JOHNNY SHEFFIELD SHIRTLESS 1951 ORIG LION HUNTERS PHOTO

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VINTAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ORIGINAL 8X10!!!!! ! NICE CONDITION!!!! INCREDIBLE ORIGINAL !!!!! BEAUTIFUL!!!!! GREAT CLOSE UP VINTAGE ORIGINAL PHOTO OF JOHNNY SHEFFIELD AS HE APPEARED IN THE LION HUNTERS. THE PHOTO IS FROM 1951!!! HIGH BIDDER PAYS $5 USA OR $6 INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE CHECK OTHER AUCTIONS FOR THE OTHER ORIGINALS!!!!!! WE ONLY DEAL IN THE REAL THING FROM THE STUDIOS!!!!!!! *ALL SALES ARE FINAL *NO RETURNS ALLOWED ON PHOTOS OR ANYTHING THAT CAN BE COPIED *EMAIL ALL QUESTIONS PRIOR TO BIDDING *SELLER NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST ITEMS INSURANCE IS OPTIONAL From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Johnny Sheffield in Tarzan's New York AdventureJohnny Sheffield (born April 11, 1931) is an American former child actor. He was born Jon Matthew Sheffield Cassan in Pasadena, California, the second child of actor Reginald Sheffield (February 18, 1901-December 8, 1957) and Louise Van Loon (January 21, 1905-April 14, 1987). His older sister was Mary Alice Sheffield Cassan and his younger brother was William Hart Sheffield Cassan (actor Billy Sheffield). His father was himself a former juvenile performer when he came to the United States from his native England. His mother, a native of New York, was a Vassar College graduate with a liberal arts education who loved books and lectured widely. Johnny was said to have been sickly and frail as a small child, but his father saw to it that he have a daily regimen of exercise. Not only did his health improve, he became strong and physically fit. His father also encouraged him in an acting career. In 1938, Sheffield became a child star when 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. Sheffield was taken to an audition and was extremely fortunate, as Weissmuller personally chose him out of all the other juvenile actors to play the part of "Boy" in Tarzan Finds a Son (1939). In that same year, Sheffield appeared in the Busby Berkely movie musical Babes in Arms with Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland, classmates of his at the studio school. He appeared with many other performers over the years, including Jeanette MacDonald, Pat O'Brien, Cesar Romero, Ronald Reagan and Beverly Garland. Sheffield played Boy in three Tarzan movies at MGM, and in another five after the star, Weissmuller, and production of the movie series moved to RKO. The blonde actress Brenda Joyce played Jane in the last three Tarzan movies Sheffield appeared in. After he outgrew the role of Boy, the teenage Sheffield went on to star in his own jungle movie series. In 1949, he made Bomba the Jungle Boy with co-star Peggy Ann Garner. In all, he appeared as Bomba twelve times. Sheffield appeared in his last movie, as Bomba, in 1955. He then made a pilot for a television series, Bantu the Zebra Boy, which was created, produced and directed by his father, Reginald Sheffield. Although the production values were high compared to other TV jungle shows of the day, a sponsor was not found and the show was never produced as a weekly series. read more

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