Actor,Author,Teacher,Playwright

the artistry of John Wesley
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filmography






Actor Credits (119)

 2017 Under the Radar (Short) (completed) Daniel McMullen


 2016 Raising Kings (Short) (completed) Ronald King


 2015 Under the Radar (TV Series) (postproduction) Daniel McMullen
The Mechanic (2015) ... Daniel McMullen


 2016 The Midnighters Chester


 2016 Cursed Angel (TV Movie) Vincent Jones


 2015 If I Could Tell You (Short) Participant #3


 2012 Hart of Dixie (TV Series) Otis
Sweetie Pies & Sweaty Palms (2012) ... Otis




 2011 Cursed (TV Series) Vincent Jones
Battle to the Sky (2011) ... Vincent Jones


An Angels' Heart (2011) ... Vincent Jones


 2011 Aurora Borealis (Short) Mr. Parker






 2009 The Twenty George


 2009 Trust Me (TV Series) Focus group man in green and white shirt
All Hell the Victors (2009) ... Focus group man in green and white shirt


 2009 The Least Among You Shotgun


 2008 Chocolate News (TV Series) Episode #1.9 (2008)


 2007 Believers (Video) Leader


 2006 All of Us (TV Series) Roosevelt
My Two Dads (2006) ... Roosevelt




 2006 Inside the Twin Towers
Al Smith


 2005 Medium (TV Series) Judge
Judge, Jury and Executioner (2005) ... Judge


In Sickness and Adultery (2005) ... Judge


Suspicions and Certainties (2005) ... Judge


 2005 Night Stalker (TV Series) Warden Blume
The Five People You Meet in Hell (2005) ... Warden Blume


 2005 Revelations (TV MiniSeries) Prison Warden
Hour One (2005) ... Prison Warden


 2005 Cold Case (TV Series)
Clyde
Strange Fruit (2005) ... Clyde


 2004 Medical Investigation (TV Series)
Mr. Ndulu
Alienation (2004) ... Mr. Ndulu


 2003 Chicken Party (Short)
Clarence


 2003 The Lyon's Den (TV Series)
Pilot (2003)


 2003 World Record (Short)
Dan's Dad (English version, voice)


 2003 The Animatrix
Dan's Dad (segment "World Record") (voice)


 2002 The Practice (TV Series) Father Stanley Joley
Small Sacrifices (2002) ... Father Stanley Joley


 2002 13th Child Jones


 2002 Frasier (TV Series) Jerry
Proxy Prexy (2002) ... Jerry


 2000 The Bill (TV Series)
Sonny Adair
Trust: Part 3: The Deep Blue Sea (2000) ... Sonny Adair (uncredited)


Trust: Part 2: The Hare and the Hounds (2000) ... Sonny Adair (uncredited)


Trust: Part 1: A Sprat to Catch a Mackerel (2000) ... Sonny Adair (uncredited)


 2000 The Jamie Foxx Show (TV Series) Willie the Janitor
I Second That Demotion (2000) ... Willie the Janitor


 1999 Our Friend, Martin (Video) Man / Demonstrator (voice)


 1999 Any Day Now (TV Series) Say Something (1999)


 1999 The Wood Police Officers


 1998 Martial Law (TV Series) Henry Winship
Bad Seed (1998) ... Henry Winship


 1998 JAG (TV Series)
Darren Oakley
The Martin Baker Fan Club (1998) ... Darren Oakley




 1998 Pensacola: Wings of Gold (TV Series)
General Daniel Singer ret.
Great Expectations (1998) ... General Daniel Singer ret.


 1998 Always Outnumbered (TV Movie) Store Manager


 1997 Melrose Place (TV Series) Ernie
Desperately Seeking Samantha (1997) ... Ernie


 1997 Reign: The Conqueror (TV Series)
Aristotle, Antipater (English version, voice)




 1997 The Second Civil War (TV Movie) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs


 1996 Charlie Grace (TV Series) Detective Horan
Steal One for the Gipper (1996) ... Detective Horan


 1995 The Courtyard (TV Movie) Mr. Brendel


 1995 The Colony (TV Movie) Jerry Franklin




 1995 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (TV Series) Royal Minister
The Emperor's New Clothes (1995) ... Royal Minister (voice)


 1995 The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (TV Movie)
Dr. Freeman


 1994 A Hollywood Hounds Christmas (TV Movie) Michael's Father / Additional Voices (voice)


 1994 The Little Rascals Amish Man


 1994 Dream On (TV Series) Jim
Stone Cold (1994) ... Jim


 1994 Living Single (TV Series) Ed Anderson
Who's the Boss? (1994) ... Ed Anderson


 1993 Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (TV Series)
Mr. Toplyn
Free at Last (1993) ... Mr. Toplyn





 

 1992 - 1993 Homefront (TV Series) Johnny
Shabbat Shalom (1993) ... Johnny


Life Is Short (1992) ... Johnny

 1993 Born Yesterday Sen. Welch


 1993 Sirens (TV Series) Lt. Pike
Jumper (1993) ... Lt. Pike


 1992 Civil Wars (TV Series)


 1992 Roc (TV Series) Kenny Sills
The Car Accident from Heaven (1992) ... Kenny Sills


 1992 Baywatch (TV Series) Police Captain
Showdown at Malibu Beach High (1992) ... Police Captain


 1992 California Dreams (TV Series) Coach Wicks
Beat of His Own Dream (1992) ... Coach Wicks




 1992 Sinatra (TV MiniSeries) Sy Oliver
Episode #1.4 (1992) ... Sy Oliver


Episode #1.3 (1992) ... Sy Oliver


Episode #1.2 (1992) ... Sy Oliver


Episode #1.1 (1992) ... Sy Oliver

 1991 True Colors (TV Series) Dean Thomas
Yo' House, Mama: Part 2 (1991) ... Dean Thomas


Yo' House, Mama: Part 1 (1991) ... Dean Thomas


 1991 The Fresh Prince of BelAir (TV Series) Dr. Hoover
The Mother of All Battles (1991) ... Dr. Hoover


 1991 Raw Nerve The Band New Power


 1991 Switched at Birth (TV Movie) Lester Dodge, P.I.


 1991 Nothing But Trouble Sam


 1990 Gabriel's Fire (TV Series) Thomas Graves
Tis the Season (1990) ... Thomas Graves


 1990 Family of Spies (TV MiniSeries)
Capt. Lennox
Episode #1.2 (1990) ... Capt. Lennox


Episode #1.1 (1990) ... Capt. Lennox


 1989 Mancuso, FBI (TV Series)


 1989 Out Cold Cop #2


 19881989 Dirty Dancing (TV Series) Sweets Walker
Don't Make Me Over (1989) ... Sweets Walker


Hit the Road (1989) ... Sweets Walker


Our Day Will Come (1989) ... Sweets Walker


Turn Me Loose (1988) ... Sweets Walker


Book of Love (1988) ... Sweets Walker




 1988 Go Toward the Light (TV Movie)
2nd Doctor


 1988 Jack's Back Sam Hilliard


 1988 Moving Roy Hendersen


 1988 The Facts of Life (TV Series) Crandall
Peekskill Law (1988) ... Crandall


 1987 - 1988 227 (TV Series) Russell / Barney Wilson
Shall We Dance? (1988) ... Russell


Men's Club (1987) ... Barney Wilson


 1987 Nuts
Holding Cell Guard


 1987 Married with Children (TV Series) Dennis
Earth Angel (1987) ... Dennis


 1987 Crime Story (TV Series)
Charlie Brock
Robbery, Armed (1987) ... Charlie Brock


 1987 Matlock (TV Series) Dr. Carlin
The Annihilator (1987) ... Dr. Carlin


 1987 Wiseguy (TV Series) Hawthorne
Pilot (1987) ... Hawthorne


 1987 CBS Summer Playhouse (TV Series) Larry
Mabel and Max (1987) ... Larry


 1987 Timestalkers (TV Movie) Jack


 1987 Stingray (TV Series) Detective Washington
The Neniwa (1987) ... Detective Washington


 1987 Stillwatch (TV Movie)


 1986 Let's Get Harry Mercenary






 1985 Highway to Heaven (TV Series) Ted Tilley Jr.
Popcorn, Peanuts and CrackerJacks (1985) ... Ted Tilley Jr.


 1985 It's a Living (TV Series) Adams
Desperate Hours (1985) ... Adams


 1985 Toughlove (TV Movie) Danny Dawson


 1985 George Burns Comedy Week (TV Series)


 1985 Our Family Honor (TV Series)
Pilot (1985)


 1985 Perfect Eddie


 1985 Hail to the Chief (TV Series) Dr. Stevens
Episode #1.3 (1985) ... Dr. Stevens


 1985 Love Lives On (TV Movie) Dr. Winston




 1985 The Atlanta Child Murders (TV MiniSeries) Tombe Chorro
Episode #1.2 (1985) ... Tombe Chorro


Episode #1.1 (1985) ... Tombe Chorro


 1985 Street Hawk (TV Series) Keith Damon
A Second Self (1985) ... Keith Damon


 1983 Quarterback Princess (TV Movie) George Watson


 1983 Benson (TV Series) Tony
Labor Pains (1983) ... Tony


 1983 The Jeffersons (TV Series) Gambler #2
The List (1983) ... Gambler #2


 1983 Knight Rider (TV Series) U.S. Marshal
Merchants of Death (1983) ... U.S. Marshal


 1983 Special Bulletin (TV Movie)
Bernard Frost


 1974 Bogard Ira (as John Wesley Rodgers)


 1968 Uptight Larry (as John Wesley Rodgers)


 1968 Hang 'Em High Guard


 1967 Daktari (TV Series) Sergeant Motabu
Undercover Judy (1967) ... Sergeant Motabu


 1966 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) Wounded Native
The My Friend the Gorilla Affair (1966) ... Wounded Native


 1966 Dr. Kildare (TV Series) Paul Young
Gratitude Won't Pay the Bills (1966) ... Paul Young


A Cry from the Street (1966) ... Paul Young


 1963 - 1964 The Richard Boone Show (TV Series) Bromley
Run, Pony, Run (1964) ... Bromley




 1964 The Great Adventure (TV Series) John Copeland Jr.
The Night Raiders (1964) ... John Copeland Jr.


 1963 My Three Sons (TV Series) Policeman
My Friend Ernie (1963) ... Policeman






imdb resume

Recognition

Awards

  • Ovation Award, Best Ensemble
  • Dramalogue Award
  • Atlas Award, Best Supporting Actor
  • LA Weekly Award, Best Ensemble
  • United States Army
  • Bachelor of Arts Degrees from the University of San Diego
  • Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California
  • Robert Redford’s Playwrights’ Lab

Mentions

  • Teacher: Master classes of Classical Theatre, University of San Diego
  • Author: Take a Look at Yourself: Secrets and Musings
  • SAG-AFTRA | Screen Actors Guild Member