Acting

Johnny Sheffield

Born April 11, 1931 · Pasadena, California, USA

Died October 15, 2010 · aged 79

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 …

Known For

Tarzan's Desert Mystery

Tarzan's Desert Mystery · 1943

Tarzan's Desert Mystery

MovieActionAdventure

A letter from Jane, who is nursing British troops, asks Tarzan's help in obtaining a malaria serum extractable from jungle plants. Tarzan and Boy set out across the desert looking for the plants. Along the way they befriend a stranded American lady magician.

Tarzan's Secret Treasure

Tarzan's Secret Treasure · 1941

Tarzan's Secret Treasure

MovieActionAdventure

A scientific expedition happens to discover that gold exists on Tarzan's escarpment. The villainous Medford and Vandermeer kidnap Jane and Boy to extort from Tarzan the location of the gold.

Tarzan's New York Adventure

Tarzan's New York Adventure · 1942

Tarzan's New York Adventure

MovieActionAdventure

Circus owner Buck Rand kidnaps Boy to perform in his show. He forces a pilot to fly him, Boy and his animal trainer out of the jungle. Tarzan and Jane follow them to New York.

Tarzan and the Leopard Woman

Tarzan and the Leopard Woman · 1946

Tarzan and the Leopard Woman

MovieActionAdventure

A tribe devoted to the leopard cult is dedicated to preventing civilization from moving further into Africa.

Babes in Arms

Babes in Arms · 1939

MovieComedyMusic

Mickey Moran, son of two vaudeville veterans, decides to put up his own vaudeville show with his girlfriend Patsy Barton. But child actress Rosalie wants to make a comeback and replace Patsy both professionally and as Mickey's girl.

Tarzan and the Huntress

Tarzan and the Huntress · 1947

Tarzan and the Huntress

A shortage of zoo animals after World War II brings beautiful animal trainer Tanya, her financial backer and her cruel trail boss to the jungle. After negotiating a quota with the native king, they take more animals than allowed. Tarzan intervenes.

Knute Rockne All American

Knute Rockne All American · 1940

Knute Rockne All American

The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.

Tarzan Finds a Son!

Tarzan Finds a Son! · 1939

Tarzan Finds a Son!

MovieActionAdventure

A young couple die in a plane crash in the jungle. Their son is found by Tarzan and Jane who name him Boy and raise him as their own. Five years later a search party comes to find the young heir to millions of dollars. Jane agrees, against Tarzan's will, to lead them to civilization.

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Tarzan's Desert Mystery

Tarzan's Desert Mystery · 1943

Tarzan's Desert Mystery

MovieActionAdventure

A letter from Jane, who is nursing British troops, asks Tarzan's help in obtaining a malaria serum extractable from jungle plants. Tarzan and Boy set out across the desert looking for the plants. Along the way they befriend a stranded American lady magician.

Boy

Tarzan's Secret Treasure

Tarzan's Secret Treasure · 1941

Tarzan's Secret Treasure

MovieActionAdventure

A scientific expedition happens to discover that gold exists on Tarzan's escarpment. The villainous Medford and Vandermeer kidnap Jane and Boy to extort from Tarzan the location of the gold.

Boy

Tarzan's New York Adventure

Tarzan's New York Adventure · 1942

Tarzan's New York Adventure

MovieActionAdventure

Circus owner Buck Rand kidnaps Boy to perform in his show. He forces a pilot to fly him, Boy and his animal trainer out of the jungle. Tarzan and Jane follow them to New York.

Boy

Tarzan and the Leopard Woman

Tarzan and the Leopard Woman · 1946

Tarzan and the Leopard Woman

MovieActionAdventure

A tribe devoted to the leopard cult is dedicated to preventing civilization from moving further into Africa.

Boy

Babes in Arms

Babes in Arms · 1939

MovieComedyMusic

Mickey Moran, son of two vaudeville veterans, decides to put up his own vaudeville show with his girlfriend Patsy Barton. But child actress Rosalie wants to make a comeback and replace Patsy both professionally and as Mickey's girl.

Bobs (as John Sheffield)

Tarzan and the Huntress

Tarzan and the Huntress · 1947

Tarzan and the Huntress

A shortage of zoo animals after World War II brings beautiful animal trainer Tanya, her financial backer and her cruel trail boss to the jungle. After negotiating a quota with the native king, they take more animals than allowed. Tarzan intervenes.

Boy

Knute Rockne All American

Knute Rockne All American · 1940

Knute Rockne All American

The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.

Knute - Age 7

Tarzan Finds a Son!

Tarzan Finds a Son! · 1939

Tarzan Finds a Son!

MovieActionAdventure

A young couple die in a plane crash in the jungle. Their son is found by Tarzan and Jane who name him Boy and raise him as their own. Five years later a search party comes to find the young heir to millions of dollars. Jane agrees, against Tarzan's will, to lead them to civilization.

Boy

Tarzan and the Amazons

Tarzan and the Amazons · 1945

Tarzan and the Amazons

MovieAdventureAction

A group of archaeologists asks Tarzan to help them find an ancient city in a hidden valley of women. He refuses, but Boy is tricked into doing the job. The queen of the women asks Tarzan to help them.

Boy

Tarzan Triumphs

Tarzan Triumphs · 1943

Tarzan Triumphs

MovieActionAdventure

Zandra, white princess of a lost civilization, comes to Tarzan for help when Nazis invade the jungle with plans to conquer her people and take their wealth. Tarzan, the isolationist, becomes involved after the Nazis shoot at him and capture Boy: "Now Tarzan make war!"

Boy

Million Dollar Baby

Million Dollar Baby · 1941

Million Dollar Baby

MovieComedyRomance

A sudden windfall has unexpected consequences on a working class girl during the Great Depression.

Alvie Grayson

Elephant Stampede

Elephant Stampede · 1951

Elephant Stampede

MovieAdventureDrama

Bomba the jungle boy swings into action when an elephant herd is threatened by ivory hunters.

Bomba

Lucky Cisco Kid

Lucky Cisco Kid · 1940

Lucky Cisco Kid

Cisco and Gordito arrive to find there is an outlaw operating in the area who is assumed to be the Cisco Kid. When a reward is offered for his capture and a large shipment of money goes out, Cisco is on hand. Seeing the gang rob the stage he goes after them only to be wounded. The gang leader leaves Cisco's handkerchief at the scene and now he is wanted for the murder he tried to break up.

Tommy Lawrence

Killer Leopard

Killer Leopard · 1954

Movie actress Linda Winters has gone into the jungle to find her lost husband Fred. Bomba the Jungle Boy helps in the rescue effort. A major obstacle facing them is a killer leopard which specializes in tearing people limb from limb.

Bomba

The Lost Volcano

The Lost Volcano · 1950

The Lost Volcano

Little David Gordon lives in the jungle with his parents Ruth and Fred, along with their servant Nona. David likes living there while his father captures wild animals; he's made friends with Bomba the jungle boy, who has shown him a great deal about life in the jungle. One day two adventurers come looking for ancient treasure in the shadow of a live volcano.

Bomba

Bomba on Panther Island

Bomba on Panther Island · 1949

Bomba on Panther Island

In this second film in the Bomba, the Jungle Boy series, Bomba tracks a dangerous panther.

Bomba

African Treasure

African Treasure · 1952

African Treasure

Against stock footage of lions, elephants and wildebeasts, Bomba the Jungle Boy captures a pair of nefarious diamond smugglers.

Bomba

Bomba, the Jungle Boy

Bomba, the Jungle Boy · 1949

Bomba, the Jungle Boy

George Harland and his daughter Pat are photographers who discover a wild boy in the jungle. When Pat becomes lost, Bomba brings her back, overcoming plagues of locusts, forest fires and fierce wild animals.

Bomba

Bomba and the Jungle Girl

Bomba and the Jungle Girl · 1952

Bomba and the Jungle Girl

MovieActionAdventure

Bomba decides to find out who his parents were. He starts with Cody Casson's diary and follows the trail to a native village. An ancient blind woman tells him his parents and the village's true ruler were murdered by the current chieftain and his daughter.

Bomba

Bomba and the Hidden City

Bomba and the Hidden City · 1950

Bomba and the Hidden City

MovieAdventureDrama

A nature photographer and his guide meet a corrupt emir with a dirty secret. Only jungle-dwelling Bomba knows the truth.

Bomba

The Golden Idol

The Golden Idol · 1954

The Golden Idol

MovieActionAdventure

Prince Ali wants the Golden Idol of Watusi and hires a ruthless hunter to get it for him. Bomba has the idol and, with the help of Commissioner Barnes, Eli, and a beautiful archeologist, he foils Ali's plans.

Bomba

Little Orvie

Little Orvie · 1940

MovieComedyDrama

Family film, based on a Booth Tarkington tale, about a young boy who takes extreme measures to keep the stray dog he befriends.

Orvie Stone

The Lion Hunters

The Lion Hunters · 1951

The Lion Hunters

A lion trapper and his daughter rendezvous with their hardheaded partner in the African jungle. Bomba, with assistance from a local tribe, strives to run them off.

Bomba

Safari Drums

Safari Drums · 1953

A group of movie makers arrive in Africa to make a film about jungle wildlife.

Bomba