Laurence Wheat (October 10, 1876 – August 7, 1963) was an American character actor of the silent and sound film eras.

[3] Some of the more notable films in which Wheat appeared include: Peck's Bad Boy (1934), starring Jackie Cooper;[4] Frank Capra's Mr.

Deeds Goes to Town (1936), starring Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur;[5] 1936's The Great Ziegfeld, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy;[6] arguably one of the greatest films ever made, Citizen Kane (1941), directed, starring and co-written by Orson Welles;[7] the classic film noir, Murder, My Sweet (1944), directed by Edward Dmytryk, and starring Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, and Anne Shirley;[8] and 1946's The Spiral Staircase, with Dorothy McGuire, George Brent, and Ethel Barrymore.

[9] Wheat's final film role would be in a small unbilled role in the 1947 film, Killer McCoy, starring Mickey Rooney, Brian Donlevy and Ann Blyth.

[10] Wheat died on August 7, 1963, in Los Angeles, California, and was buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.