Orville Sherman was born in Oklahoma, where his great-grandfather bought land in 1894. He appeared in numerous television episodes, mostly Westerns. Being born in the frontier may have given him an edge to playing cowboys. Although most of his screen time can be counted in seconds, he was good at his craft. Orville started tap dancing at age nine and left home at 19 to pursue his career.According to the 1940 U.S. census, he was living as a boarder in Shawnee, Oklahoma, giving his occupation as actor, dancer, director. He served in WWII, enlisting from Santa Fe, New Mexico where he was working with a small theater troupe. A few years later he was in New York on stage later traveling to England to appear on stage in Oklahoma, where he met his future wife, actress Marcella Dodge.They married in 1948 and came to California from New York City in 1956 and appeared in film and TV episodes until his death. Relatives of his brother said Orville was too occupied with work to attend his fathers funeral in 1959. He was divorced from his first wife in the 1960s. In 1973, he wed, secondly, to Jean Reno, a woman eight years his senior. That same year, he added the occupation of minister to his life, teaching speech at the church of Religious Science in Downey, California. Sadly, he died alone, with no known family (his marriage long since ended) from prostate cancer in Los Angeles, aged 68.

Film non disponibile da Orville Sherman

The Man from Galveston

Ted Dooley (uncredited)

Film 1963

Home from the Hill

Ed Dinwoodie (uncredited)

Film 1960

Shadow of the Boomerang

Film 1961

The Letters

Minister

Film 1973

Transplant

Boris

Film 1979

The Brain Eaters

Mayor Cameron

Film 1958

The Legend of Frank Woods

Jesse Frome

Film 1977

Once You Kiss a Stranger...

Raymond

Film 1969

Scream of the Wolf

Coroner

Film 1974

A Question of Guilt

The Priest

Film 1978

Serie televisive non disponibile da Orville Sherman

Cheyenne

Tv 1955

Trackdown

Tv 1957

Little House on the Prairie

Tv 1974

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

Tv 1964

Alias Smith and Jones

Tv 1971

Medical Center

Tv 1969

Bewitched

Tv 1964

General Electric Theater

Luther Gaines

Tv 1953

Lassie

Tv 1954

The Lawless Years

Tv 1959

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Tv 1958

Rawhide

Charley Casey

Tv 1959

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

Tv 1955

Adventures of Superman

Tv 1952

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Sheriff Owens

Tv 1958

26 Men

Tv 1957

Harbor Command

Tv 1957