
O.Z. Whitehead
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 predominantly on the stage, appearing now and again in films or on television. In his last years, he suffered from cancer and died in 1998 in Dublin, Ireland, where he had lived in semi-retirement for many years.
- Known ForActing
- Born1 March 1911 (age 114)
- Place of BirthNew York City, New York, USA
O.Z. Whitehead

- Known ForActing
- Born1 March 1911 (age 114)
- Place of BirthNew York City, New York, USA

The Lion in Winter
1968

Summer Magic
1963

Panic in Year Zero!
1962

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962

Two Rode Together
1961

The Horse Soldiers
1959

The Last Hurrah
1958

Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!
1958
The Body Beautiful
1953

Beware, My Lovely
1952

The San Francisco Story
1952

For Men Only
1952

The Scarf
1951

The Hoodlum
1951

Comin' Round the Mountain
1951

FBI Girl
1951

Journey Into Light
1951

Ma and Pa Kettle
1949

Road House
1948

A Song Is Born
1948

The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947

My Brother Talks to Horses
1947

The Grapes of Wrath
1940
