Biography
In films from 1929, mustachioed, businesslike actor Wheaton Chambers could frequently be found in serials, including
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1939), The Adventures of Red Ryder (1940),
The Purple Monster Strikes (1945) and
The Crimson Ghost (1946). In bigger budgeted pictures, he played more than his share of bailiffs, guards and desk clerks. In the 1951 sci-fi masterpiece
The Day the Earth Stood Still, Chambers plays the jeweller who appraises Klaatu's (Michael Rennie) extraterrestrial diamonds. When he was afforded screen billing, which wasn't often, Wheaton Chambers preferred to be identified as J. Wheaton Chambers. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide