David Wheeler (actor)

David Wheeler is a film and television actor. His best-known role is his brief (three episodes) but very memorable portrayal of Selto Durka on the television series Farscape.

Filmography

• The Murderer (1976)
• Sher Mountain Killings Mystery (1990) as Wacka
• Applied Mathematics: Questions 1 to 10 (1997) as Will Roger
• The Dark Redemption (1999) as Garrock
• First Daughter (1999) as Michael Smith

Television

• Farscape as Selto Durka
  • Season 1, episode 5: "PK Tech Girl" (1999)
  • Season 1, episode 15: "Durka Returns" (1999)
  • Season 2, episode 20: "Liars, Guns and Money: Part 2: With Friends Like These..." (2001)
• Water Rats as Robert Richmond
  • Season 3, episode 3: "For Old Times' Sake" (1998)
• The Leaving of Liverpool as Mr. Finlay
• The Horizon web series Season 3 Episode 20 and Episode 21 as Norm

Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

On December 14, 2012, Wheeler’s six-year-old son was killed during a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Since that time, he and his wife Francine have been outspoken advocates of legislation for stricter gun control. On April 13, 2013, the Wheelers appeared in place of President Barack Obama during his weekly online presidential address. Francine Wheeler promoted the passage of “commonsense gun responsibility reforms,” encouraging those watching to contact their elected representatives and support stricter legislation.

Conspiracy theorists have charged that the federal government staged the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting as a false flag operation, that no one was actually killed in the shooting, and that the Wheelers are assistants in a plot to promote both gun control and mental health legislation. Citing David Wheeler’s acting career, conspiracy theorists allege that he was a “crisis actor” in a staged shooting, with some even arguing that he played two “roles” in the event, one of a bereaved father and the other of an armed FBI agent. Such allegations have affected even this Wikipedia article, which on several occasions between 2016 and 2017 credited Wheeler with a nonexistent 2012 film entitled Sandy Hook: The Movie.