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Reginald Sheffield
Acting

Reginald Sheffield
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1901-02-18,London, England, UK
Gender
Male
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Reginald Sheffield was born Matthew Reginald Sheffield Cassan in the St. George's, Hanover Square district of London, to Matthew Sheffield Cassan and Alice Mary Field. He had a brother, Edward Sheffield Cassan, and a sister, Flora Kathleen Sheffield Cassan, who became an actress known as Flora Sheffield. His father was born in Ireland and his mother in England. They were married in London in 1892. Matthew died when Reginald was nine. In 1913 Reginald (billed as Eric Desmond) appeared in David Copperfield. In 1914, Alice Sheffield and her children emigrated to the United States, where they lived in Queens, New York. Reginald acted on the stage and in films. While his sister Flora was an actress, brother Edward worked as an accountant in a bank and later became a theatrical agent. Sheffield's Broadway performances credited as Reggie Sheffield include Evidence (1914), in which his mother also appeared, The Merry Wives of Windsor (1916), If (1917), The Betrothal (1918), and Helena's Boys (1924). His performances credited as Reginald Sheffield include Youth (1920), The Way Things Happen (1924), Hay Fever (1925), Slaves All (1926), Soldiers and Women (1929), and Dear Old England (1930). Reginald Sheffield was married in 1927 to Louise Van Loon (21 January 1905 – 14 April 1987), a New York-born Vassar College graduate with a liberal arts education. The couple had three children: Mary Alice Sheffield Cassan (born 1928), Jon Matthew Sheffield Cassan (11 April 1931 – 15 October 2010) (aka actor Johnny Sheffield), and William Hart Sheffield Cassan (15 July 1935 – 12 December 2010) (actor Billy Sheffield). As film production became more and more located in Southern California, Sheffield and his wife travelled back and forth between New York City and Los Angeles. After several years they moved permanently to the West Coast. Being a trained stage actor, Sheffield easily made the transition from silent films to talkies. He was a working actor who became memorable in numerous character and supporting roles and appeared with some of the greatest film stars of the day, including Constance Bennett, William Powell, George Arliss, Loretta Young, Gary Cooper, Errol Flynn, Rosalind Russell, Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine. In 1954, he began starring as Professor Mayberry in the television series Rocky Jones, Space Ranger. And after his son, Johnny Sheffield [of first the Tarzan then the Bomba films series], appeared in his last jungle film in 1955, Reginald created, produced and directed a pilot for a television series, Bantu, the Zebra Boy, but a sponsor was not found and the show was never produced as a weekly series. Sheffield acted in both versions, 1938 and 1958, of Cecil B. DeMille's The Buccaneer, the latter being his last screen appearance. Reginald Sheffield died 8 December 1957 at his home in Pacific Palisades, California, aged 56.

Filmography

A Woman's Vengeance

6.286

A Woman's Vengeance
1948-03-02

6.04

Second Chance
1953-07-18

Kiss the Blood Off My Hands

6.5

Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
1948-10-30

7.1

Suspicion
1941-11-14

Marjorie Morningstar

6.286

Marjorie Morningstar
1958-04-24

Of Human Bondage

6.5

Of Human Bondage
1934-07-20

The Black Shield of Falworth

6.29

The Black Shield of Falworth
1954-09-02

Eyes in the Night

6.111

Eyes in the Night
1942-10-16

7

Piccadilly Jim
1919-11-01

7

White Mice
1926-01-31

4

Prison Warden
1949-10-29

The Adorable Cheat

9

The Adorable Cheat
1928-08-14

6.1

Singapore
1947-08-13

6.333

Old English
1930-08-12

Female Fugitive

7

Female Fugitive
1938-04-15

The Green Goddess

4.867

The Green Goddess
1930-02-13

6.714

Splendor
1935-11-22

4.857

Earthbound
1940-06-06

Cardinal Richelieu

7.3

Cardinal Richelieu
1935-04-18

Partners of the Trail

3.667

Partners of the Trail
1931-07-21

Secret of Treasure Mountain

5.333

Secret of Treasure Mountain
1956-06-26

Charlie Chan in London

6.875

Charlie Chan in London
1934-09-12

The White Angel

7.167

The White Angel
1936-06-25

The Story of Three Loves

6.023

The Story of Three Loves
1953-03-26

6.525

Gunga Din
1939-01-26

Appointment in Berlin

7.083

Appointment in Berlin
1943-07-15

7

Society Fever
1935-07-15

David Copperfield

5.5

David Copperfield
1913-01-02

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

6.235

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949-04-18

Vigil in the Night

5.917

Vigil in the Night
1940-02-05

7.3

The Lady Eve
1941-02-25

7

Classmates
1924-11-19

My Name Is Julia Ross

6.723

My Name Is Julia Ross
1945-11-08

The Three Musketeers

6.77

The Three Musketeers
1948-10-20

My Son, My Son!

4.833

My Son, My Son!
1940-03-21

6.313

Arise, My Love
1940-11-08

Our Hearts Were Young and Gay

7.5

Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
1944-11-02

The Magic Glass

4.7

The Magic Glass
1914-06-23

My Kingdom for a Cook

8

My Kingdom for a Cook
1943-10-27

7

Eagle Squadron
1942-06-16

6.4

The Buccaneer
1938-02-04

Three Strangers

6.419

Three Strangers
1946-01-28

6.333

The Exile
1947-10-17

5.2

One More River
1934-08-06

6.333

Captain Kidd
1945-11-22

The Man in Half Moon Street

5.9

The Man in Half Moon Street
1945-01-19

5.885

Devotion
1946-04-05

The Country Cousin

7

The Country Cousin
1919-11-02

The Story of Mankind

4.429

The Story of Mankind
1957-11-08

The Pinch Hitter

9

The Pinch Hitter
1925-12-13

The Searching Wind

8

The Searching Wind
1946-08-09

23 Paces to Baker Street

6.729

23 Paces to Baker Street
1956-05-18

6.083

Hudson's Bay
1940-12-24

9

The Nest

At Sword's Point

5.133

At Sword's Point
1952-04-22

Rocky Jones, Space Ranger

6

Rocky Jones, Space Ranger
1954-02-23

Four Star Playhouse

6.818

Four Star Playhouse
1952-09-25