| abstract | - John Wheeler (born 20 June 1930 ; age 87) is an actor who made his major television debut played Tellarite ambassador Gav in "Journey to Babel" , a second season episode of Star Trek: The Original Series. He filmed his scenes on Friday 22 September 1967 and Monday 25 September 1967 at Desilu Stage 9. Since then, he has appeared on many other television shows and several feature film. His first TV role following his Star Trek appearance was that of a bartender in a 1968 episode of the Western series Bonanza which also featured fellow Trek guest actor George Murdock. The following year, Wheeler appeared with fellow TOS guest actor Vic Tayback on an episode of The Outsider. He also appeared with Frank Corsentino and Skip Homeier on Then Came Bronson that same year. His other TV credits include Green Acres, The Brady Bunch, The Odd Couple (working alongside Stanley Adams, Bill Quinn, and Garry Walberg), Mission: Impossible, Adam-12 (in an episode with Peter Brocco and Nehemiah Persoff), Love, American Style (including one episode with William Windom), Happy Days (with Ed Begley, Jr.), Gunsmoke, The Rockford Files, The Golden Girls, Night Court (starring John Larroquette and also guest-starring Gregory Itzin), and ER. He also co-starred with Star Trek: Deep Space Nine regular Armin Shimerman in an episode of Good Grief, starring Wendy Schaal. In 1979, Wheeler appeared in the TV special The Wild Wild West Revisted along with Rene Auberjonois and Skip Homeier. In 1991, Wheeler played I Love Lucy actor William Frawley in the telefilm Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter. Co-starring in this movie were Don Keefer and Alan Oppenheimer. Previous TV movie credits include With This Ring (with Jon Lormer), Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid (with Richard Herd), and the infamous Rescue from Gilligan's Island (featuring Vincent Schiavelli), all airing in 1978. In film, Wheeler made his debut with a bit part in the 1968 Elvis Presley picture Live a Little, Love a Little, in which he appeared (uncredited) as a workman alongside Paul Sorenson (the film also starring fellow TOS guest performer Celeste Yarnall). This was followed with roles in Sweet Charity (1969, with Ricardo Montalban, Ben Vereen, and Lance LeGault), Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971), Mame (1974, with Lucille Ball, Bruce Davison, and Barbara Bosson), Bad Georgia Road (1977, with Gary Lockwood), Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978, with Keith Carradine and Carel Struycken), The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979, with Kenneth Mars, John Arndt, Rex Holman, Ed McCready, Robert Pine, and Nick Ramus), Banzai Runner (1987, starring Dean Stockwell and Biff Yeager), and Cold Steel (1987, with Jonathan Banks and Anne Haney). Wheeler can also be seen portraying a lawyer in 1974's Big Bad Mama, starring his TOS co-star William Shatner, and as a reporter in the hit 1995 film Apollo 13. Among his co-stars in the latter were fellow Star Trek alumni David Andrews, Googy Gress, Max Grodénchik, Clint Howard, Brian Markinson, Andy Milder, Steve Rankin, and Bruce Wright.
- John Wheeler (* [Jahr unbekannt]in Texas, USA Jahre alt)Kategorie:Artikel mit Vorlage:Personendaten, denen Geburtstagsanzeige fehltKategorie:Artikel mit Vorlage:Personendaten, denen Geburtstagsanzeige fehlt ist ein US-amerikanischer Sänger und Schauspieler. Er spielte Botschafter Gav in der [[]]-Episode . Darüber hinaus hatte Wheeler in seiner über 40 Jahre währenden Karriere zahlreiche Auftritte in Film- und Fernsehproduktionen. Neben Star Trek hatte Wheeler Gastauftritte in TV-Serien wie Männerwirtschaft (1971/1973/1974/1975, u.a. mit Stanley Adams), Adam-12 (1972, u.a. mit Peter Brocco, William Boyett und Nehemiah Persoff), Notruf California (1974, u.a. mit Kevin Tighe und Vince Howard), Rauchende Colts (1975, u.a. mit Ed McCready), CHiPs (1978, u.a. mit Robert Pine), Detektiv Rockford – Anruf genügt (1978, u.a. mit Byron Morrow und Nancy Parsons), Dallas (1982, u.a. mit Susan Howard), Simon und Simon (1983, u.a. mit Mary Carver und Dean Stockwell), Hotel (1986, u.a. mit Michael Spound und Michelle Phillips), Harrys wundersames Strafgericht (1989, u.a. mit John Larroquette), Alles Okay, Corky? (1989/1990, u.a. mit Bill Smitrovich), Superman – Die Abenteuer von Lois & Clark (1994, u.a. mit Teri Hatcher, K Callan, Denise Crosby, Earl Boen und Juan Garcia), Emergency Room - Die Notaufnahme (1994, u.a. mit Sam Anderson, Anne Haney, Scott Jaeck und Liz Vassey) und Beverly Hills 90210 (1998, u.a. mit Chris Demetral und Nicole Forester). Zu seinen Filmauftritten zählen u.a.: Liebling, laß das Lügen (1968, u.a. mit Elvis Presley und Celeste Yarnall, Emily Banks, Morgan Jones und Paul Sorensen), Ein toller Bursche (TV 1974, u.a. mit Gregory Sierra und Jason Wingreen), Mame (1974, u.a. mit Bruce Davison, Jerry Ayres und Barbara Bosson), Liebe böse Mama (1974, u.a. mit William Shatner, Noble Willingham, Dick Miller, William O'Connell, Stunts: Eddy Donno und Tommy J. Huff), Georgia Road – Die Unschlagbaren (1977, u.a. mit Gary Lockwood, Tony Epper und Jill Jacobson), Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978, u.a. mit Carel Struycken und Morgan Farley), Eine ganz irre Truppe (1979, u.a. mit Ed McCready, Mickey Morton und Jack Perkins, Stuntkoordinator Eddy Donno), Die Rückkehr der Semmelknödelbande (1979, u.a. mit Kenneth Mars, Robert Pine, John Crawford, Ted Gehring, Rex Holman, Louie Elias, Nick Ramus, Jack Perkins, Ed McCready und John Arndt), Lucy & Desi - Blick hinter die Kulissen (TV 1991, u.a. mit Matthew Faison, Patrick Cronin, Alan Oppenheimer und Don Keefer) und Apollo 13 (1995, u.a. mit David Andrews, Clint Howard, Googy Gress, Max Grodénchik, Brett Cullen, Ned Vaughn, Andy Milder, Geoffrey Blake, Joseph Culp, John Short, Brian Markinson, Steve Rankin, Bruce Wright und Tory Christopher).
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