Winfield R. Sheehan (1883–1945), was an American film producer and executive. At the Fox Film Corporation in Hollywood he was chief of production from 1926 to 1935, when Darryl F. Zanuck and Joe Schenck's 20th Century Films acquired Fox and renamed the studios 20th Century Fox.
Sheehan's career highlights include winning the 1932 Best Picture Academy Award for Cavalcade and launching John Wayne's career in The Big Trail (1930). Most famously, he ...
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Date of birth:
- Sep 24, 1883
Date of death:
- Jul 25, 1945 (age 61 years)
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- Winfield Sheehan,
- Winnie,
- Winfield Richard Sheehan
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