---
name: "Wendell Wellman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/wendell-wellman"
fi1m_id: "wendell-wellman"
imdb_id: "nm0920073"
tmdb_id: 15153
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 December 1944"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T22:14:29.785305+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Wendell Wellman

## Identity

Wendell Wellman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/wendell-wellman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** wendell-wellman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0920073
- **TMDB ID:** 15153
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0920073/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15153

Actor. Born 20 December 1944 in Waterloo, Iowa, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 December 1944, Waterloo, Iowa, USA
- **Active:** 1982–1993
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 writing
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0920073/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15153

## Biography

Wendell Wellman is an American actor and screenwriter. Born on 20 December 1944 in Waterloo, Iowa, he began his career as a musician before developing an interest in theatre during graduate studies at UCLA. He studied acting with Lee Strasberg and Peggy Feury at the Strasberg Institute and the Loft Theatre.

Wellman made his film debut in *The Klansman* (1974) as Alan Bascomb. As a writer, he co-wrote the screenplay for *Firefox* (1982) with Alex Lasker for director Clint Eastwood. He appeared in *Sudden Impact* (1983) as Tyrone while contributing uncredited revisions to the script. Other acting credits include *Sommersby* (1993) as Travis. He has taught screenwriting at UCLA and co-founded the West End Theatre Group.

*Sources: imdb.com, storyboarddg.wordpress.com, allmovie.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these

- *Sudden Impact* (1983), Fi1m 65, as Tyrone — [page](https://film.one/film/sudden-impact.md)

### Wrote (1)

- *Firefox* (1982), Fi1m 47, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/firefox.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Sommersby* (1993), as Travis
- *Curfew* (1989), as Ray Perkins
- *Street of Dreams* (1988), as Carl Bomberg
- *Sudden Impact* (1983), as Tyrone — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/sudden-impact.md)
- *Firefox* (1982), Screenplay — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/firefox.md)
- *The Klansman* (1974), as Alan Bascomb

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