John Wheeler, 1930 – 2026

Character actor John Wheeler, 95, died on Feb. 6. Wheeler appeared on Broadway in The Happiest Girl in the World, Kean, Cafe Crown, I Had a Ball, and Sweet Charity, and in various regional productions around the country. From the 1950s through 2005, he was seen in countless TV one-off appearances (Star Trek, Green Acres, Mannix, Love American Style, The Brady Bunch, The Odd Couple, Rhoda, Dallas, The Golden Girls) and the occasional film (Tell Them Willie Boy is here, Support Your Local Gunfighter, Mame, Big Bad Mama). Wheeler’s strong tenor singing voice  helped his career, notably in a famous McDonald’s commercial.

As the manager in a McDonald’s’s commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K7XfgByS2g