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Dan Sheridan is a Actor Irlandais born on 3 september 1916 at Athlone (Irlande)

Dan Sheridan

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Birth name Daniel Marvin Sheridan
Nationality Irlande
Birth 3 september 1916 at Athlone (Irlande)
Death 29 june 1963 (at 46 years) at Encino, Los Angeles (USA)

Dan Sheridan (born Daniel Marvin Sheridan on September 3, 1916 in Athlone, Ireland - died June 29, 1963 in Encino, Los Angeles, California) was an Irish-American actor who appeared in more than thirty-five television series between 1957 and his death at the age of forty-six in 1963. He was cast in forty-one episodes of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, Lawman, starring John Russell and Peter Brown. In most of his Lawman appearances, Sheridan played the bartender, Jake Summers.

A supporting player with a cultured voice, he also appeared in several films, including Cry of the City, Bullwhip, and Cole Younger, Gunfighter. He played "Doc Baxter" in the "Duel at Sundown" episode of Maverick, an ABC/WB western with James Garner and guest star Clint Eastwood, and a derby-topped yahoo in the series' episode "Ghost Rider" with Garner.

Other television series in which Sheridan appeared, often several times in various roles, include Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Untouchables with Robert Stack, The Rough Riders with Kent Taylor, Bat Masterson with Gene Barry, Yancy Derringer with Jock Mahoney, Jefferson Drum with Jeff Richards, Have Gun - Will Travel with Richard Boone, The Rifleman with Chuck Connors, Colt .45 with Wayde Preston, The Rebel with Nick Adams, Gunsmoke with James Arness, Bronco with Ty Hardin, Cheyenne with Clint Walker, Tales of Wells Fargo with Dale Robertson, Bonanza with Lorne Greene, The Virginian with James Drury and Doug McClure, Rawhide with Eric Fleming and Clint Eastwood, The Rebel with Nick Adams, Checkmate with Sebastian Cabot and Doug McClure, and Route 66 with Martin Milner and George Maharis.

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Kirk Douglas
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Ben Nye
Ben Nye
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James Best
James Best
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Robert Karnes
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Thomas Little
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Filmography of Dan Sheridan (16 films)

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Lonely are the Brave, 1h47
Directed by Kirk Douglas, David Miller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Romance, Western
Themes Films about animals, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Trucker films, Road movies, Chase films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands, Walter Matthau, Carroll O'Connor, George Kennedy, William Schallert
Roles Deputy Glynn
Rating75% 3.796613.796613.796613.796613.79661
John W. "Jack" Burns (Kirk Douglas) works as a roaming ranch hand much as the cowboys of the old West did, refusing to join modern society. He rejects much of modern technology, not even carrying any identification such as a driver's license or draft card. He can't provide an address because he just sleeps wherever he finds a place.
Ten Who Dared, 1h32
Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Western
Themes Children's films
Actors Brian Keith, Ben Johnson, John Beal, James Drury, R.G. Armstrong, Roy Barcroft
Roles Jack Sumner
Rating55% 2.763762.763762.763762.763762.76376
En 1869, John Wesley Powell se lance dans une expédition pour descendre le fleuve Colorado dans le Grand Canyon.
The Great Impostor, 1h53
Directed by Robert Mulligan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy
Actors Tony Curtis, Frank Gorshin, Gary Merrill, Edmond O'Brien, Arthur O'Connell, Karl Malden
Roles RCN Chief (uncredited)
Rating68% 3.4460053.4460053.4460053.4460053.446005
As he is arrested by the Coast Guard on an island in New England, a man born as Ferdinand Waldo Demara but known by many other identities recalls the events that brought him to this point.
Home from the Hill, 2h30
Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about families
Actors Robert Mitchum, Eleanor Parker, George Peppard, George Hamilton, Everett Sloane, Luana Patten
Roles Peyton Stiles (uncredited)
Rating73% 3.6934053.6934053.6934053.6934053.693405
In the beginning, Captain Wade Hunnicutt (Robert Mitchum), the wealthiest and most powerful person in his East Texas town, is wounded by a jealous husband. Wade is a notorious womanizer, who lives with his beautiful wife Hannah (Eleanor Parker) who scorns him. She has raised their son Theron (George Hamilton) to be dependent upon her, but as he reaches adulthood Theron seeks his father’s help in becoming a man.
Day of the Outlaw, 1h32
Directed by André de Toth
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Western
Actors Robert Ryan, Burl Ives, Tina Louise, Alan Marshal, Venetia Stevenson, David Nelson
Roles Lewis
Rating72% 3.642913.642913.642913.642913.64291
Blaise Starrett (Robert Ryan) is a ruthless cattleman at odds with homesteaders in a small, bleak western town in Wyoming called Bitters. A feud develops between Starrett and a local farmer Hal Crane. The farmer's wife Helen (Tina Louise) offers to renew a love affair with Starrett if he promises not to kill Hal.
I Want to Live!, 2h
Directed by Robert Wise
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Theodore Bikel, Virginia Vincent, Wesley Lau, Philip Coolidge
Roles Police Broadcaster (uncredited)
Rating74% 3.7446253.7446253.7446253.7446253.744625
The film tells the story of the life and execution of Barbara Graham (Hayward) a prostitute and convicted perjurer. Graham is the product of a broken home, and works luring men into fixed card games.
The Left Handed Gun, 1h42
Directed by Arthur Penn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Action, Western
Themes Gangster films
Actors Paul Newman, John Dehner, Hurd Hatfield, Fiery Lita Milan, James Best, Colin Keith-Johnston
Roles Bucky
Rating63% 3.1955153.1955153.1955153.1955153.195515
Drifter William Bonney (Paul Newman), known as "Billy the Kid", befriends a cattle boss named John Tunstall, who is known as "The Englishman". Tunstall is murdered by corrupt rival cattlemen led by the local sheriff in the Lincoln County War. Bonney plans to avenge the crime by hunting down those responsible and killing them in provoked gunfights. His violent actions endanger his surviving friends and the territorial amnesty proclaimed by New Mexico Territory governor Lew Wallace. Billy's former friend, Pat Garrett, becomes a sheriff and sets out to hunt him down.
Bullwhip
Bullwhip (1958)
, 1h20
Directed by Harmon Jones
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Guy Madison, Rhonda Fleming, James Griffith, Don Beddoe, Dan Sheridan, Hank Worden
Roles Podo
Rating52% 2.6083552.6083552.6083552.6083552.608355
Steve Daley is about to be hanged for a killing he committed in self-defense when a crooked judge makes him an offer. If he is willing to marry a woman who needs to be wed immediately to collect an inheritance, Steve will be set free. He agrees and is married to a woman identified only as "Julia," who kisses him once and immediately leaves town.
The Street with No Name, 1h31
Directed by William Keighley
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Children's films
Actors Mark Stevens, Richard Widmark, Lloyd Nolan, Barbara Lawrence, Ed Begley, John McIntire
Roles Police Desk Sergeant (Uncredited)
Rating69% 3.4934253.4934253.4934253.4934253.493425
The opening credits include the following foreword: The motion picture you are about to see was adapted from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Wherever possible, it was photographed in the original locale and played by the actual FBI personnel involved.
Cry of the City, 1h35
Directed by Robert Siodmak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Themes Children's films
Actors Victor Mature, Richard Conte, Fred Clark, Shelley Winters, Betty Garde, Debra Paget
Roles Detective
Rating71% 3.5945753.5945753.5945753.5945753.594575
Martin Rome (Richard Conte), a hardened criminal, is recuperating in a hospital from a shootout that leaves a police officer dead. At the hospital, he is briefly visited by his fiancée, Teena Ricante (Debra Paget). A shady lawyer representing another crook, Niles, (Berry Kroeger) claims that he participated in a jewel robbery with her in which a woman was killed. Rome is innocent of the jewel robbery, but the police suspect that he carried out the robbery in conjunction with Teena, and begin a search for her.
Cloak and Dagger, 1h46
Directed by Fritz Lang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Spy, Romance
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Gary Cooper, Lilli Palmer, Robert Alda, Vladimir Nikolayevich Sokoloff, J. Edward Bromberg, Marc Lawrence
Roles British Adjutant
Rating65% 3.296953.296953.296953.296953.29695
L'action se déroule pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Un chercheur italien qui a découvert la formule de la bombe atomique est aux mains des Allemands. Un espion américain fait tout pour le délivrer.