John Sheehan

Biography

Career Overview

John Sheehan has 113 screen credits in a career dating back to 1914. Their work spans 3 cinematic universes — most prominently Torchy Blane Collection with 2 titles. Signature works include Trimmed in Furs, Pretenses, The Comet's Come-Back. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

113

Birth Date

1885-10-22 00:00:00

Birth Place

Oakland, California, USA

Known For

• Trimmed in Furs
• 

  Pretenses
• The Comet's Come-Back
• The Last Chapter
• 

  House of Mystery
• Lost in Limehouse or Lady Esmerelda's Predicament

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 3 universes

• Torchy Blane Collection (2 titles)
• Jones Family (1 titles)
• Perry Mason (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• John Steppling (2 collaborations)
• Carol Holloway (2 collaborations)
• William Desmond Taylor (2 collaborations)
• Charles Lamont (1 collaborations)
• Eleanor Hunt (1 collaborations)
• Dorothy Dix (1 collaborations)
• Louise Keaton (1 collaborations)
• Tom Herbert (1 collaborations)
• Herman Bing (1 collaborations)
• Neal Pratt (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (113 credits)

  • Pat and Mike

    Golf Tournament Player-Announcer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • His Kind of Woman

    Guitarist (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • The Lady and the Bandit

    Huggens

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • The Big Gusher

    Doctor

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Where Danger Lives

    Quartz Miner (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Red, Hot and Blue

    Waiter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Alias Nick Beal

    Reformer

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes

    Judge (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now

    Stage Doorman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • That's My Man

    Pharmacist Simpson

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Magnificent Doll

    Hugo (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • The Killers

    Fight Arena Doctor (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • The Man in Half Moon Street

    Expressman

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Johnny Come Lately

    Cop

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Bombardier

    Congressman

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Ladies' Day

    Lou

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • It Ain't Hay

    Storekeeper (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Silent Witness

    Detective Dan Callahan

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Mug Town

    Manager

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • The Payoff

    Sgt. Brenen

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

    Theatre Ticket Seller

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Wake Island

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • The Pride of the Yankees

    First Paper Hanger (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Night in New Orleans

    Drunk (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Broadway

    Oscar (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • This Gun for Hire

    Keever (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Woman of the Year

    Red Face (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Pacific Blackout

    Sergeant

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Mob Town

    Mr. Loomis

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Honky Tonk

    Townsman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • The Strawberry Blonde

    Streetcleaner (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Tin Pan Alley

    Announcer

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Mexican Spitfire Out West

    Janitor

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Seven Sinners

    Drunk (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Hullabaloo

    Audition Manager

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • City for Conquest

    Man Yelling at Ringside (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Men Against the Sky

    Bartender

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Gold Rush Maisie

    Drunk Greeting 'Pop' (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Millionaires in Prison

    Deputy Taking Keats & Kellogg to Prison (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Three Faces West

    Man Asking When Wedding Will Be

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • King of the Lumberjacks

    Bartender

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Marines Fly High

    Airplane Seller

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • I Take This Woman

    Clinic Patient with Good Blood Pressure (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Hidden Enemy

    Marden

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Mexican Spitfire

    Bartender in Mexico

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Slightly Honorable

    Mike Daley

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Night of Nights

    Bartender (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Dust Be My Destiny

    County Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite

    Desk Sergeant O'Toole (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Wolf Call

    Grogan

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Big Town Czar

    Ray Norman

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • They Made Me a Criminal

    Man in Front of Grandma (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Down on the Farm

    Fire Chief

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Youth Takes a Fling

    Second Communist

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Many Sappy Returns

    Mr. Benson

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Love on a Budget

    Fire Chief Nelson

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Mama Runs Wild

    Snodey

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Night Club Scandal

    Duffy

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Love Takes Flight

    Spud Johnson

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • All Over Town

    McKee

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Island Captives

    Island Police Commandant

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Kid Galahad

    Ringside Reporter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Marked Woman

    Vincent

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Midnight Court

    'Clouter' Hoag

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Under Southern Stars

    Number Thirteen

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • The Great O'Malley

    Policeman in Radio Car (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • On the Avenue

    Stage Manager

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Join the Marines

    O'Day

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Smart Blonde

    Leon Blyfuss

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • The Case of the Black Cat

    Sergeant Holcomb (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Here Comes Carter

    Slugs Dana

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Ticket to Paradise

    Taxi Driver

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

    Bert Murphy (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Three Godfathers

    Ed Barrow

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Laughing Irish Eyes

    Joe Cronin

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • The Goose and the Gander

    Murphy

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • The Murder Man

    Sweeney

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • His First Flame

    Fire-Eating Sam

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • The Human Side

    Gardy (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • The Circus Clown

    Moxley

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Such Women Are Dangerous

    Granigan

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • The Personality Kid

    Prof. Thompson

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Little Miss Marker

    Sun Rise

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • House of Mystery

    Harry Smith

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • The Countess of Monte Cristo

    Sterner

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Trimmed in Furs

    William

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • King for a Night

    Manny

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • The Chief

    Charlie, a Streetcleaner

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Bureau of Missing Persons

    Tom--Morgue Attendant (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • As the Devil Commands

    Wilfred Morgan

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Arizona to Broadway

    Flynn's Straightman

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles

    Gypse Joe

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • The Gay Nighties

    Mr. Oliver Beezley

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Elmer, the Great

    Bartender (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • The Warrior's Husband

    Pokus

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Lost in Limehouse or Lady Esmerelda's Predicament

    Sir Marmaduke Rakes

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • The Keyhole

    Ship Bartender (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • State Fair

    Barker at Aerial Act (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Hard to Handle

    Ed 'Mac' McGrath (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • The Past of Mary Holmes

    Tom Kincaid

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Lawyer Man

    Mike - Bartender (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Call Her Savage

    Drunken Tenant (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Two Lips and Juleps; or, Southern Love and Northern Exposure

    John Sheehan

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Hold 'Em Jail

    Mike Maloney

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Too Young to Marry

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Fair Warning

    Kelduff

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • The Criminal Code

    'Mac' McManus

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Kismet

    Kazim

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Swing High

    Doc May

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • The Comet's Come-Back

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • Pretenses

    Steve Nolan

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • The Last Chapter

    Reggy Trevor

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • The Key to Yesterday

    George Steels

    actor

    actors
    1914