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Johnny Sheffield (born John Matthew Sheffield Cassan, April 11, 1931 – October 15, 2010) was an American child actor who, between 1939 and 1947, portrayed Boy in the Tarzan film series and, between 1949 and 1955, played Bomba the Jungle Boy.
Johnny Sheffield. Jump to Edit. Overview. Born. April 11, 1931 · Pasadena, California, USA. Died. October 15, 2010 · Chula Vista, California, USA (heart attack following fall from ladder) Birth name. John Matthew Sheffield Cassan. Height. 5′ 11½″ (1.82 m) Mini Bio.
Oct 20, 2010 · CHULA VISTA, Calif. (AP) Johnny Sheffield, who played the character Boy in the Tarzan movies of the 1930s and ’40s, died on Friday at his home here. He was 79. The cause was a heart attack...
Oct 19, 2010 · Johnny Sheffield, the former child actor who played Boy in the Tarzan movie series starring Johnny Weissmuller in the late 1930s and ‘40s and later starred in the Bomba, the Jungle Boy film...
Johnny Sheffield (April 11, 1931–October 15, 2010) was an American child actor. He won the part of Boy in the 1939 movie Tarzan Finds a Son! after beating out more than 300 other children. He co-starred with Johnny Weissmuller in seven more Tarzan movies. He also played Bomba, the Jungle Boy in 12 movies between 1949 and 1955.
Oct 19, 2010 · NPR's Robert Siegel has this remembrance of actor Johnny Sheffield, who played "Boy" in the Tarzan movies of the 1930s and '40s. Sheffield was 79 and died Monday at his home in Chula Vista,...
Low-budget and rapidly shot compared to the Tarzan films, they were popular with juvenile audiences, who ignored the cut-price production values and stock footage. Sheffield starred in 11 Bomba...
Oct 18, 2010 · LOS ANGELES — Johnny Sheffield, the former child actor who played Boy in the “Tarzan” movie series starring Johnny Weissmuller in the late 1930s and ’40s and later starred in the “Bomba, the...
Actor. 1 April 1931 to 14 October 2010. The son of an expatriate actor who worked with Cecil Hepworth, Sheffield found fame in his own right when cast opposite Johnny Weissmuller in Tarzan Finds A Son! (1939). He reprised that role in seven further films, before playing Bomba, the Jungle Boy (1949) in a dozen big screen adventures.
Oct 19, 2010 · Tarzan's Boy actor Johnny Sheffield dies at 79 Published: 10.19.10 , 18:47 Johnny Sheffield, who played the character Boy in the Tarzan movies of the 1930s and '40s, has died at age 79.
