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Hiram Sherman

American actor

Summary

American actor

Field	Value
name	Hiram Sherman
image	Shoemaker-Mercury-1.jpg
caption	As Firk in The Shoemaker's Holiday (1938)
birth_name
birth_date
birth_place	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Springfield, Illinois, U.S.
occupation	Actor
years_active	1934–1989

Hiram Sherman (February 11, 1908 – April 11, 1989) was an American actor.

Biography

Character portrait of Sherman in ''The Shoemaker's Holiday'' (1938)

Hiram Sherman was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His father, Clifford Leon Sherman, worked in the art department of The Boston Globe.

He made his Broadway debut as a playwright with the short-lived comedy Too Much Party in 1934.

Additional theatre credits include the inaugural Mercury Theatre productions Caesar and The Shoemaker's Holiday, Very Warm for May, Cyrano de Bergerac, Boyd's Daughter (which he also directed), Mary, Mary, and 3 for Tonight. He won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Two's Company and How Now, Dow Jones. He appeared in London's West End as Matthew Cuthbert in the British premiere of Anne of Green Gables.

On television, Sherman portrayed Simon Ward on The Tammy Grimes Show. His other television credits included such early anthology series as Kraft Television Theatre, Studio One, The Alcoa Hour, and Hallmark Hall of Fame.

Sherman made his film debut in One Third of a Nation (1939). His feature films include The Solid Gold Cadillac, Mary, Mary, in which he reprised his role in the play, and Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad.

Sherman died of a stroke in Springfield, Illinois in 1989, aged 81.

References

(December 2, 1951). "Sailor Suit to 'Moon Is Blue' Saga of Hiram (Chub) Sherman". The Boston Globe.
"Hiram Sherman". [[Internet Broadway Database]].
(1992). "[[This is Orson Welles]]". [[HarperCollins]] Publishers.
(2011). "Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010". McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers.
(April 13, 1989). "Hiram Sherman, Actor, Was 81". [[The New York Times]].

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