Marjorie Morningstar
1958 · Movie
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Reginald Sheffield
1901-02-18
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London, England, UK
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
The Story of Mankind
1957 · Movie
as Julius Caesar
Secret of Treasure Mountain
1956 · Movie
as Edward Lancaster
23 Paces to Baker Street
1956 · Movie
The Black Shield of Falworth
1954 · Movie
as Lord Constable (uncredited)
Rocky Jones, Space Ranger
1954 · TV Show
Second Chance
1953 · Movie
as Mr. Woburn, English tourist
The Story of Three Loves
1953 · Movie
as Coudray's Stage Manager
At Sword's Point
1952 · Movie
Four Star Playhouse
1952 · TV Show
as Inspector Blaney
Prison Warden
1949 · Movie
as English Charlie / Watkins the Butler
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949 · Movie
as Auctioneer (uncredited)
A Woman's Vengeance
1948 · Movie
as Solicitor (uncredited)
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
1948 · Movie
as Superintendent
The Three Musketeers
1948 · Movie
Singapore
1947 · Movie
as Travel Agent (uncredited)
The Exile
1947 · Movie
as Commanding Officer (uncredited)
Three Strangers
1946 · Movie
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Devotion
1946 · Movie
as Charles Dickens (uncredited)
The Searching Wind
1946 · Movie
as Harry, Reporter
The Verdict
1946 · Movie
as Chaplain (uncredited)
My Name Is Julia Ross
1945 · Movie
as McQuarrie (uncredited)
Captain Kidd
1945 · Movie
as Captain of the King's Guard (uncredited)
The Man in Half Moon Street
1945 · Movie
as Art Expert at Party
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
1944 · Movie
as Purser (uncredited)
Appointment in Berlin
1943 · Movie
as Miller - Wilson's Butler (uncredited)
My Kingdom for a Cook
1943 · Movie
as Reuter's English Reporter
Eyes in the Night
1942 · Movie
as Victor
Eagle Squadron
1942 · Movie
as Doc
Suspicion
1941 · Movie
as Reggie Wetherby
The Lady Eve
1941 · Movie
as Professor Jones (uncredited)
Earthbound
1940 · Movie
as Defense Attorney
Vigil in the Night
1940 · Movie
as Judge Tyler
My Son, My Son!
1940 · Movie
as Thurston
Arise, My Love
1940 · Movie
as Steward (uncredited)
Hudson's Bay
1940 · Movie
as Clerk (uncredited)
Gunga Din
1939 · Movie
as Rudyard Kipling - Journalist
Female Fugitive
1938 · Movie
as Dr. Richardson
The Buccaneer
1938 · Movie
as Ship's Surgeon
The White Angel
1936 · Movie
as Patient (uncredited)
Splendor
1935 · Movie
as Billy Grimes
Cardinal Richelieu
1935 · Movie
as Richelieu's Outrider
Society Fever
1935 · Movie
as Lord Michael
Of Human Bondage
1934 · Movie
as Cyril Dunsford
Charlie Chan in London
1934 · Movie
as Flight Cmdr. King (uncredited)
One More River
1934 · Movie
as Tommy
Partners of the Trail
1931 · Movie
as John Durrant
Old English
1930 · Movie
as Bob Pillin
The Green Goddess
1930 · Movie
as Lieutenant Cardew
The Adorable Cheat
1928 · Movie
as Will Dorsey
White Mice
1926 · Movie
as Peter de Peyster
The Pinch Hitter
1925 · Movie
as Alexis Thompson
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Classmates
1924 · Movie
as Bert Stafford
Piccadilly Jim
1919 · Movie
as Ogden Pett
The Country Cousin
1919 · Movie
as Sammy Wilson
The Magic Glass
1914 · Movie
as Tommy (as Eric Desmond)
David Copperfield
1913 · Movie
as David Copperfield as a Child (as Eric Desmond)
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The Nest
· Movie
as Martin Hamilton
