Johnny Sheffield

Johnny Sheffield

Known for

Acting

Born

April 11, 1931

Birthplace

Pasadena, California, USA

Died

October 15, 2010 (aged 79)

Biography

Johnny Sheffield (born John Matthew Sheffield Cassan) was an American child, teen, and young-adult actor, his screen career lasting from 1938 to 1955.

In 1938, Sheffield became a child star after he was cast in the juvenile lead of a West Coast production of the highly successful Broadway play On Borrowed Time, which starred Dudley Digges and featured Victor Moore as Gramps. Sheffield played the role of Pud, a long role for a child. He later went to New York as a replacement and performed the role on Broadway. The following year, his father read an article in The Hollywood Reporter that asked, "Have you a Tarzan Jr. in your backyard?" He believed he did and set up an interview. MGM was sea...

Best known work

Tarzan Finds a Son!
Tarzan Finds a Son!
1939
Tarzan's New York Adventure
Tarzan's New York Adventure
1942
Tarzan and the Amazons
Tarzan and the Amazons
1945
Tarzan's Secret Treasure
Tarzan's Secret Treasure
1941
Tarzan and the Huntress
Tarzan and the Huntress
1947
Tarzan Triumphs
Tarzan Triumphs
1943
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
1943
Tarzan and the Leopard Woman
Tarzan and the Leopard Woman
1946
Babes in Arms
Babes in Arms
1939
Knute Rockne All American
Knute Rockne All American
1940

Filmography

  1. 2006

    Charlie Chan's Lucky Director: H. Bruce Humberstone

    as Self

  2. 2004

  3. 1955

    MGM ParadeTV

    as Self (1 episode)

  4. 1955

  5. 1954

  6. 1954

  7. 1953

    Safari Drums

    as Bomba

  8. 1952

  9. 1952

  10. 1951

  11. 1951

  12. 1950

  13. 1950

  14. 1949

  15. 1949

  16. 1947

  17. 1946

  18. 1945

  19. 1943

  20. 1943

  21. 1942

  22. 1941

  23. 1941

    Million Dollar Baby

    as Alvie Grayson

  24. 1940

  25. 1940

    Lucky Cisco Kid

    as Tommy Lawrence

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