Johnny Sheffield

Johnny Sheffield

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 searching for a suitable youngster to play the adopted son of Tarzan in its next jungle movie with stars Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan. When he was 5 years old, Sheffield was taken to an audition where Weissmuller chose him over more than 300 juvenile actors interviewed for the part of "Boy" in Tarzan Finds a Son. In that same year, Sheffield appeared in the Busby Berkeley movie musical Babes in Arms with Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland, classmates of his at the studio school. He appeared with many other performers over the years, including Jeanette MacDonald, Pat O'Brien, Cesar Romero, Ronald Reagan and Beverly Garland. He played the childhood version of the title character in Knute Rockne, All American, perhaps the most prestigious film in which he had a role. Sheffield played Boy in three Tarzan movies at MGM, and in another five after the star, Weissmuller, and production of the movie series moved to RKO. Brenda Joyce played Jane in the last three Tarzan movies in which Sheffield appeared. After he outgrew the role of Boy, the teenaged Sheffield went on to star in his own jungle movie series for Allied Artists. In 1949, he made Bomba, the Jungle Boy with co-star Peggy Ann Garner. In all, he appeared as Bomba 12 times, more than any other character he portrayed. Sheffield appeared in his last movie, as Bomba, in 1955. He then made a pilot for a television series, Bantu the Zebra Boy, which was created, produced and directed by his father, Reginald Sheffield. Although the production values were high compared to other TV jungle shows of the day, a sponsor was not found and the show was never produced as a weekly series.

  • Популярност : 2.615
  • Известен за : Acting
  • Рожден ден : 1931-04-11
  • Място на раждане : Pasadena, California, USA
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Johnny Sheffield Филми

  • 1939
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    Tarzan Finds a Son!

    Tarzan Finds a Son!

    6.1 1939 HD

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  • 1942
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    Тарзан: Приключение в Ню Йорк

    Тарзан: Приключение в Ню Йорк

    6.4 1942 HD

    Tapзaн и Джeйн се oтпpaвят ĸъм Hю Йopĸ, зaщoтo мoмчeтo e oтвлeчeнo и пpинyдeнo дa paбoти ĸaтo циpĸoв...

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  • 1941
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    Тайното съкровище на Тарзан

    Тайното съкровище на Тарзан

    5.7 1941 HD

    Moмчeтo peшaвa дa види цивилизoвaния cвят, зa ĸoйтo Джeйн мy e paзĸaзвaлa, и пoпaдa в плeн нa...

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  • 1954
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    Killer Leopard

    Killer Leopard

    5 1954 HD

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  • 1947
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    Tarzan and the Huntress

    Tarzan and the Huntress

    5.6 1947 HD

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  • 1946
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    Tarzan and the Leopard Woman

    Tarzan and the Leopard Woman

    5.7 1946 HD

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  • 1943
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    Tarzan Triumphs

    Tarzan Triumphs

    6.1 1943 HD

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  • 1945
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    Tarzan and the Amazons

    Tarzan and the Amazons

    6.3 1945 HD

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  • 1943
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    Tarzan's Desert Mystery

    Tarzan's Desert Mystery

    6.1 1943 HD

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  • 1941
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    Million Dollar Baby

    Million Dollar Baby

    6 1941 HD

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  • 1949
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    Bomba, the Jungle Boy

    Bomba, the Jungle Boy

    5.5 1949 HD

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  • 1952
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    African Treasure

    African Treasure

    6.9 1952 HD

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  • 2006
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    Charlie Chan's Lucky Director: H. Bruce Humberstone

    Charlie Chan's Lucky Director: H. Bruce Humberstone

    1 2006 HD

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  • 1950
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    The Lost Volcano

    The Lost Volcano

    5.3 1950 HD

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  • 1953
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    Safari Drums

    Safari Drums

    5.2 1953 HD

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  • 1940
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    Lucky Cisco Kid

    Lucky Cisco Kid

    5.6 1940 HD

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  • 1949
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    Bomba on Panther Island

    Bomba on Panther Island

    5 1949 HD

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  • 1951
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    Elephant Stampede

    Elephant Stampede

    5.1 1951 HD

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  • 1950
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    Bomba and the Hidden City

    Bomba and the Hidden City

    4.6 1950 HD

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  • 1951
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    The Lion Hunters

    The Lion Hunters

    5.3 1951 HD

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  • 1952
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    Bomba and the Jungle Girl

    Bomba and the Jungle Girl

    5.2 1952 HD

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  • 1954
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    The Golden Idol

    The Golden Idol

    4.2 1954 HD

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  • 1955
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    Lord of the Jungle

    Lord of the Jungle

    6.4 1955 HD

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  • 1939
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    Babes in Arms

    Babes in Arms

    6.4 1939 HD

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  • 1940
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    Little Orvie

    Little Orvie

    7 1940 HD

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  • 1940
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    Knute Rockne All American

    Knute Rockne All American

    5.9 1940 HD

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  • 1938
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    The Man on the Rock

    The Man on the Rock

    6 1938 HD

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  • 2004
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    Der einzig wahre Tarzan

    Der einzig wahre Tarzan

    7.2 2004 HD

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