John Shelton

Acting

John Shelton

Born 1915-05-18 · Los Angeles, California, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Shelton (born Edward Sheppard Price; May 18, 1915 – May 17, 1972) was an American actor. He appeared in more than thirty films from 1936 to 1952. Shelton was married five times. His first four marriages were childless and ended in divorce, while he and his fifth wife had four children before his death. He was married to Sally Sage from 1938 to 1940, actress Kathryn Grayson from 1941 to 1946, Marti Stanley from 1946 to 1948, Irene Winston from 1948 to 1953, and Lorraine Ludwig from October 3, 1953 until his death. He and Ludwig had 4 children together.

Acting credits

Start Cheering poster
6.9

After retiring from movies to get an education, a man discovers his ex-staff is trying to have him expelled.

Start Cheering

1938

The Time of Their Lives poster
7.2

Two ghosts, who were mistakenly branded as traitors during the Revolutionary War, return to 20th century New England to retrieve a letter from George Washington which would prove their innocence.

The Time of Their Lives

1946

We Who Are Young poster
6.3

A man violates company policy by getting married.

We Who Are Young

1940

Kid Galahad poster
7.1

Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the 'kid' falls for his sister.

Kid Galahad

1937

A-Haunting We Will Go poster
6.2

Stan and Ollie get involved with con men, crooks, a genial magician, and two interchangeable coffins with disastrous but funny results.

A-Haunting We Will Go

1942

Blonde Inspiration poster
5.8

A writer of pulp Westerns cranks out more words than his editor and publisher want to pay for.

Blonde Inspiration

1941

Keeping Company poster
6.7

Wholesome comedy about newlyweds (and the bride's understanding--but sometimes interfering--parents) discovering married life isn't always bliss.

Keeping Company

1940

Joe Palooka in Winner Take All poster
7.5

Joe is scheduled for the big fight as usual. This one has more fight sequences than plot.

Joe Palooka in Winner Take All

1948

I Take This Woman poster
5.8

On return from Europe Dr. Decker foils glamour girl Georgi from jumping overboard. At Decker's suggestion to keep busy, she assists at his clinic in the slums.

I Take This Woman

1940

Navy Blue and Gold poster
5.7

Three Navy Cadets become friends, support each other and struggle to survive the rigorous training.

Navy Blue and Gold

1937

Road to the Big House poster
6.8

A bank clerk gets sent to prison after he robs his own bank. Live becomes even more difficult behind bars when he starts getting pressured to reveal where he hid the money.

Road to the Big House

1947

Visage poster
NR

Trying to live a normal life in Los Angeles, Christian Figo seeks to leave his past behind. Manipulated by his friend Marcus and Marcus's Uncle, Figo finds himself caught in a web of prostitution, drugs, murder, sex and deception.

Visage

2017

Dr. Kildare Goes Home poster
6.8

A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic.

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

1940

The Ghost Comes Home poster
5.7

Comic mayhem results when a small town pet store owner, mistakenly believed killed during a sea voyage, turns up very much alive.

The Ghost Comes Home

1940

Ever Since Eve poster
5.8

Madge Winton, a beautiful secretary, makes herself look homely in order to avoid advances by lecherous bosses. When her new employer, writer Freddy Matthews, accidentally sees her without her disguise, she has to pretend to be her roommate Sadie.

Ever Since Eve

1937

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop poster
7.2

A Bishop from Australia comes to Perry to ask him to take a case of a woman wrongly accused of manslaughter 22 years before. The case would involve the wealthy Mr. Brownley and the fact that his alleged granddaughter may be an imposter. With that, the Bishop leaves and is clubbed in his hotel room. Soon after, he leaves on a boat and Perry meets the woman - Ida Gilbert. Perry goes to see Mr. Brownley, but gets nowhere. Later that night, Brownley is to meet Ida, but he is shot by a woman who drops Ida's gun. Ida is arrested for the murder of Mr. Brownley and Perry gets involved.

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

1937

Whispering Ghosts poster
6.8

A detective (Milton Berle) who solves cases on the radio investigates the mysterious decade-old murder of a sea captain.

Whispering Ghosts

1942

Sins of Jezebel poster
5.8

The aging king of Israel, Ahab, falls under the influence of a young and beautiful but scheming Pagan woman named Jezebel and, against the advice of his advisers and the prophet Elijah, marries her. Her plan to introduce her idols to Israel angers God, who wreaks vengeance on Israel.

Sins of Jezebel

1953

Little Miss Broadway poster
8.0

Upon leaving finishing school, Judy Gibson goes to meet her presumed wealthy and socially prominent relatives. However they are penniless Broadway characters and take possession of a Long Island mansion owned by an incarcerated thief so Judy doesn't find out the truth. Judy arrives with her fiancé and his father, who tries to sell worthless stock to Judy's family. They give him $200,000, part of the stashed loot they found belonging to the home-owner thief.

Little Miss Broadway

1947

Wanted: Jane Turner poster
6.0

Investigators set out to capture a gang of thieves transporting stolen cash through the U.S. mail.

Wanted: Jane Turner

1936

Talent Scout poster
6.7

A Hollywood heartthrob helps a small-town girl achieve stardom.

Talent Scout

1937

Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1 poster
NR

This edition of Screen Snapshots has more of a vaudeville flavor as opposed to Ralph Staub's usual candid-camera at home with the stars offerings. Ken Murray, assisted by the Brewer Twins, is the MC, while the Andrews Sisters sing "In Apple Blossom Time" and the pre-"Uncle Miltie" Milton Berle plays his clarinet. The rest of the players, with contract-player faces belonging to 20th-Century Fox, RKO Radio, Universal and Columbia, just pass through. Production Number 3851.

Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

1941

That Girl from Paris poster
6.9

Nikki Martin, a beautiful French opera star, stows away on an ocean liner in hopes of escaping her jealous fiancee. Once aboard, she joins an American swing band and falls in love with its leader, who, after hearing her sing, eventually comes to reciprocate her feelings.

That Girl from Paris

1936

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7.0

Hollywood starlet foils an Axis plot to sabotage the L.A. infrastructure.

Foreign Agent

1942