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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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Marjorie Morningstar
Character:Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Release Date:24/04/1958
The Story of Mankind
Character:Julius Caesar
Release Date:08/11/1957
Secret of Treasure Mountain
Character:Edward Lancaster
Release Date:26/06/1956
23 Paces to Baker Street
Character:
Release Date:18/05/1956
The Black Shield of Falworth
Character:Lord Constable (uncredited)
Release Date:02/09/1954
Second Chance
Character:Mr. Woburn, English tourist
Release Date:18/07/1953
The Story of Three Loves
Character:Coudray's Stage Manager
Release Date:26/03/1953
Prison Warden
Character:English Charlie / Watkins the Butler
Release Date:29/10/1949
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Character:Auctioneer (uncredited)
Release Date:18/04/1949
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
Character:Superintendent
Release Date:30/10/1948
The Three Musketeers
Character:
Release Date:20/10/1948
A Woman's Vengeance
Character:Solicitor (uncredited)
Release Date:02/03/1948
The Exile
Character:Commanding Officer (uncredited)
Release Date:17/10/1947
Singapore
Character:Travel Agent (uncredited)
Release Date:13/08/1947
The Searching Wind
Character:Harry, Reporter
Release Date:09/08/1946
Devotion
Character:Charles Dickens (uncredited)
Release Date:05/04/1946
Three Strangers
Character:Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Release Date:28/01/1946
Captain Kidd
Character:Captain of the King's Guard (uncredited)
Release Date:22/11/1945
My Name Is Julia Ross
Character:McQuarrie (uncredited)
Release Date:08/11/1945
The Man in Half Moon Street
Character:Art Expert at Party
Release Date:19/01/1945
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
Character:Purser (uncredited)
Release Date:02/11/1944
My Kingdom for a Cook
Character:Reuter's English Reporter
Release Date:27/10/1943
Appointment in Berlin
Character:Miller - Wilson's Butler (uncredited)
Release Date:15/07/1943
Eyes in the Night
Character:Victor
Release Date:16/10/1942
Eagle Squadron
Character:Doc
Release Date:16/06/1942
Suspicion
Character:Reggie Wetherby
Release Date:14/11/1941
The Lady Eve
Character:Professor Jones (uncredited)
Release Date:25/02/1941
Hudson's Bay
Character:Clerk (uncredited)
Release Date:24/12/1940
Arise, My Love
Character:Steward (Uncredited)
Release Date:08/11/1940
Earthbound
Character:Defense Attorney
Release Date:06/06/1940
My Son, My Son!
Character:Thurston
Release Date:21/03/1940
Vigil in the Night
Character:Judge Tyler
Release Date:05/02/1940
Gunga Din
Character:Rudyard Kipling - Journalist
Release Date:26/01/1939
Female Fugitive
Character:Dr. Richardson
Release Date:15/04/1938
The Buccaneer
Character:Ship's Surgeon
Release Date:04/02/1938
The White Angel
Character:Patient (uncredited)
Release Date:25/06/1936
Splendor
Character:Billy Grimes
Release Date:22/11/1935
Society Fever
Character:Lord Michael
Release Date:15/07/1935
Cardinal Richelieu
Character:Richelieu's Outrider
Release Date:18/04/1935
Charlie Chan in London
Character:Flight Cmdr. King (uncredited)
Release Date:12/09/1934
One More River
Character:Tommy
Release Date:06/08/1934
Of Human Bondage
Character:Cyril Dunsford
Release Date:20/07/1934
Partners of the Trail
Character:John Durrant
Release Date:21/07/1931
Old English
Character:Bob Pillin
Release Date:12/08/1930
The Green Goddess
Character:Lieutenant Cardew
Release Date:13/02/1930
The Adorable Cheat
Character:Will Dorsey
Release Date:14/08/1928
White Mice
Character:Peter de Peyster
Release Date:31/01/1926
The Pinch Hitter
Character:Alexis Thompson
Release Date:13/12/1925
Classmates
Character:Bert Stafford
Release Date:19/11/1924
The Country Cousin
Character:Sammy Wilson
Release Date:02/11/1919
Piccadilly Jim
Character:Ogden Pett
Release Date:01/11/1919
The Magic Glass
Character:Tommy (as Eric Desmond)
Release Date:23/06/1914
David Copperfield
Character:David Copperfield as a Child (as Eric Desmond)
Release Date:02/01/1913
Television Appearances
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