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Shepperd Strudwick
Shepperd Strudwick
	Shepperd Strudwick (1947)
Born	September 22, 1907; Hillsborough, North Carolina, U.S.
Died	January 15, 1983 (aged 75); New York City, U.S.
Alma mater	University of North Carolina
Years active	1938–1982
Spouse(s)	Mary Jeffrey (1977–1983) (his death); Jane Straub (1958–?) (divorced); Margaret O'Neill (1947–?) (divorced); Helen Wynn (1936–?) (divorced; 1 child)

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Shepperd Strudwick (September 22, 1907 – January 15, 1983) was an American actor of film, television, and stage. He was also billed as John Shepperd^[1] for some of his films and for his acting on stage in New York.^[2]

Early years

Strudwick was born in Hillsborough, North Carolina.^[3] He attended Virginia Episcopal School in Lynchburg, Virginia,^[4] and the University of North Carolina. At the university, he played football and basketball and ran the mile in track. He gained early acting experience in a summer stock theatre company in Maine.^[3]

Career

He began his film career as the title character in the short film Joaquin Murrieta (1938), credited as Sheppard Strudwick. He appeared as Yugoslav guerrilla leader Lt. Aleksa Petrovic, an aide to General Draza Mihailovich, in the 20th Century Fox war film Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas in 1943, credited as John Shepperd.

During World War II, Strudwick served in the Navy.^[5]

He played Edgar Allan Poe in The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (1942) and also appeared in Strange Triangle (1946), Fighter Squadron (1948), The Reckless Moment (1949), The Red Pony (1949), Under the Gun (1951), and A Place in the Sun (1951), starring Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift, as the Taylor character's father.

He portrayed Adam Stanton, the idealistic doctor who finally kills Willie Stark (played by Broderick Crawford) in the classic film All the King's Men (1949). Another notable role was Father Jean Massieu in Joan of Arc (1948), starring Ingrid Bergman as Joan.

Strudwick made many appearances on television, including the role of Dr. Charles Morris in the 1958 Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Fugitive Nurse." He also appeared on The Twilight Zone, (in the episode "Nightmare as a Child") and several roles on the soap operas As the World Turns (Dr. Fields), Another World (Jim Matthews), One Life to Live (Victor Lord), and Love of Life (Timothy McCauley). In 1981, he starred as the voice of Homer in the National Radio Theater's Peabody Award-winning radio dramatization of the Odyssey.

His last appearance on film was in 1981's Kent State, a TV film. That same year, he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor (Featured Role – Play) for the Broadway play To Grandmother's House We Go.^{[citation needed]}

Strudwick acted in at least 30 Broadway plays, beginning with The Yellow Jacket (1929), and ending with To Grandmother's House We Go (1981).^[6]

Personal life

Strudwick married Helen Wynn,^[3] (born Helen R. Sims),^[7] with whom he acted in stock theatre in Maine, on May 10, 1936, in New York City.^[3] They had a son in 1944.^[2] In 1949, he was married to Jean Mead, who had worked for the British Information Service.^[4] Strudwick was married to Mary Jeffrey from 1977 until his death. He died in New York City from cancer on January 15, 1983, at the age of 75.^[8]

Filmography

Film

Fast Company (1938) as Ned Morgan (film debut)
Old Glory (1939, Short) as Paul Revere (voice, uncredited)
Congo Maisie (1940) as Dr. John McWade
Mighty Hunters (1940, Short) as Narrator (voice, uncredited)
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (1940) as Dr. Gregory 'Greg' Lane
Tom Thumb in Trouble (1940, Short) as Narrator/Tom Thumb's Father (voice, uncredited)
The Mortal Storm (1940) as Narrator (uncredited)
Flight Command (1940) - Lieut. Jerry Banning
Belle Starr (1941) as Ed Shirley
The Men in Her Life (1941) as Roger Chevis
Cadet Girl (1941) as Bob Mallory
Remember the Day (1941) as Dewey Roberts
Rings on Her Fingers (1942) as Tod Fenwick
Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942) as Henry Clay
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (1942) as Edgar Allan Poe
Dr. Renault's Secret (1942) as Dr. Larry Forbes
Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas (1943) as Lt. Aleksa Petrovic
Strange Triangle (1946) as Earl Huber
Home, Sweet Homicide (1946) as Mr.Wallace Sanford
Joan of Arc (1948) as Father Massieu (Joan's bailiff)
Fighter Squadron (1948) as Brig. Gen. Mel Gilbert
Enchantment (1948) as Marchese Del Laudi
The Red Pony (1949) as Mr. Fred Tiflin
Reign of Terror (1949) as Napoleon Bonaparte (voice, uncredited)
The Reckless Moment (1949) as Ted Darby
Chicago Deadline (1949) as Edgar 'Blacky' Franchot
All the King's Men (1949) as Adam Stanton
The Kid from Texas (1950) as Roger Jameson
Let's Dance (1950) as Timothy Bryant
Three Husbands (1950) as Arthur Evans
A Place in the Sun (1951) as Anthony "Tony" Vickers
Under the Gun (1951) as Milo Bragg
The Eddy Duchin Story (1956) as Sherman Wadsworth
Autumn Leaves (1956) as Dr. Malcolm Couzzens
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956) as Jonathan Wilson
That Night! (1957) as Dr. Bernard Fischer
The Sad Sack (1957) as Major General Vanderlip
Girl on the Run (1958) as James McCullough/Ralph Graham
Violent Midnight (1963) as Adrian Benedict
Daring Game (1968) as Dr. Henry L. Carlyle
Slaves (1969) as Mr. Stillwell
The Monitors (1969) as Tersh Jeterax
Cops and Robbers (1973) as Mr. Eastpoole (final film)

Television

Wagon Train (1957) as Colonel Charles E. Beauchamp
Perry Mason (1958) as Dr. Charles Morris
Have Gun - Will Travel (1960) as Colonel Benjamin Nunez
77 Sunset Strip (1960) as James McCullough
Thriller (1960) as Douglas Kilburn
The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960) as Bill Mowry
The Twilight Zone (1961) as Peter Selden ("Nightmare as a Child" episode)
One Life to Live (1968) as Victor Lord
McMillan & Wife (1971) as Rudolph Dimrose
The Adams Chronicles (1976) as Dr. Hooper
Love of Life (1980) as Timothy McCauley
Nurse (1982) as William Mercier (final appearance)

Radio

National Radio Theater: Odyssey as Homer

Stage

To Grandmother's House We Go, Broadway play

Awards

1981 Tony Award for Best Actor (Featured Role – Play):
- To Grandmother's House We Go - Nominated

References

^ Basinger, Jeanine (2009). The Star Machine. Vintage Books. pp. 114–115. ISBN 978-0-307-38875-9. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Ex-Star Helen Wynn, Son Doing Well". The Miami Daily News. Florida, Miami. International News Service. June 15, 1944. p. 3 B. Retrieved February 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d McAfee, Hoyt (January 11, 1942). "John Shepperd From Carolina On Threshold Of Film Stardom". The Charlotte Observer. North Carolina, Charlotte. p. 38. Retrieved February 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b Adams, Marjory (March 11, 1949). "Movie Question Box". The Boston Globe. Massachusetts, Boston. p. 35. Retrieved February 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "John Shepperd Becomes Father". The San Francisco Examiner. California, San Francisco. Associated Press. June 15, 1944. p. 3. Retrieved February 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Shepperd Strudwick". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
^ "Helen Wynn to be bride of thespian". The Los Angeles Times. California, Los Angeles. April 7, 1936. p. 7. Retrieved February 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Gaiter, Dorothy J. (January 16, 1983). "Shepperd Strudwick, 75, Actor Who Portrayed Over 200 Roles". The New York Times. Retrieved June 26, 2020.

External links

Shepperd Strudwick at IMDb
Shepperd Strudwick at the American Film Institute Catalog
Shepperd Strudwick at the TCM Movie Database
Shepperd Strudwick at the Internet Broadway Database
Shepperd Strudwick at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
Shepperd Strudwick papers, 1927-1983, held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Shepperd Strudwick at the University of Wisconsin's Actors Studio audio collection
Shepperd Strudwick at Find a Grave

[1] Basinger, Jeanine (2009). The Star Machine. Vintage Books. pp. 114–115. ISBN 978-0-307-38875-9. Retrieved February 19, 2020.

[mn-2] "Ex-Star Helen Wynn, Son Doing Well". The Miami Daily News. Florida, Miami. International News Service. June 15, 1944. p. 3 B. Retrieved February 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

[co-3] McAfee, Hoyt (January 11, 1942). "John Shepperd From Carolina On Threshold Of Film Stardom". The Charlotte Observer. North Carolina, Charlotte. p. 38. Retrieved February 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

[bg-4] Adams, Marjory (March 11, 1949). "Movie Question Box". The Boston Globe. Massachusetts, Boston. p. 35. Retrieved February 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

[5] "John Shepperd Becomes Father". The San Francisco Examiner. California, San Francisco. Associated Press. June 15, 1944. p. 3. Retrieved February 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

[6] "Shepperd Strudwick". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020.

[7] "Helen Wynn to be bride of thespian". The Los Angeles Times. California, Los Angeles. April 7, 1936. p. 7. Retrieved February 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

[8] Gaiter, Dorothy J. (January 16, 1983). "Shepperd Strudwick, 75, Actor Who Portrayed Over 200 Roles". The New York Times. Retrieved June 26, 2020.

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+{{otherpeople|John Shepperd}}
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-| caption       = Shepperd Strudwick in trailer for ''[[The Red Pony (1949 film)|The Red Pony]]'' (1949)
+| caption       = Shepperd Strudwick (1947)
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 | birth_place   = [[Hillsborough, North Carolina]], U.S.
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 ==Career==
-He began his film career as the [[title character]] in the short film ''Joaquin Murrieta'' (1938), credited as Sheppard Strudwick. He appeared as [[Yugoslavia|Yugoslav]] guerrilla leader Lt. Aleksa Petrovic, an aide to General [[Draza Mihailovich]], in the 20th Century Fox war film ''[[Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas]]'' in 1943.
+He began his film career as the [[title character]] in the short film ''Joaquin Murrieta'' (1938), credited as Sheppard Strudwick. He appeared as [[Yugoslavia|Yugoslav]] guerrilla leader Lt. Aleksa Petrovic, an aide to General [[Draza Mihailovich]], in the 20th Century Fox war film ''[[Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas]]'' in 1943, credited as John Shepperd.
 During World War II, Strudwick served in the Navy.<ref>{{cite news |title=John Shepperd Becomes Father |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45243810/the_san_francisco_examiner/ |accessdate=February 20, 2020 |work=The San Francisco Examiner |agency=Associated Press |date=June 15, 1944 |location=California, San Francisco |page=3|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
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 He played [[Edgar Allan Poe]] in ''[[The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe]]'' (1942) and also appeared in ''[[Strange Triangle]]'' (1946), ''Fighter Squadron'' (1948), ''[[The Reckless Moment]]'' (1949), ''[[The Red Pony (1949 film)|The Red Pony]]'' (1949), ''[[Under the Gun (1951 film)|Under the Gun]]'' (1951), and ''[[A Place in the Sun (1951 film)|A Place in the Sun]]'' (1951), starring [[Elizabeth Taylor]] and [[Montgomery Clift]], as the Taylor character's father.
-Perhaps his most famous film role was that of Adam Stanton, the idealistic doctor who finally kills Willie Stark (played by [[Broderick Crawford]]) in the classic film ''[[All the King's Men (1949 film)|All the King's Men]]'' (1949). Another notable role was Father Jean Massieu in ''[[Joan of Arc (1948 film)|Joan of Arc]]'' (1948), starring [[Ingrid Bergman]] as Joan.
+He portrayed Adam Stanton, the idealistic doctor who finally kills Willie Stark (played by [[Broderick Crawford]]) in the classic film ''[[All the King's Men (1949 film)|All the King's Men]]'' (1949). Another notable role was Father Jean Massieu in ''[[Joan of Arc (1948 film)|Joan of Arc]]'' (1948), starring [[Ingrid Bergman]] as Joan.
 Strudwick made many appearances on television, including the role of Dr. Charles Morris in the 1958 ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]'' episode, "The Case of the Fugitive Nurse." He also appeared on ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'', (in the episode "[[Nightmare as a Child]]") and several roles on the soap operas ''[[As the World Turns]]'' (Dr. Fields), ''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]'' (Jim Matthews), ''[[One Life to Live]]'' ([[Victor Lord]]), and ''[[Love of Life]]'' (Timothy McCauley). In 1981, he starred as the voice of Homer in the [[National Radio Theater]]'s [[Peabody Award]]-winning radio dramatization of the [[Odyssey]].
-His last appearance on film was in 1981's ''Kent State'', a [[TV film]]. That same year, he was nominated for the [[Tony Award]] for Best Actor (Featured Role &ndash; Play) for the Broadway play ''To Grandmother's House We Go''.
+His last appearance on film was in 1981's ''Kent State'', a [[TV film]]. That same year, he was nominated for the [[Tony Award]] for Best Actor (Featured Role &ndash; Play) for the Broadway play ''To Grandmother's House We Go''.{{Citation needed |date=May 2024}}
 Strudwick acted in at least 30 Broadway plays, beginning with ''The Yellow Jacket'' (1929), and ending with ''To Grandmother's House We Go'' (1981).<ref>{{cite web |title=Shepperd Strudwick |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/shepperd-strudwick-68840 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |accessdate=February 20, 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220034738/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/shepperd-strudwick-68840 |archivedate=February 20, 2020}}</ref>
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 *''[[The Kid from Texas]]'' (1950) as Roger Jameson
 *''[[Let's Dance (1950 film)|Let's Dance]]'' (1950) as Timothy Bryant
-*''[[Three Husbands]]'' (1950) as Arthur Evans
+*''[[Three Husbands (1951 film)|Three Husbands]]'' (1950) as Arthur Evans
 *''[[A Place in the Sun (1951 film)|A Place in the Sun]]'' (1951) as Anthony "Tony" Vickers
 *''[[Under the Gun (1951 film)|Under the Gun]]'' (1951) as Milo Bragg
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 *''[[That Night!]]'' (1957) as Dr. Bernard Fischer
 *''[[The Sad Sack]]'' (1957) as Major General Vanderlip
-*''[[Girl on the Run]]'' (1958) as James McCullough/Ralph Graham
+*''[[Girl on the Run (1958 film)|Girl on the Run]]'' (1958) as James McCullough/Ralph Graham
 *''[[Violent Midnight]]'' (1963) as Adrian Benedict
 *''[[Daring Game]]'' (1968) as Dr. Henry L. Carlyle
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 {{div col end}}
-=Television=
+===Television===
 {{div col}}
-{{You Are There -Signing of the Declaration of Independence}} Thomas Jefferson CBS April 26, 1953
 *''[[Wagon Train]]'' (1957) as Colonel Charles E. Beauchamp
 *''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]'' (1958) as Dr. Charles Morris
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 *''[[Thriller (American TV series)|Thriller]]'' (1960) as Douglas Kilburn
 *''[[The Barbara Stanwyck Show]]'' (1960) as Bill Mowry
-*''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'' (1961) as Peter Selden
+*''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'' (1961) as Peter Selden ("Nightmare as a Child" episode)
 *''[[One Life to Live]]'' (1968) as [[Victor Lord]]
 *''[[McMillan & Wife]]'' (1971) as Rudolph Dimrose
 *''[[The Adams Chronicles]]'' (1976) as Dr. Hooper
 *''[[Love of Life]]'' (1980) as Timothy McCauley
-*''[[Nurse (American TV series)|Nurse]]'' (1982) as William Mercier (last appearance)
+*''[[Nurse (American TV series)|Nurse]]'' (1982) as William Mercier (final appearance)
 {{div col end}}
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 ==Awards==
-*'''Tony Award for Best Play (Feature Role &ndash; Play)''':
+*'''1981 Tony Award for Best Actor (Featured Role &ndash; Play)''':
 **''To Grandmother's House We Go'' - Nominated
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 ==External links==
 {{Portal|Biography}}
-*{{IMDb name|0791805}}
+*{{IMDb name}}
+*{{AFI person|139886-Shepperd-Strudwick}}
-*[https://catalog.afi.com/Person/139886-Shepperd-Strudwick?sid=103c2d5f-0464-4521-88d9-347925ecc483&sr=13.71337&cp=1&pos=0&isMiscCredit=false Shepperd Strudwick] at the [[AFI Catalog]]
+*{{TCMDb name}}
-*[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/186179%7C139886/Shepperd-Strudwick/ Shepperd Strudwick] at the [[TCM Movie Database]]
 *{{IBDB name}}
-*{{iobdb name|21464}}
+*{{IOBDB name}}
 *[http://www.nypl.org/archives/4692 Shepperd Strudwick papers, 1927-1983], held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, [[New York Public Library for the Performing Arts]]
 *[http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives;cc=wiarchives;type=simple;rgn=Entire%20Finding%20Aid;q1=Shepperd%20Strudwick;view=reslist;subview=detail;sort=freq;didno=uw-whs-tape00339a Shepperd Strudwick] at the [[University of Wisconsin]]'s [https://web.archive.org/web/20140502211533/http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives;view=reslist;subview=standard;didno=uw-whs-tape00339a Actors Studio audio collection]
-*{{Find a Grave|6804004}}
+*{{Find a Grave}}
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