Frank(ert) Kahlil Wheaton was born September 27, 1951, in Los Angeles, California,[1] but raised in nearby Compton.

[2] He attended Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, before transferring to Cal State Northridge,[1] where he received a degree in broadcasting.

There he began acting as an agent to actors and sports figures, specializing in securing product endorsements and producing special events such as the Michael Jordan Celebrity Golf Tournament for the United Negro College Fund[5] and working with Milton Berle on the Ruth Berle Celebrity Golf Tournament for the benefit of the American Cancer Society.

He was an executive producer of an hour-long special entitled, "Sports Greats:One on One with David Hartman" which aired on ESPN.

[8][9] As an attorney, he has represented Essie Mae Washington-Williams, the interracial daughter of US Senator Strom Thurmond, and Alfred Jackson, the half-brother of the musician Prince.