Wheeler Dryden

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Wheeler Dryden
Autographed photograph of Wheeler Dryden
Born	George Dryden Wheeler Jr. (1892-08-31)31 August 1892 Brixton, London, UK
Died	30 September 1957(1957-09-30) (aged 65) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other names	Wheeler Dryden
Occupation(s)	Actor, director
Spouse	Alice Chapple ​ ​ (m. 1938; div. 1943)​
Children	Spencer Dryden
Parent(s)	Leo Dryden Hannah Hill
Relatives	Sydney and Charlie Chaplin (half-brothers)

George Dryden Wheeler Jr. (31 August 1892 – 30 September 1957), AKA Lee George Wheeler but known professionally as Wheeler Dryden, was an English-born American actor and film director. He was the son of Hannah Chaplin and music hall entertainer Leo Dryden, and younger half-brother of actors Sir Charlie and Sydney Chaplin.^[1]

He moved to the United States in 1918, joining his mother and two half-brothers. He worked as an actor and director, sometimes assisting Charlie Chaplin. He was married for a short time to ballerina Anna Chapple and they had one child together, Spencer Dryden, who became a rock musician with several prominent American bands^[2] and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.^[3]