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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.
Bomba: The Jungle Boy: Directed by Ford Beebe. With Johnny Sheffield, Peggy Ann Garner, Onslow Stevens, Charles Irwin. George Harland and his daughter, Patricia, are photographers who discover a wild boy in the jungle.
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- Adventure, Family
- Ford Beebe
- 1949-03-20
210. Bomba the Jungle Boy is a series of American boys' adventure books produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate under the pseudonym Roy Rockwood. and published by Cupples and Leon in the first half of the 20th century, in imitation of the successful Tarzan series. [citation needed]
Bomba, the Jungle Boy is a 1949 American adventure film directed by Ford Beebe, based on the first of the Bomba series of juvenile adventure books. It was the first in a 12-film series featuring Bomba, a sort of teenage Tarzan, played by Johnny Sheffield, who as a child had played "Boy" in several previous Tarzan films.
Jul 8, 2014 · Jungle thrills abound in the final six films of the series based on the popular adventure novels!Johnny Sheffield stars – and there could be none better for ...
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Oct 19, 2010 · Oct. 19, 2010 12 AM PT. 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 ...
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When Monogram Studios learned he had been dropped, they picked him up for the series of movies based on the Roy Rockwood Bomba: The Jungle Boy (1949) movies. He made twelve of these between 1949 and 1955. Born April 11, 1931. Died October 15, 2010 (79) Add to list.
