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Jack Sheldon

Actor

Jack Sheldon

Born November 30, 1931 in Jacksonville, Florida, USADied December 27, 201914 films

Jack Sheldon was the son of Jen Loven (1909-1989), who taught many of the Hollywood entertainment elite and their children to swim at her famous Jen Loven Swim School in Hollywood. Jack was known mostly for his sidekick status on the The Merv Griffin Show (1962) in the 1970s.

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For the Boys posterFirst watchFor the Boys19916.4as Wally FieldsTalented USO entertainer Dixie Leonard and comedian Eddie Sparks deal with their relationship over the course of 5 decades from World War II to the Vietnam War era to their twilight era in…View film

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Freaky Friday poster6.1Freaky Friday1976Radioland Murders poster5.8Radioland Murders1994Dear God poster5.4Dear God1996

Filmography

14 films as actor
  1. 2009Schoolhouse Rock! Earth
  2. 2008Schoolhouse Rock: Science (Classroom Edition)
  3. 2002Schoolhouse Rock! (Special 30th Anniversary Edition)Various Voices
  4. 1999Hard Time: Hostage HotelTrumpet
  5. 1999Hard Time: The PremonitionTrumpet
  6. 1998Hard TimeTrumpet
  7. 1996Dear GodHomeless Trumpeter
  8. 1994Radioland MurdersRuffles Reedy
  9. 1994Schoolhouse Rock Money Rocksinger
  10. 1993Lush LifeNorman
  11. 1991For the BoysWally Fields
  12. 1978Schoolhouse Rock Science Rocksinger
  13. 1976Freaky FridayLloyd
  14. 1973Schoolhouse Rock MultiplicationVarious voices