Reginald Sheffield

Also Known As: Matthew Reginald Sheffield Cassan, Eric Desmond, Reggie Sheffield, Reggy Sheffield

Biography: 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.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: London, England, UK

Birthday: February 18, 1901

Deathday: December 08, 1957

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Gender: Male

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Known For:

A Woman's Vengeance
Second Chance
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
Suspicion
Marjorie Morningstar
Of Human Bondage
The Black Shield of Falworth
Eyes in the Night
Piccadilly Jim
White Mice
Prison Warden
The Adorable Cheat
Singapore
Old English
Female Fugitive
The Green Goddess
Splendor
Earthbound
Cardinal Richelieu
Partners of the Trail
Secret of Treasure Mountain
Charlie Chan in London
The White Angel
The Story of Three Loves
Gunga Din
Appointment in Berlin
Society Fever
David Copperfield
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Vigil in the Night
The Lady Eve
Classmates
My Name Is Julia Ross
The Three Musketeers
My Son, My Son!
Arise, My Love
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
The Magic Glass
My Kingdom for a Cook
Eagle Squadron
The Buccaneer
Three Strangers
The Exile
One More River
Captain Kidd
The Man in Half Moon Street
Devotion
The Country Cousin
The Story of Mankind
The Pinch Hitter
The Searching Wind
23 Paces to Baker Street