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Date of Birth:
Johnny Sheffield
11 April 1931
Johnny Sheffield played in 2 movies in the Action, Adventure, Family, Romance, Music genres.
Johnny Sheffield got succeed with average imdb rating 6.9.
His father was the actor 'Reginald Sheffield' (qv) 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". When 'Maureen O'Sullivan (I)' (qv) wanted out of her Jane role in the 'Johnny Weissmuller' (qv) Tarzan series, it was decided that she and Tarzan would adopt a son (they had to adopt, according to the Legion of Decency, because they weren't married) before she died. Weissmuller personally chose Shef... field for the part of Boy, a part inspired by 'Bobby Nelson (I)' (qv)'s portrayal in _Tarzan the Mighty (1928)_ (qv); athletic by nature, he was taught to swim by swimming Olympian Weissmuller. _Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)_ (qv) was such a success that MGM signed Sheffield to six more films as Tarzan's Boy. By the time of _Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948)_ (qv), he was too big for the part; the film merely said he was away at school. When Monogram Studios learned he had been dropped, they picked him up for the series of movies based on the 'Roy Rockwood' (qv) _Bomba, the Jungle Boy (1949)_ (qv) movies. He made twelve of these between 1949 and 1955.Read more Less
