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Ransom Sherman(1898-1985)

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Ransom Sherman was born on 15 October 1898 in Appleton, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor, known for Winter Meeting (1948), Father of the Bride (1961) and Are You with It? (1948). He died on 26 November 1985 in Henderson, Nevada, USA.
BornOctober 15, 1898
DiedNovember 26, 1985(87)
BornOctober 15, 1898
DiedNovember 26, 1985(87)
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Known for

Winter Meeting (1948)
Winter Meeting
6.2
  • Mr. Roderick Moran, Jr.
  • 1948
Father of the Bride (1961)
Father of the Bride
7.6
TV Series
  • Herbert Dunston(as Ransom M. Sherman)
Donald O'Connor, Lew Parker, Olga San Juan, and Martha Stewart in Are You with It? (1948)
Are You with It?
6.2
  • Mr. Bixby
  • 1948
Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball, William Frawley, and Vivian Vance in I Love Lucy (1951)
I Love Lucy
8.5
TV Series
  • Man in the Park

Credits

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Actor

  • Dean Jones in Ensign O'Toole (1962)
    Ensign O'Toole
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Stanley Cobb
    • Congressman Torpin
    • 1963
  • Father of the Bride (1961)
    Father of the Bride
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Herbert Dunston (as Ransom M. Sherman)
    • 1961–1962
  • Thriller (1960)
    Thriller
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Police Commissioner
    • 1961
  • Lori Martin in National Velvet (1960)
    National Velvet
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Fred Schliegel
    • 1961
  • Happy (1960)
    Happy
    6.8
    TV Series
    • (as Ransom M. Sherman)
    • 1961
  • And Here's the Show
    4.6
    TV Series
    • Host (as Ransom M. Sherman)
    • 1955
  • Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball, William Frawley, and Vivian Vance in I Love Lucy (1951)
    I Love Lucy
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Man in the Park
    • 1953
  • Pretty Baby (1950)
    Pretty Baby
    6.5
    • Powers
    • 1950
  • The Ransom Sherman Show
    TV Series
    • Host
    • 1950
  • Nancy Goes to Rio (1950)
    Nancy Goes to Rio
    6.4
    • Dr. Ballard (uncredited)
    • 1950
  • James Craig, Farley Granger, Jean Hagen, and Cathy O'Donnell in Side Street (1949)
    Side Street
    7.1
    • Lucky's Apartment Super (uncredited)
    • 1949
  • Milton Berle, Bert Lahr, Virginia Mayo, and Ruth Roman in Always Leave Them Laughing (1949)
    Always Leave Them Laughing
    5.6
    • Henry 'Hank' Richards
    • 1949
  • Roy Roberts in Flaming Fury (1949)
    Flaming Fury
    6.1
    • Oscar Hollingsworth (as Ransom M. Sherman)
    • 1949
  • Zachary Scott and Alexis Smith in One Last Fling (1949)
    One Last Fling
    5.1
    • Judge Fred Bolton
    • 1949
  • Dane Clark and Alexis Smith in Whiplash (1948)
    Whiplash
    6.4
    • Tex Sanders
    • 1948

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Ransom M. Sherman
  • Born
    • October 15, 1898
    • Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
  • Died
    • November 26, 1985
    • Henderson, Nevada, USA

Did you know

  • Trivia
    In 1940, while hosting the "Club Matinee" radio show, Sherman presided over a "rename-the-Morfit" contest, for which a woman won $50 and in the process gave future game show/variety host Garry Moore his professional name. Moore often referred to Sherman in later years as "the man who taught me all I know".

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