Shepperd Strudwick
Biography
Shepperd Strudwick was an American actor who worked in film, television, and theater. He was born in Hillsborough, North Carolina, in 1907 and first acted with a summer stock company in Maine. His film career began with the title character in the short Joaquin Murrieta (1938). Some of his films and stage work used the name John Shepperd. His role as Edgar Allan Poe came in The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (1942). He appeared in The Red Pony (1949), The Reckless Moment (1949), and A Place in the Sun (1951). He portrayed Adam Stanton in All the King's Men (1949). He made many television appearances, including The Twilight Zone and the soap operas As the World Turns, Another World, and One Life to Live. On Broadway he acted in at least 30 plays, and his 1981 work To Grandmother's House We Go earned him a Tony Award nomination. He died in 1983.
75years old at death
- Born Orange County
- Died New York City
- Star sign: VirgoLast day of the sign, on the Libra cusp
Movie Career
- Films
- 12
- Career span
- 17 years1940 to 1957
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First role
Strudwick's first film role was the title character in the 1938 short Joaquin Murrieta, for which he was credited as Sheppard Strudwick.
Beyond film
In 1981, Strudwick provided the voice of Homer in a radio dramatization of the Odyssey. The National Radio Theater produced the adaptation, which won a Peabody Award.
A first
Strudwick appeared in at least 30 Broadway plays. The Yellow Jacket in 1929 came first, and To Grandmother's House We Go in 1981 came at the end.
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