merciless (Charles Middleton) trying to suck Earth's nitrogen.
Crime, Romance, Comedy, Adventure, Action, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
1929
83 Minutes
Porter
Jack Holt Dorothy Revier William Collier Jr. Agnes Ayres John Roche Fred Kelsey Hank Mann Wheeler Oakman
The lights go out at a high-society dinner party and one of the guests is murdered. The police are summoned and Inspector Killian shows up, with his assistant Carney. In order to get a ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1935
60 Minutes
Billy West Edwin Argus Donald Cook Fern Emmett Irene Hervey Doris Lloyd Edwin Maxwell Wheeler Oakman Russell Simpson Dorothea Wolbert Le Strange Millman
Bank teller Barry Webster is driven to stealing bank funds by his mother-in-law who continually nags him about forcing her daughter Muriel to live in poverty. He is caught and sent to ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1931
67 Minutes
Moreland
Mae Clarke James Hall Marie Prevost Nance O'Neil Edmund Breese James Donlan Paul Porcasi Paul Fix Wheeler Oakman George Berliner
girlfriend gangster son parent best friend detective melodramatic gripping intense nightclub houseboat apartment philadelphia prison gangsters murder marriage friendship reputation wealth
Marcia Cameron (Mae Clark), a gangster's moll, quits her racketeering boyfriend Dapper Dan Tyler (Robert Ellis) for a respectable rich man, Bob Henderson (Jmaes Hall), but after giving ... See full summary »
Horror
USA
1943
64 Minutes
Detective Brady
Bela Lugosi Wallace Ford Louise Currie Minerva Urecal Henry Hall Ralph Littlefield J. Farrell MacDonald George Kirby Wheeler Oakman Emil Van Horn
A crazed scientist accidentally turns himself into a half ape, half human creature, and scrambles to find a cure.
Drama
USA
1944
69 Minutes
Fight Announcer
Armida Edgar Kennedy Veda Ann Borg Jack LaRue Terry Frost Anthony Caruso Charles Williams Bryant Washburn Guy Zanett Wheeler Oakman
Story of a boy and his horse. Mike is the horse and is owned by Speck (Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer) and his best friend Jimmy (Rober "Buzz" Henry), together they have a paper route, on which ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1943
64 Minutes
Tony
Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall Bobby Jordan Bela Lugosi Ava Gardner Rick Vallin Sammy Morrison William Benedict Minerva Urecal Wheeler Oakman
gang leader sister fiancé friend spy engineer madcap playful new york city church house secret passageway road gangs haunted houses friendship adolescence siblings wedding quest
The East Side Kids try to fix up a house for newlyweds, but find the place next door "haunted" by mysterious men.
Adventure
USA
1934
86 Minutes
Marion Davies Gary Cooper Jean Parker Katharine Alexander Ted Healy Russell Hardie Henry Wadsworth Douglas Dumbrille Willard Robertson Fuzzy Knight Sidney Toler
actress southern belle spy confederate soldier union soldier servant melodramatic thrilling suspenseful american south washington, d.c. farmhouse household assumed identity espionage romantic dilemma american civil war secret mission deception adventure
Union spy Gail Loveless impersonates a black maid in the early days of the Civil War, but complications arise when she falls in love with a Confederate officer.