John Shelton

John Shelton

Born: May 18, 1915
Died: May 17, 1972
in Los Angeles, California, USA
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John Shelton (born Edward Sheppard Price; May 18, 1915 – May 17, 1972) was an American actor. He appeared in more than thirty films from 1936 to 1952.

Shelton was married five times. His first four marriages were childless and ended in divorce, while he and his fifth wife had four children before his death.

He was married to Sally Sage from 1938 to 1940, actress Kathryn Grayson from 1941 to 1946, Marti Stanley from 1946 to 1948, Irene Winston from 1948 to 1953, and Lorraine Ludwig from October 3, 1953 until his death. He and Ludwig had 4 children together.

Movies for John Shelton...

Visage
Title: Visage
Character: Matthew
Released: September 14, 2017
Type: Movie
Trying to live a normal life in Los Angeles, Christian Figo seeks to leave his past behind. Manipulated by his friend Marcus and Marcus's Uncle, Figo finds himself caught in a web of prostitution, drugs, murder, sex and deception.
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Sins of Jezebel
Title: Sins of Jezebel
Character: Loram
Released: September 4, 1953
Type: Movie
The aging king of Israel, Ahab, falls under the influence of a young and beautiful but scheming Pagan woman named Jezebel and, against the advice of his advisers and the prophet Elijah, marries her. Her plan to introduce her idols to Israel angers God, who wreaks vengeance on Israel.
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Title: Lux Video Theatre
Character: Tom
Released: October 2, 1950
Type: TV
Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.
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Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
Title: Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
Character: Greg Tanner
Released: September 19, 1948
Type: Movie
Joe is scheduled for the big fight as usual. This one has more fight sequences than plot.
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Road to the Big House
Title: Road to the Big House
Character: Eddie Clark
Released: December 13, 1947
Type: Movie
A bank clerk gets sent to prison after he robs his own bank. Live becomes even more difficult behind bars when he starts getting pressured to reveal where he hid the money.
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Little Miss Broadway
Title: Little Miss Broadway
Character: Dick Nichols
Released: June 19, 1947
Type: Movie
Upon leaving finishing school, Judy Gibson goes to meet her presumed wealthy and socially prominent relatives. However they are penniless Broadway characters and take possession of a Long Island mansion owned by an incarcerated thief so Judy doesn't find out the truth. Judy arrives with her fiancé and his father, who tries to sell worthless stock to Judy's family. They give him $200,000, part of the stashed loot they found belonging to the home-owner thief.
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The Big Fix
Title: The Big Fix
Character: Del Cassini
Released: April 19, 1947
Type: Movie
Ken Williams (James Brown), a star basketball player on a college team learns that a police lieutenant (Regis Toomey) is the head of a gambling ring attempting to fix basketball games by bribing the players.
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Betty Co-Ed
Title: Betty Co-Ed
Character: Mr. Leeds
Released: November 28, 1946
Type: Movie
The plot gets under way when Joanne, a carnival hootchy-kootchy dancer, is accepted into a snobbish college sorority when it is assumed that she hails from a blueblooded Virginia family.
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The Time of Their Lives
Title: The Time of Their Lives
Character: Sheldon Gage
Released: August 13, 1946
Type: Movie
Two ghosts, who were mistakenly branded as traitors during the Revolutionary War, return to 20th century New England to retrieve a letter from George Washington which would prove their innocence.
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Foreign Agent
Title: Foreign Agent
Character: Jimmy
Released: October 9, 1942
Type: Movie
Hollywood starlet foils an Axis plot to sabotage the L.A. infrastructure.
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A-Haunting We Will Go
Title: A-Haunting We Will Go
Character: Tommy White
Released: August 7, 1942
Type: Movie
Stan and Ollie get involved with con men, crooks, a genial magician, and two interchangeable coffins with disastrous but funny results.
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Whispering Ghosts
Title: Whispering Ghosts
Character: David Courtiand
Released: May 17, 1942
Type: Movie
A detective (Milton Berle) who solves cases on the radio investigates the decade-old murder of a sea captain.
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Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
Title: Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
Character: Self
Released: August 15, 1941
Type: Movie
This edition of Screen Snapshots has more of a vaudeville flavor as opposed to Ralph Staub's usual candid-camera at home with the stars offerings. Ken Murray, assisted by the Brewer Twins, is the MC, while the Andrews Sisters sing "In Apple Blossom Time" and the pre-"Uncle Miltie" Milton Berle plays his clarinet. The rest of the players, with contract-player faces belonging to 20th-Century Fox, RKO Radio, Universal and Columbia, just pass through. Production Number 3851.
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Blonde Inspiration
Title: Blonde Inspiration
Character: Jonathan 'Johnny' Briggs
Released: February 7, 1941
Type: Movie
A writer of pulp Westerns cranks out more words than his editor and publisher want to pay for.
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Keeping Company
Title: Keeping Company
Character: Ted Foster
Released: December 27, 1940
Type: Movie
Wholesome comedy about newlyweds (and the bride's understanding--but sometimes interfering--parents) discovering married life isn't always bliss.
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Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Title: Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Character: Dr. Davidson
Released: September 6, 1940
Type: Movie
A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic.
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We Who Are Young
Title: We Who Are Young
Character: William Brooks
Released: July 19, 1940
Type: Movie
A man violates company policy by getting married.
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The Ghost Comes Home
Title: The Ghost Comes Home
Character: Lanny Shea
Released: March 8, 1940
Type: Movie
Comic mayhem results when a small town pet store owner, mistakenly believed killed during a sea voyage, turns up very much alive.
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I Take This Woman
Title: I Take This Woman
Character: Intern Steve (uncredited)
Released: February 2, 1940
Type: Movie
On return from Europe Dr. Decker foils glamour girl Georgi from jumping overboard. At Decker's suggestion to keep busy, she assists at his clinic in the slums.
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Persons in Hiding
Title: Persons in Hiding
Character: Photographer (uncredited)
Released: February 10, 1939
Type: Movie
During a stick-up, a woman is excited by the criminal and joins him on his crime spree.
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Start Cheering
Title: Start Cheering
Character: Student
Released: March 3, 1938
Type: Movie
After retiring from movies to get an education, a man discovers his ex-staff is trying to have him expelled.
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Navy Blue and Gold
Title: Navy Blue and Gold
Character: Cadet (uncredited)
Released: November 19, 1937
Type: Movie
Three Navy Cadets become friends, support each other and struggle to survive the rigorous training.
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Talent Scout
Title: Talent Scout
Character: Location Manager (uncredited)
Released: July 24, 1937
Type: Movie
A Hollywood heartthrob helps a small-town girl achieve stardom.
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Ever Since Eve
Title: Ever Since Eve
Character: Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
Released: July 15, 1937
Type: Movie
Madge Winton (Marion Davies), a beautiful secretary, makes herself look homely in order to avoid advances by lecherous bosses. When her new employer, writer Freddy Matthews (Robert Montgomery), accidentally sees her without her disguise, she has to pretend to be her roommate Sadie.
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The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
Title: The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
Character: Ambulance Doctor (uncredited)
Released: June 8, 1937
Type: Movie
A Bishop from Australia comes to Perry to ask him to take a case of a woman wrongly accused of manslaughter 22 years before. The case would involve the wealthy Mr. Brownley and the fact that his alleged granddaughter may be an imposter. With that, the Bishop leaves and is clubbed in his hotel room. Soon after, he leaves on a boat and Perry meets the woman - Ida Gilbert. Perry goes to see Mr. Brownley, but gets nowhere. Later that night, Brownley is to meet Ida, but he is shot by a woman who drops Ida's gun. Ida is arrested for the murder of Mr. Brownley and Perry gets involved.
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Kid Galahad
Title: Kid Galahad
Character: (uncredited)
Released: May 29, 1937
Type: Movie
Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the 'kid' falls for his sister.
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That Girl from Paris
Title: That Girl from Paris
Character: Photographer (uncredited)
Released: December 31, 1936
Type: Movie
Nikki Martin, a beautiful French opera star, stows away on an ocean liner in hopes of escaping her jealous fiancee. Once aboard, she joins an American swing band and falls in love with its leader, who, after hearing her sing, eventually comes to reciprocate her feelings.
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Wanted: Jane Turner
Title: Wanted: Jane Turner
Character: Bellhop Getting Stamps (uncredited)
Released: December 4, 1936
Type: Movie
Investigators set out to capture a gang of thieves transporting stolen cash through the U.S. mail.
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Smartest Girl in Town
Title: Smartest Girl in Town
Character: Male Model Offering Cookie Chili Dinner
Released: November 27, 1936
Type: Movie
A girl in search of a rich husband mistakes a millionaire for a male model.