John Sheehan

John Sheehan was an American actor who came to film from vaudeville. Born in Oakland, he acted onstage and in vaudeville, began making short films in 1914, and appeared in more than sixty films between 1914 and 1916 before returning exclusively to the stage in 1917. He stayed onstage until talking pictures took hold, then returned to the screen in the 1930 melodrama Swing High. His notable film work included the first sound version of Kismet, a featured part in Little Miss Marker (1934) opposite Shirley Temple and Adolphe Menjou, and Michael Curtiz's Kid Galahad. He also appeared in Woman of the Year, The Pride of the Yankees, Yankee Doodle Dandy, and Buck Privates Come Home. Somebody Loves Me, released after his death in 1952, was his final film to reach theaters, while Pat and Mike, made in early 1952, was the last he worked on.