Hiram Sherman (February 11, 1908 – April 11, 1989) was an American actor.

Biography

Hiram Sherman was born in

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, Massachusetts. His father, Clifford Leon Sherman, worked in the art department of ''

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''. He made his Broadway debut as a

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with the short-lived comedy ''Too Much Party'' in 1934. The farce, directed by William Friedlander, opened at the Theatre Masque on March 5, 1934, and closed after only eight performances. It proved to be his sole attempt at writing. Two years later he made his Broadway debut as an actor in the Federal Theatre Project's '' Horse Eats Hat''. In 1937 he played Junior Mister in the original production of ''

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''. Additional theatre credits include the inaugural Mercury Theatre productions ''

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'' and '' The Shoemaker's Holiday'', ''Very Warm for May'', '' Cyrano de Bergerac'', ''Boyd's Daughter'' (which he also directed), '' Mary, Mary'', and '' 3 for Tonight''. He won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for '' Two's Company'' and '' How Now, Dow Jones''. Sherman debuted on stage in London in 1949 in ''Brigadoon''. He appeared in London's West End as Matthew Cuthbert in the British premiere of ''Anne of Green Gables''. On television, Sherman portrayed Simon Ward on '' The Tammy Grimes Show''. His other television credits included such early

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as ''

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'', '' Studio One'', '' The Alcoa Hour'', and ''

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''. Sherman made his film debut in '' One Third of a Nation'' (1939). His feature films include '' The Solid Gold Cadillac'', '' Mary, Mary'', in which he reprised his role in the play, and '' Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad''. Sherman died of a

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in 1989, aged 81.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sherman, Hiram 1908 births 1989 deaths American male stage actors American male film actors American male musical theatre actors American male television actors Male actors from Boston People from Springfield, Illinois Tony Award winners 20th-century American male actors 20th-century American male singers 20th-century American singers Federal Theatre Project people