Charlie Chan's Lucky Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Film
2006
Charlie Chan's Lucky Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Short documentary on Charlie Chan film series director H. Bruce Humberstone
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Acting
Born
1931-04-11 · 79 yrs
Died
2010-10-15
From
Pasadena, California, USA
Known for
Acting
Johnny Sheffield (born John Matthew Sheffield Cassan) was an American child, teen, and young-adult actor, his screen career lasting from 1938 to 1955. In 1938, Sheffield became a child star after he was cast in the juvenile lead of a West Coast production of the highly successful Broadway play On Borrowed Time, which starred Dudley Digges and featured Victor Moore as Gramps. Sheffield played the role of Pud, a long role for a child. He later went to New York as a replacement and performed the role on Broadway. The following year, his father read an article in The Hollywood Reporter that asked, "Have you a Tarzan Jr. in your backyard?" He believed he did and set up an interview. MGM was searching for a suitable youngster to play the adopted son of Tarzan in its next jungle movie with stars Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan.…
