O.Z. Whitehead

Oothout Zabriskie Whitehead (1 March 1911 – 29 July 1998) was born in New York City and attended Harvard University. Called "O.Z." or "Zebby", he was a stage star and a prominent character actor who also authored several volumes of biographical sketches of early members of the Bahá'í Faith especially in the West after he moved ("pioneered" as a Bahá'í) to Dublin, Ireland in 1963. Whitehead first appeared on Broadway in Martin Beck Theatre performing in The Lake (1933) in 55 performances from December 1933 to February 1934 which was Katharine Hepburn's first Broadway leading role and 11 other plays by 1939. O. Z. Whitehead was one of the last surviving members of John Ford's "stock company" of character actors. Along with John Carradine,...