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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.
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He is best remembered for playing Boy, the adopted son of Johnny Weissmuller 's Tarzan in eight Tarzan movies, and for his role as Bomba the Jungle Boy in a dozen low-budget Monogram features. The only actor to play Tarzan's adopted son in more than one theatrical motion picture.
- April 11, 1931
- October 15, 2010
Oct 19, 2010 · Sheffield died Friday of a heart attack at his home in Chula Vista about four hours after he fell off a ladder while pruning a palm tree, said his wife, Patty.
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 several...
His wife Patti said that last Friday he fell from a ladder while pruning a palm tree. Though his injuries seemed minor, he died of a heart attack four hours later.
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