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Gene Sheldon is a Actor American born on 1 february 1908 at Columbus (USA)

Gene Sheldon

Gene Sheldon
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Birth name Eugene Hume
Nationality USA
Birth 1 february 1908 at Columbus (USA)
Death 1 may 1982 (at 74 years) at Tarzana (USA)

Gene Sheldon (February 1, 1908 – May 1, 1982) was an American film and television actor and musician. He is remembered as the mute servant Bernardo on Walt Disney's live-action TV series Zorro (1957-1959).

Biography

Eugene Search est né à Columbus dans l’Ohio aux États-Unis. Il changea son nom en Sheldon, un nom qu’il choisit sur une plaque de rue.

Il est le fils de Ada et Earl Search. Gene commença à s’intéresser au show-business grâce à son père magicien qui avait inventé une version de la femme coupée en deux. Gene avait environ 13 ans à cette époque, il apparaissait dans le numéro comme la fille coupée en deux. Il commença à travailler d’abord dans une usine de chaussures puis dans un magasin de musique.

Gene connut son premier travail artistique à la radio de Toledo en 1925 et continua de succès en succès dans le milieu du divertissement pendant dix ans. Influencé par Harpo Marx (les Marx brothers), sa spécialité était le mime, il n'était cependant ni sourd ni muet. En 1936, Gene commença une tournée de trois ans en Europe, apparaissant au théâtre dans un vaudeville à Paris, Berlin et dans d’autres capitales. Il joua pendant six mois au Palladium de Londres. À Broadway en 1940, il apparut dans la comédie musicale à succès Priorities, qui tourna pendant un an.

Gene débuta à Hollywood dans une comédie de Lewis, Three Ring Circus. Walt Disney signa avec lui un long contrat qui commença avec Zorro de 1957 à 1959

Les passe-temps favoris de Gene étaient la cuisine et la photographie. Il faisait lui-même ses développements. Il adorait la pêche et écouter ou jouer de la guitare et du banjo. Toujours avec Disney, Gene joua dans Toby Tyler avec Henry Calvin (le sergent Garcia dans Zorro) en 1960. Gene jouait le rôle de Sam Treat, un guide de Toby dans le film, clown et dresseur d’animaux. Les deux compères jouèrent également ensemble dans Babes in Toyland en 1961.

Il prit ensuite une semi-retraite, faisant quelques apparitions à la télévision et dans des spectacles de variétés.

Gene épousa Margaret McCann à Las Vegas le 11 décembre 1944. Ils eurent un garçon et une fille.

Gene restera le célèbre serviteur muet et prétendu sourd dans Zorro. Ses mimiques alimentaient les relations entre Guy Williams et lui. Bien qu’il ne dît un mot au cours de la série, Gene réussit à donner une dimension extraordinaire à son personnage.

Gene mourut en 1982, à Tarzana près de Los Angeles, d’une attaque cardiaque à 74 ans.

Best films

Golden Girl (1951)
(Actor)

Usually with

Thomas Little
Thomas Little
(4 films)
Lyle Wheeler
Lyle Wheeler
(3 films)
Leland Fuller
Leland Fuller
(3 films)
Henry Calvin
Henry Calvin
(3 films)
Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Gene Sheldon (11 films)

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Actor

Babes in Toyland, 1h46
Directed by Jack Donohue
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Musical theatre, Fantasy, Musical
Themes Christmas films, Musical films, Films about toys, Children's films
Actors Ray Bolger, Tommy Sands, Annette Funicello, Ed Wynn, Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran
Roles Roderigo
Rating60% 3.047673.047673.047673.047673.04767
The film begins as if it were a stage play presented by Mother Goose (and her wise-cracking, talking goose companion, Sylvester) about two nursery rhyme characters, Mary, Mary Quite Contrary and Tom the Piper's Son, who are about to be married. At the same time, the miserly and villainous Barnaby is hiring two crooks, Gonzorgo and Rodrigo, to throw Tom into the sea and steal Mary's sheep, thus depriving her of her means of support, and forcing her to marry Barnaby instead. (Mary has just come into a huge inheritance of which she is obviously unaware, but somehow–it is never explained how–Barnaby knows about it and intends to get it for himself.) After bopping Tom on the head with a hammer and tying him in a bag, the two henchmen, dimwitted Gonzorgo and silent Roderigo, pass by a gypsy camp. They decide to sell Tom to the Gypsies instead of drowning him in order to collect a double payment.
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus, 1h36
Directed by Charles Barton
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Circus films, Children's films
Actors Kevin Corcoran, Henry Calvin, Bob Sweeney, Gene Sheldon, Richard Eastham, James Drury
Roles Sam Treat
Rating67% 3.388963.388963.388963.388963.38896
Overhearing stern Uncle Daniel describe him as a "millstone", hurt and insulted, Toby Tyler runs away from his foster home to join the circus. There he soon befriends Mr. Stubbs, the frisky chimpanzee. However, the circus isn't all fun and games. Harry Tupper, the evil candy vendor, convinces Toby that his Aunt Olive and Uncle Daniel don't love him or want him back. Devastated, Toby resigns himself to circus life, even scoring himself a much bigger role. When he discovers, with the help of Mr. Stubbs, that Harry lied to him about Aunt Olive and Uncle Daniel, who truly do love him, he departs the circus for home. On the way, Toby finds that Mr. Stubbs has followed him, and decides to take the chimp home with him, for safe keeping. Soon after though, Mr. Stubbs gets chased by a hunter's dog. The hunter, Jim Weaver, accidentally shoots Mr. Stubbs just as Harry arrives to haul Toby back to the circus.
Signé Zorro, 1h31
Directed by Norman Foster, Lewis R. Foster, Vincent McEveety
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities, Children's films, Personne sourde ou muette, Zorro
Actors Guy Williams, Henry Calvin, Gene Sheldon, Romney Brent, Don Diamond, George J. Lewis
Roles Bernardo (archive footage)
Rating68% 3.4464353.4464353.4464353.4464353.446435
Au début du XIX siècle, de retour d'Espagne où il faisait ses études, Don Diego de la Vega découvre que Los Angeles est tyrannisée par le commandant de la garnison de cette petite ville de la Californie espagnole. Le jeune noble décide alors de combattre ces abus de pouvoir et prend les armes sous le nom de Zorro (renard en espagnol).
3 Ring Circus, 1h43
Directed by Joseph Pevney
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Circus films, Buddy films
Actors Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Joanne Dru, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Sig Ruman, Wallace Ford
Roles Puffo the Clown
Rating57% 2.899792.899792.899792.899792.89979
Pete Nelson, a smooth operator who has just been discharged from the Army, joins forces with his old buddy, the loud Jerome X. Hotchkiss, and together they join a circus. The Clyde Brent Circus, to be exact. Jerry has taken a job as apprentice lion tamer. Pete is set on being a circus clown, but his plans are squandered when they meet the circus manager Sam Morley and owner Jill Brent, who is also ringmaster. The circus has financial problems, so the only way that both Pete and Jerry can be hired if they help out wherever needed.
Golden Girl
Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Western
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Mitzi Gaynor, Dale Robertson, James Barton, Dennis Day, Una Merkel, James Barton
Roles Sam Jordan
Rating59% 2.952732.952732.952732.952732.95273
In her hometown of Rabbit Creek, vivacious teenager Lotta Crabtree is thrilled when the famed performer Lola Montez comes to town in 1863. She wants to become a singer like Lola herself someday, although parents Mary Ann and John Crabtree, who run a boarding house, don't necessarily approve.
Dopey Dicks
Directed by Edward Bernds
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Christine McIntyre, Philip Van Zandt, Stanley Price
Roles Headless Robot (uncredited)
Rating75% 3.7743.7743.7743.7743.774
The Stooges are janitors who have just finished moving furniture and assorted items into the office of a detective. Shemp fantisizes about the exciting life of a private eye, when a beautiful blonde in distress (Christine McIntyre) rushes in begging for help, claiming she is being followed. While the Stooges search the hallways, she quickly scribbles a note and is captured by a mysterious figure.
The Dolly Sisters, 1h54
Directed by Irving Cummings
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Betty Grable, June Haver, John Payne, S.Z. Sakall, Reginald Gardiner, Frank Latimore
Roles Professor Winnup
Rating61% 3.098813.098813.098813.098813.09881
In 1904, Uncle Latsie (S. Z. Sakall) comes to New York from Hungary with two little nieces, who immediately take to cafe dancing. In 1912, they're still at it, but to pay Uncle's card debts they decide to go into vaudeville. Singer Harry Fox (John Payne), whom they meet en route, schemes to get them an audition with the great Hammerstein, but their resulting success takes them far out of Harry's league. Lots of songs with a little story.
Where Do We Go from Here?, 1h18
Directed by George Seaton, Gregory Ratoff
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Musical
Themes Time travel films, Musical films, Political films
Actors Fred MacMurray, Joan Leslie, June Haver, Gene Sheldon, Anthony Quinn, Fortunio Bonanova
Roles Ali the Genie
Rating57% 2.8581252.8581252.8581252.8581252.858125
Fred MacMurray stars as Bill Morgan, a young American who is eager to join the military and fight for his country during World War II, but his 4F status prevents him from enlisting. Bill does his bit for the war effort by collecting scrap metal. Among the discarded junk he discovers a mysterious brass bottle which he rubs to clean off the grime.
Roberta
Roberta (1935)
, 1h46
Directed by William A. Seiter
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes La mode, Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott, Claire Dodd, Victor Varconi
Roles Banjo-playing Wabash Indianian (uncredited)
Rating69% 3.4977453.4977453.4977453.4977453.497745
John Kent (Randolph Scott), a former star football player at Harvard, goes to Paris with his friend Huck Haines (Fred Astaire) and the latter's dance band, the Wabash Indianians. Alexander Voyda (Luis Alberni) has booked the band, but refuses to let them play when he finds the musicians are not the Indians he expected, but merely from Indiana (Huck Haines and his Indianians Band).