Winfield R. Sheehan

Personal information

Known for: Production
Known credits: 20
Gender: Male
Born: September 23, 1883
Died: July 25, 1945
Place of birth: Buffalo, New York, USA
Also known as: Winfield Sheehan

Biography

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 and was nominated three more times. Most famously, he nurtured the budding stardom of then-child star Shirley Temple.