Vincent Sherman
Directing · Acting · Writing · Crew
Born July 16, 1906, Vienna, Georgia, USA
Vincent Sherman (July 16, 1906 – June 18, 2006) was an American director, and actor, who worked in Hollywood. His movies include Mr. Skeffington (1944), Nora Prentiss (1947), and The Young Philadelphians (1959). He began his career as an actor on Broadway and later films. He directed B-movies for Warner Bros. before moving up to A-pictures. He was a good friend of actor Errol Flynn, whom he directed in Adventures of Don Juan (1949). He directed three Joan Crawford movies The Damned Don't Cry! (1950), Harriet Craig (1950), and Goodbye, My Fancy (1951). Description above from the Wikipedia article Vincent Sherman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
- 2005Mr. Skeffington: A Picture of Strength
- 1980Bogie — Director
- Hagen — Director
- The Dream Merchants — Director
- 1980Trouble in High Timber Country — Director
- Trapper John, M.D. — Director
- 1979Women at West Point — Director
- 1978Lady of the House — Director
- 1978Surf Wars — Narrator (voice)
- 1977The Last Hurrah — Director
- Baretta — Director
- The Waltons — Director
- Alias Smith and Jones — Director
- Medical Center — Director
- 1967Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes — Director
- The Long, Hot Summer — Director
- Vacation Playhouse — Director
- 1961A Fever in the Blood — Director
- 1961The Second Time Around — Director
- 1960Ice Palace — Director
- 1959The Young Philadelphians — Director
- 77 Sunset Strip — Director
- 1958The Naked Earth — Director
- 1957The Garment Jungle — Director
- 1956Defend My Love — Supervising Technical Director
- 1954Pride of the Blue Grass — Screenplay
- Summer Playhouse — Director
- 1952Affair in Trinidad — Director, Producer
- 1952Lone Star — Director
- 1951Goodbye, My Fancy — Director
- 1950Backfire — Director
- 1950Harriet Craig — Director
- 1950The Damned Don't Cry — Director
- 1949The Hasty Heart — Director
- 1948Adventures of Don Juan — Director
- 1947Nora Prentiss — Director
- 1947The Unfaithful — Director
- 1946Janie Gets Married — Director
- 1945Pillow to Post — Director
- 1944In Our Time — Director
- 1944Mr. Skeffington — Director
- 1943A Present with a Future — Director
- 1943Old Acquaintance — Director
- 1943The Hard Way — Director
- 1942All Through the Night — Director
- 1941Flight from Destiny — Director
- 1941Sergeant York — Special Guest Director
- 1941Underground — Director
- 1940Saturday's Children — Director
- 1940The Man Who Talked Too Much — Director
- 1939King of the Underworld — Screenplay
- 1939Pride of the Blue Grass — Story, Screenplay
- 1939The Adventures of Jane Arden — Screenplay
- 1939The Return of Doctor X — Director
- 1938Crime School — Screenplay, Dialogue Coach
- 1938Heart of the North — Screenplay
- 1938My Bill — Screenplay
- 1934Girl in Danger — Willie Tolini
- 1934Hell Bent for Love — Johnny Frank
- 1934Midnight Alibi — Black Mike
- 1934One Is Guilty — William Malcolm
- 1934Speed Wings — Mickey
- 1934The Crime of Helen Stanley — Karl Williams
- 1933Counsellor at Law — Harry Becker
Appearances as themselves (18)
- 2008You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story — Self (archive footage)
- 2007Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn — Self - Film Director & Friend
- 2006Credit Where Credit is Due — Self
- 2006Old Acquaintance: A Classic Woman's Picture — Self
- 2006Stardust: The Bette Davis Story — Self
- 2005The Adventures of Errol Flynn — Self - Director
- 2005The Damned Don't Cry: The Crawford Formula - Real and Reel — Self
- 2004Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust — Self
- 2004Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz — Self
- 2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There — Self
- 2003Rita — Self
- 2002Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star — Self - Director
- 1999Forever Hollywood — Self
- 1996Joan Crawford: Always the Star — Self
- 1996Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace — Self
- 1993Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul — Self
- 1990Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream — Self
- 1983Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler — Self