- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 18, 1916
- Place of Birth
- Lexington, Oklahoma, USA
- Died
- October 1, 1984
Orville Sherman
Orville Sherman was born in Oklahoma, where his great-grandfather bought land in 1894. He appeared in numerous television episodes, mostly Westerns. Being born in the frontier may have given him an edge to playing cowboys. Although most of his screen time can be counted in seconds, he was good at his craft. Orville started tap dancing at age nine and left home at 19 to pursue his career. According to the 1940 U.S. census, he was living as a boarder in Shawnee, Oklahoma, giving his occupation as "actor, dancer, director". He served in WWII, enlisting from Santa Fe, New Mexico where he was working with a small theater troupe. A few years later he was in New York on stage later traveling to England to appear on stage in "Oklahoma", where he met his future wife, actress Marcella Dodge. They married in 1948 and came to California from New York City in 1956 and appeared in film and TV episod…
Filmography
movieTransplant
1979 · Boris
movieA Question of Guilt
1978 · The Priest
movieThe Legend of Frank Woods
1977 · Jesse Frome
tvLittle House on the Prairie
1974 · Headmaster
movieScream of the Wolf
1974 · Coroner
movieWestworld
1973 · Supervisor
movieYour Three Minutes Are Up
1973 · Mr. Fisher
movieThe Letters
1973 · Minister
moviePretty Maids All in a Row
1971 · Pastor
tvAlias Smith and Jones
1971
movieOnce You Kiss a Stranger...
1969 · Raymond
tvMedical Center
1969
tvI Dream of Jeannie
1965 · Danny, Otto
tvGomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
tvDaniel Boone
1964 · Will Camfield, Tupper
tvBewitched
1964
movieThe Man from Galveston
1963 · Ted Dooley (uncredited)
tvThe Fugitive
1963 · Hotel clerk, Prewitt
tvThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · Charles
tvThe Virginian
1962 · Doctor, Undertaker
tvDr. Kildare
1961 · Steward
movieShadow of the Boomerang
1961
tvThe Andy Griffith Show
1960 · Huey Welch, Matt
movieHome from the Hill
1960 · Ed Dinwoodie (uncredited)
tvThe Twilight Zone
1959 · Tillman Miller
tvThe Lawless Years
1959
tvRawhide
1959 · Charley Casey
tvWestinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
tvWanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · Sheriff Owens
movieThe Brain Eaters
1958 · Mayor Cameron
tv26 Men
1957
tvHarbor Command
1957
tvTrackdown
1957
tvPerry Mason
1957 · Kirkwood, Hotel Clerk, Mr. Link
tvCheyenne
1955
tvGunsmoke
1955 · Sheriff, Warden, Wib Smith, Preacher
tvThe Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
tvLassie
1954 · Ride Attendant
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953 · Luther Gaines
tvAdventures of Superman
1952 · Gangster Scientist