From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaReginald Sheffield was born Matthew Reginald Sheffield Cassan in the St. Georges, 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.Sheffields 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 Helenas 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. DeMilles The Buccaneer, the latter being his last screen appearance.Reginald Sheffield died 8 December 1957 at his home in Pacific Palisades, California, aged 56.
Solicitor (uncredited)
Film 1948
Mr. Woburn, English tourist
Film 1953
Superintendent
Film 1948
Reggie Wetherby
Film 1941
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Film 1958
Cyril Dunsford
Film 1934
Lord Constable (uncredited)
Film 1954
Victor
Film 1942
Ogden Pett
Film 1919
Peter de Peyster
Film 1926
English Charlie / Watkins the Butler
Film 1949
Will Dorsey
Film 1928
Travel Agent (uncredited)
Film 1947
Bob Pillin
Film 1930
Dr. Richardson
Film 1938
Lieutenant Cardew
Film 1930
Billy Grimes
Film 1935
Defense Attorney
Film 1940
John Durrant
Film 1931
Edward Lancaster
Film 1956
Flight Cmdr. King (uncredited)
Film 1934
Patient (uncredited)
Film 1936
Rudyard Kipling - Journalist
Film 1939
Miller - Wilson's Butler (uncredited)
Film 1943
Lord Michael
Film 1935
David Copperfield as a Child (as Eric Desmond)
Film 1913
Auctioneer (uncredited)
Film 1949
Judge Tyler
Film 1940
Professor Jones (uncredited)
Film 1941
Bert Stafford
Film 1924
McQuarrie (uncredited)
Film 1945
Film 1948
Thurston
Film 1940
Steward (Uncredited)
Film 1940
Purser (uncredited)
Film 1944
Tommy (as Eric Desmond)
Film 1914
Reuter's English Reporter
Film 1943
Ship's Surgeon
Film 1938
Hotel Clerk
Film 1946
Commanding Officer (uncredited)
Film 1947
Tommy
Film 1934
Captain of the King's Guard (uncredited)
Film 1945
Art Expert at Party
Film 1945
Charles Dickens (uncredited)
Film 1946
Sammy Wilson
Film 1919
Julius Caesar
Film 1957
Alexis Thompson
Film 1925
Harry, Reporter
Film 1946
Tv 1954
Inspector Blaney
Tv 1952