Five years after the dawn of talkies, the Marx Brothers descended on Patterson Field in a horse-drawn garbage-can chariot in Horse Feathers. Oxy has doubled as the setting for colleges real (Stanford and Princeton) and fictitious (Texas State University, Southern Ohio University). We’ve even been the planet Vulcan (in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock).

From 1993 to 1997, the cast and crew of “Beverly Hills 90210” were frequent visitors to Occidental, a.k.a. California University. Lately, Oxy has taken on the roles of the U.S. Naval Academy; a science museum in Washington, D.C.; and the U.S. Embassy in Belgravia for TV’s No. 1 drama, “NCIS.”

Oxy’s film credits include:

The Kids Are All Right (2010) with Annette Bening and Julianne Moore

Made of Honor (2008) with Patrick Dempsey

The Holiday (2006) with Kate Winslet and Jack Black

Orange County (2002) with Colin Hanks and Jack Black

Jurassic Park III (2001) with Sam Neill

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996) with the Wayan Brothers

Clueless (1995) with Alicia Silverstone

Real Genius (1985) with Val Kilmer

The One and Only (1978) with Henry Winkler

The Impossible Years  (1968) with David Niven

Take Her, She’s Mine (1963) with Jimmy Stewart

Tall Story (1960) with Jane Fonda and Anthony Perkins

Pat and Mike (1952) with Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy

Goodbye, My Fancy (1951) with Joan Crawford and Robert Young

That's My Boy (1951) with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis 

That Hagen Girl (1947) with Shirley Temple and Ronald Reagan

Second Chorus (1941) with Fred Astaire (“the worst movie I ever made”)


Life Begins in College (1937) with the Ritz Brothers 


Pigskin Parade (1936) with Judy Garland (her screen debut) and Betty Grable


The College Hero (1927) with Ben Turpin 

Television credits include "Glee" (2013); "Arrested Development," "CSI" and "Private Practice" (2012); "NCIS," "Parenthood," and "Switched at Birth" (2011); "Law & Order: Los Angeles" (2010); "Greek," "Lie to Me" and "Monk" (2009); "Eli Stone" (2008); "The Riches" and "Criminal Minds" (2007); "The L Word" and "InJustice" (2006); "The West Wing" (2002); "Beverly Hills 90210" (1993-94); and a host of other shows, made-for-TV movies, and commercials. The singing of the Occidental College Glee Club was featured in the 2004 sitcom "Complete Savages" and the 2002 film Slackers.