Ransom M. Sherman

Ransom M. Sherman

Born: October 14, 1898
Died: November 26, 1985
in Appleton, Wisconsin, USA

Movies for Ransom M. Sherman...

Title: Ensign O'Toole
Character: Congressman Torpin
Released: September 23, 1962
Type: TV
Ensign O'Toole is a military comedy that aired on NBC from September 23, 1962, to May 5, 1963, with 31-year-old Dean Jones in the title role of a nonchalant United States Navy ensign during the early 1960s. Jones, born in 1931 in Alabama and a Navy veteran of the Korean War, played an officer aboard the fictional U.S. Navy destroyer USS Appleby, which roamed the Pacific Ocean.
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Title: Ensign O'Toole
Character: Stanley Cobb
Released: September 23, 1962
Type: TV
Ensign O'Toole is a military comedy that aired on NBC from September 23, 1962, to May 5, 1963, with 31-year-old Dean Jones in the title role of a nonchalant United States Navy ensign during the early 1960s. Jones, born in 1931 in Alabama and a Navy veteran of the Korean War, played an officer aboard the fictional U.S. Navy destroyer USS Appleby, which roamed the Pacific Ocean.
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Title: Father of the Bride
Character: Herbert Dunston
Released: September 29, 1961
Type: TV
Father of the Bride is an American sitcom that aired on CBS during the 1961-62 season. Produced by MGM Television, the series was based on the 1950 film of the same title. Cast members include Leon Ames as the father of the bride, Ruth Warrick as the mother, and Myrna Fahey as the bride.
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Title: I Love Lucy
Character: Man in Park
Released: October 15, 1951
Type: TV
Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in the apartment building they share with landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz, who also happen to be their best friends.
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Pretty Baby
Title: Pretty Baby
Character: Powers
Released: September 16, 1950
Type: Movie
A young woman living in Manhattan pretends to be the mother of an infant in order to get a seat on the subway.
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Always Leave Them Laughing
Title: Always Leave Them Laughing
Character: Henry 'Hank' Richards
Released: November 26, 1949
Type: Movie
A self-absorbed comedian steps all over his friends and colleagues in order to achieve success.
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Flaming Fury
Title: Flaming Fury
Character: Oscar Hollingsworth
Released: July 28, 1949
Type: Movie
A Los Angeles fire captain (Roy Roberts) sends an arson-squad rookie (George Cooper) undercover.
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One Last Fling
Title: One Last Fling
Character: Judge Bolton
Released: June 30, 1949
Type: Movie
A jealous wife suspects the worst when her dingaling husband hires his former girlfriend for a position at his company.
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Whiplash
Title: Whiplash
Character: Tex Sanders (as Ransom Sherman)
Released: December 24, 1948
Type: Movie
An artist follows a woman from California to New York, where he boxes for her mobster husband.
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The Countess of Monte Cristo
Title: The Countess of Monte Cristo
Character: Mr. Hansen
Released: October 31, 1948
Type: Movie
This musical tells the tales of two movie extras who abscond to an expensive resort with their costumes and pretend to be aristocrats. Included in the film are ice skating numbers and songs.
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Winter Meeting
Title: Winter Meeting
Character: M. Roderick Moran, Jr.
Released: April 7, 1948
Type: Movie
A repressed poetess and an embittered war hero help each other cope with their problems.
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Are You With It?
Title: Are You With It?
Character: Mr. Bixby
Released: March 19, 1948
Type: Movie
Milton Haskins, a math genius known for his infallibility with numbers, quits his job with an insurance company when he discovers he made a mistake, and hooks up with a traveling carnival. His knowledge of mathematics makes him a natural as an assistant at the wheel of fortune. His fiancée begs him to return to his job but he refuses, so she joins the carnival and becomes a striptease artist. When Milton attempts to drag her off the stage, a brawling mêlée breaks out and the entire troupe is arrested by the local police. The carnival is sold but Milton reveals that the new owner has conspired to defraud the insurance company. The insurance company has to accept the carnival in lieu of the money owed, and they allow Milton and his fiancée, Vivian, to stay with and help run the carnival.
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Always Together
Title: Always Together
Character: Judge
Released: December 10, 1947
Type: Movie
An old millionaire, who believes he's dying, bequeaths his fortune to a young woman with a fanatical obsession with movie stars. But then the elderly tycoon recovers from his illness and decides he wants his money back. Comedy most notable for its numerous unbilled cameos by Warner Bros. actors.
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Gentleman's Agreement
Title: Gentleman's Agreement
Character: Bill Payson
Released: November 11, 1947
Type: Movie
A magazine writer poses as a Jew to expose anti-Semitism.
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The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Title: The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Character: Judge Treadwell
Released: September 1, 1947
Type: Movie
Teenager Susan Turner, with a severe crush on playboy artist Richard Nugent, sneaks into his apartment to model for him and is found there by her sister Judge Margaret Turner. Threatened with jail, Nugent agrees to date Susan until the crush abates.
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Yankee Fakir
Title: Yankee Fakir
Character: Prof. Newton
Released: April 1, 1947
Type: Movie
A medicine show pitchman investigates a small town murder in Arizona.
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Swing Your Partner
Title: Swing Your Partner
Character: Ransom Sherman
Released: May 20, 1943
Type: Movie
Caroline Bird, the crotchety and stingy owner of Bird Milk Products, is not amused when her employees at the Dairyville factory, the oldest plant in the company, broadcast a special radio program in honor of her birthday. Employees Lulubelle, Scotty and Vera Vague, fed up with the terrible working conditions at Dairyville, cut into the broadcast, and Lulubelle asserts that Caroline is a "big hunk of cheese." Lane, the factory manager, cannot find the culprit, and so Caroline goes with her secretary, Dale Evans, to Dairyville.