Ernie Wheelwright was born on 28 November 1939 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Wildcats (1986), The Longest Yard (1974) and Trackdown (1976). He died on 3 May 2001 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

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John Amos, Ernie Barnes, Jimmie 'JJ' Walker, and Ernie Wheelwright in Good Times (1974)

Burt Reynolds, Pervis Atkins, Mike Henry, Ed Lauter, Ray Nitschke, Sonny Sixkiller, and Ernie Wheelwright in The Longest Yard (1974)

Woody Harrelson, Goldie Hawn, Wesley Snipes, Jsu Garcia, Tab Thacker, and Mykelti Williamson in Wildcats (1986)

Erik Estrada and James Mitchum in Trackdown (1976)

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