Forrest K. Sheldon was an American film director, screenwriter and actor.[1][2] He was born in Trinidad, Colorado.[3] Sheldon directed and wrote for 40 films from 1924 to 1940.[4] Many of his films were westerns.
Forrest Sheldon | |
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| Born | Forrest K. Sheldon Trinidad, Colorado, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, actor |
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He was educated in Los Angeles and began working at Kalem in 1914. He worked for various studios and worked on Ken Maynard films including Hell-Fire Austin. He also worked on Tom Keene and Buck Jones films.[5]
Filmography
edit- False Trails (1924), actor
- Makers of Men (1925), director[6][7]
- Never Too Late (1925), director
- No Man's Law (1925), director[8]
- The Knockout Kid (1925), writer
- The Snob Buster (1925), writer
- The Man from Oklahoma (1926), director
- The Grey Vulture (1926), director[9]
- The Haunted Ship (1927), director
- Code of the Scarlet (1928), co-writer[10]
- Law of the Rio Grande (1931), director
- Dynamite Ranch (1932), director
- Hell Fire Austin (1932), director
- Between Fighting Men (1932), director[11]
- The Lone Trail (1932), director
- Hell-Fire Austin (1932)
- The Texas Ranger (1931), writer
- The Lone Rider (1930), co-wrote
- The Dawn Trail (1930), story[11]
- Phantom Thunderbolt (1933), co-writer[11]
- The Lone Avenger (1933), writer[11]
- Wilderness Mail (1935), director
- Men of Action (1935), co-wrote screenplay
- Port of Hate (1939), story
- Texas Stampede (1939), co-writer
References
edit- ^ ""Ginsberg the Great," Alias Georgie Jessel, Turns Magician at Broadway". Daily News. New York, New York. January 26, 1928. p. 374. Retrieved August 31, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States. University of California Press. 1997. ISBN 978-0-520-20969-5 – via Google Books.
- ^ The Film Daily Production Guide and Director's Annual. Film Daily. 1936. p. 235 – via Google Books.
- ^ "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 2025-09-01.
- ^ "The Film Daily Product Guide and Director's Annual". Film Daily. September 1, 1937 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Strand Theatre". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. April 2, 1926. p. 6. Retrieved August 31, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ McGowan, John J. (2005). J.P. McGowan: Biography of a Hollywood Pioneer. McFarland. p. 157. ISBN 9780786419944 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Motion Picture Herald". 1925 – via Google Books.
- ^ "An exception has occurred | George Eastman Museum".
- ^ "Story by Forrest Sheldon". The Star Press. Muncie, Indiana. October 7, 1928. p. 26. Retrieved September 1, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d Reid, John (September 2005). HOLLYWOOD 'B' MOVIES: A Treasury of Spills, Chills & Thrills. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-1-4116-5065-7 – via Google Books.
