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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. Actor: Tarzan's New York Adventure. His father was the actor Reginald Sheffield who began as a child star and later turned to character acting. Johnny appeared at age seven on Broadway in the original cast of "On Borrowed Time".
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...
Oct 15, 2010 · Biography. Johnny Sheffield (born John Matthew Sheffield Cassan) was an American child, teen, and young-adult actor, his screen career lasting from 1938 to 1955.
Oct 20, 2010 · Mr. Sheffield beat out more than 300 youngsters for the role of Boy in the 1939 movie “Tarzan Finds a Son!” and went on to co-star with Johnny Weissmuller in seven more Tarzan films.
Jan 20, 2015 · He started on the London stage and came over to the United States in a company with George Arliss [1868-1946, one of the most popular and distinguished stage and screen actors of his era and Academy Award-winning actor in 1930 for his role in “Disraeli”].
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,...
Oct 18, 2010 · From 1939 to 1947, Johnny Sheffield played the leather loincloth-clad Boy in eight Tarzan films, including “Tarzan’s Secret Treasure” and “Tarzan and the Amazons.”
Johnny Sheffield. 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).
Oct 24, 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...
Johnny Sheffield, who had been coached by his father, won the role of Pud in the Los Angeles production, and later took over the role in New York.
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.
Oct 19, 2010 · Johnny Sheffield, who played the character Boy in the Tarzan movies of the 1930s and '40s, has died at age 79. His wife, Patty Sheffield, told the Los Angeles Times that he died Friday of a heart...
Johnny Sheffield. Actor: Tarzan's New York Adventure. His father was the actor Reginald Sheffield who began as a child star and later turned to character acting. Johnny appeared at age seven on Broadway in the original cast of "On Borrowed Time".
Oct 19, 2010 · CHULA VISTA (AP) — Johnny Sheffield, who played the character Boy in the Tarzan movies of the 1930s and '40s, has died at age 79. His wife, Patty Sheffield, told the Los Angeles Times that he...
John Mathew Sheffield Cassan was born in 1931 in Pasadena , CA. The middle-in-rank of three children, his younger brother Billy would also end up in the acting trade. As a baby little Johnny was prone to illness, but his father, Reginald, was determined to change all that.
Oct 19, 2010 · Johnny Sheffield, who played the character Boy in the Tarzan movies of the 1930s and '40s, has died at age 79.
Johnny Sheffield (John Matthew Sheffield Cassan) was born on 11 April, 1931 in Pasadena, California, USA, is an Actor. Discover Johnny Sheffield's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates.
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.
Child actor Johnny Sheffield found fame supporting Johnny Weissmuller in Tarzan films before starring in the Bomba series of films in the 1950s. The Johnny Sheffield page at Brian's Drive-In Theater offers photos, biography and filmography information, and DVD and memorabilia sources for actor Johnny Sheffield.
American actor who worked as a child in films such as Tarzan’s Secret Treasure in 1941 and Bomba and Safari Drums in 1953. Johnny Sheffield was born in California. He was first cast in a West Coast production of the Broadway play On Borrowed Time in 1938.
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.
Johnny Sheffield. Actor. Born April 11, 1931 in Pasadena, California, USA. His father was the actor Reginald Sheffield who began as a child star and later turned to character acting. Johnny appeared at age seven on Broadway in the original cast of "On Borrowed Time".