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Reginald Sheffield
Actor
Died December 8, 1957 (56 years)
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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.
Filmography
| 1958 | The Buccaneer · as Tripes |
| 1958 | Marjorie Morningstar · as Hotel Desk Clerk |
| 1957 | The Story of Mankind · as Julius Caesar |
| 1956 | D-Day the Sixth of June · as Hotel Proprietor |
| 1956 | 23 Paces to Baker Street · as Man Lost in Fog |
| 1956 | The Gale Storm Show (TV Series) · as Waldo |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Jim Bowie (TV Series) · as Patty McGurk |
| 1954 | The Black Shield of Falworth · as Lord Constable |
| 1954 | Rocky Jones, Space Ranger (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1953 | Young Bess · as Court Recorder |
| 1953 | Second Chance · as Mr. Woburn, English tourist |
| 1952 | At Sword's Point · as Cardinal |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse (TV Series) · as Inspector Blaney |
| 1949 | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court · as Auctioneer |
| 1949 | Mr. Belvedere Goes to College · as Professor Ives |
| 1948 | Kiss the Blood Off My Hands · as Superintendent |
| 1948 | The Three Musketeers · as Subaltern |
| 1948 | A Woman's Vengeance · as Solicitor (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Exile · as Commanding Officer (uncredited) |
| 1947 | If Winter Comes · as Manager |
| 1946 | Three Strangers · as Hotel Clerk |
| 1946 | To Each His Own · as Headwaiter |
| 1945 | Captain Kidd · as Captain of the King's Guard (uncredited) |
| 1945 | My Name Is Julia Ross · as McQuarrie |
| 1945 | Confidential Agent · as Miner |
| 1944 | Wilson · as Newton D. Baker - Secretary of War |
| 1943 | Appointment in Berlin · as Miller - Wilson's Butler |
| 1943 | The Crystal Ball · as Dad in Shooting Gallery |
| 1942 | Random Harvest · as Judge |
| 1942 | Eyes in the Night · as Victor |
| 1941 | Bedtime Story · as Broadcaster |
| 1941 | Scotland Yard · as Hat Clerk |
| 1941 | The Lady Eve · as Professor Jones (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Suspicion · as Reggie Wetherby |
| 1940 | Arise, My Love · as Steward (Uncredited) |
| 1939 | Gunga Din · as Rudyard Kipling - Journalist |
| 1938 | The Buccaneer · as Ship's Surgeon |
| 1938 | Female Fugitive · as Dr. Richardson |
| 1938 | Hollywood Stadium Mystery · as Det. Murdoch in Play |
| 1938 | The Adventures of Robin Hood · as Herald at Archery Tournament |
| 1937 | Another Dawn · as Wister's Wireless Operator |
| 1936 | The Charge of the Light Brigade · as Bentham |
| 1935 | Becky Sharp · as Undetermined Role |
| 1935 | The Lives of a Bengal Lancer · as Novice Clerk |
| 1934 | Of Human Bondage · as Cyril Dunsford |
| 1934 | All Men Are Enemies · as Officer |
| 1928 | The Adorable Cheat · as Will Dorsey |
| 1915 | A Call from the Past · as The Boy |
| 1914 | The Magic Glass · as Tommy (as Eric Desmond) |
| 1914 | How Billy Kept His Word · as Billy |
| 1914 | A Price on His Head · as Eric |
| 1914 | What the Firelight Showed · as Bobby |
| 1914 | Little Boy Bountiful · as Reggie |
| 1914 | Memory · as Noel Stevens |
| 1914 | Follow Your Leader · as Tommy |
| 1914 | Entertaining Uncle · as The boy |
| 1914 | All in a Day's Work · as Freddie |
| 1914 | The Hunchback · as Child |
| 1914 | The Bridge Destroyer · as The Scout |
| 1914 | Tommy's Money Scheme · as Tommy |
| 1914 | Unfit; or, The Strength of the Weak · as The boy |
| 1913 | David Copperfield · as David Copperfield as a Child (as Eric Desmond) |
| 1913 | The Forsaken · as Jack |
| 1913 | Lieutenant Pie's Love Story · as actor |
| 1913 | For Such Is the Kingdom of Heaven · as Child |
| 1913 | The Camera Fiend · as actor |
| 1913 | A Silent Witness · as actor |