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Winfield R. Sheehan was a film company executive. He was responsible for much of Fox Film Corporation's output during the 1920s and 1930s. As studio head, he won an Academy Award for Best Picture for the film Cavalcade and was nominated three more times. Most famously, he nurtured the budding stardom of then-child star Shirley Temple, in such films as Stand Up and Cheer! and Curly Top.
Birth Name
Winfield Richard Sheehan
Born
Monday, 24 September 1883
Died
Wednesday, 25 July 1945
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Captain Eddie | 1945 |
| Florian | 1940 |
| Way Down East | 1935 |
| Bad Boy | 1935 |
| The Farmer Takes a Wife | 1935 |
| Curly Top | 1935 |
| George White's 1935 Scandals | 1935 |
| One More Spring | 1935 |
| Marie Galante | 1934 |
| Servants' Entrance | 1934 |
| She Was a Lady | 1934 |
| Handy Andy | 1934 |
| Call It Luck | 1934 |
| Baby, Take a Bow | 1934 |
| The World Moves On | 1934 |
| Such Women Are Dangerous | 1934 |
| Now I'll Tell | 1934 |
| Change of Heart | 1934 |
| Stand Up and Cheer! | 1934 |
| Bottoms Up | 1934 |
| Coming Out Party | 1934 |
| I Am Suzanne! | 1933 |
| Doctor Bull | 1933 |
| Paddy the Next Best Thing | 1933 |
| Hello, Sister! | 1933 |
| State Fair | 1933 |
| Cavalcade | 1933 |
| The Big Trail | 1930 |
| The Black Watch | 1929 |
