
American second feature director who arrived in California aboard the SS Mongolia (bound from New York) on which he served as a bellboy. Sherman began his career in the movie business in the mail room at Warner Brothers before working his way up to assistant director. By 1937, he had graduated to directing in his own right under contract with Republic. Sherman specialised almost exclusively in B-westerns, (including the "Three Mesqueteers" series, which featured a young John Wayne), with occasional forays into action and horror themes. He often achieved a sense of style over substance. Indeed, as to his handling of the 'Mesqueteers', Variety commented on his imparting a "poetry in motion" to his "unified timing of cowboys mounting, riding, wheeling, galloping and dismounting of steeds" (July 2 1939). From 1940, Sherman also served as associate producer on many of his films. The diminutive (five foot) Sherman turned out reliable low-budget fare for Columbia between 1945 and 1948, then moved on to do the same at Universal for another eight years. Thereafter, he turned to free-lancing and working in television. The only A-grade films to his credit were two westerns, starring John Wayne: The Comancheros (1961), as producer; and Big Jake (1971), as director. Date of Birth 14 July 1908, New York City, New York Date of Death 15 March 1991, Los Angeles County, California

Western von gestern

Sword in the Desert

Rawhide

Dawn at Socorro

Reprisal!

False Faces

Daniel Boone

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Tomahawk

Gentle Ben

Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'

Screen Director's Playhouse

The Battle at Apache Pass

Route 66

Border River

Mystery Broadcast

Hell Bent for Leather

Relentless

Against All Flags

The Mantrap

Steel Town

Mexicali Rose

Heroes of the Hills

The Veils of Bagdad

The Wizard of Baghdad

The Phantom Cowboy

Ghost Valley Raiders

The Tulsa Kid

Two Gun Sheriff

Spy Hunt

The Lady and the Monster

The Secret of the Whistler

Calamity Jane and Sam Bass

Larceny

The Sleeping City

The Treasure of Pancho Villa

La nueva Cenicienta

War Arrow

Stagecoach Express

Chief Crazy Horse

Wyoming Outlaw

The Lone Hand

New Frontier

The Crime Doctor's Courage

Santa Fe Stampede

The Night Riders

Smoky

The Enemy General

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The Last of the Fast Guns

Búsqueme a esa chica

Pals of the Saddle

Renegades

Red River Range

The Raging Tide

South of the Border

Comanche

Joaquín Murrieta

London Blackout Murders

The Bandit of Sherwood Forest

Johnny Dark

Overland Stage Raiders

River Lady

Red Canyon

Outlaws of Sonora

Hollywood Cowboy

Under Texas Skies

For the Love of Mike

Last of the Redmen

Colorado Sunset

Daniel Boone: Frontier Trail Rider

Comanche Territory

Three Texas Steers

Storm Over Lisbon

Ten Days To Tulara

The Golden Horde

The Hard Man

Count Three and Pray

Black Bart

Rovin' Tumbleweeds

Son of Robin Hood

Texas Terrors

Panic Button

Yes Sir, That's My Baby

X Marks the Spot

A Scream in the Dark

The Purple Vigilantes

The Sombrero Kid

Talk About a Lady

Cowboys from Texas

Jesse James, Jr.

One Man's Law

Death Valley Outlaws

Covered Wagon Days

Target Unknown

Rhythm of the Saddle

Riders of the Black Hills

Wild Horse Rodeo

Back at the Front

Arizona Terrors

A Missouri Outlaw

The Apache Kid

Personality Kid

The West Side Kid

The Kansas Terrors

Rocky Mountain Rangers

The Trail Blazers

Lone Star Raiders

The Cyclone Kid

Desert Bandit

Kansas Cyclone

Wyoming Wildcat

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