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 Libe...
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The Grapes of Wrath
As Al Joad
Road House
As Arthur
Panic in Year Zero!
As Hogan
The Scarf
As Whoopie
Beware, My Lovely
As Mr. Franks
The Hoodlum
As Breckenridge
The Horse Soldiers
As Otis 'Hoppy' Hopkins
The Lion in Winter
As Bishop of Durham
The Last Hurrah
As Norman Cass Jr.
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!
As Isaac Goodpasture
Comin' Round the Mountain
As Zeke
Summer Magic
As Mr. Perkins
The San Francisco Story
As Alfey
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
As Herbert Carruthers
The Scoundrel
As Calhoun
For Men Only
As Prof. Bixby
Two Rode Together
As Lt. Whitehead
A Song Is Born
As Professor Oddly
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
As Ninny Nat
FBI Girl
As Chauncey
Ma and Pa Kettle
As Mr. Billings
My Brother Talks to Horses
As Mr. Puddy
The Body Beautiful
As Oscar Blunt
Journey Into Light
As Lippy
Gunsmoke
As Hank Blenis
Perry Mason
As Harry Beacom
Studio One
As Peter Kovalesky
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
As Mr. Newton
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Hazel
Suspense
As George Vance
Cavalcade of America