Forrest Sheldon

Forrest Sheldon
Born	Forrest K. Sheldon Trinidad, Colorado, U.S.
Occupations	Film director, screenwriter, actor

Forrest K. Sheldon was an American film director, screenwriter and actor. ^{[1] [2]} He directed and wrote for 40 films from 1924 to 1940. ^[3] Many of his films were westerns.

Sheldon was born in Trinidad, Colorado. ^[4] He was educated in Los Angeles and began working at Kalem in 1914. He worked for various studios and worked on Ken Maynard films including Hell-Fire Austin . He also worked on Tom Keene and Buck Jones films. ^[5]

Filmography

• False Trails (1924), actor
• Makers of Men (1925), director ^{[6] [7]}
• Never Too Late (1925), director
• No Man's Law (1925), director ^[8]
• The Knockout Kid (1925), writer
• The Snob Buster (1925), writer
• The Man from Oklahoma (1926), director
• The Grey Vulture (1926), director ^[9]
• The Haunted Ship (1927), director
• Code of the Scarlet (1928), co-writer ^[10]
• Law of the Rio Grande (1931), director
• Dynamite Ranch (1932), director
• Hell Fire Austin (1932), director
• Between Fighting Men (1932), director ^[11]
• The Lone Trail (1932), director
• Hell-Fire Austin (1932)
• The Texas Ranger (1931), writer
• The Lone Rider (1930), co-wrote
• The Dawn Trail (1930), story ^[11]
• Phantom Thunderbolt (1933), co-writer ^[11]
• The Lone Avenger (1933), writer ^[11]
• Wilderness Mail (1935), director
• Men of Action (1935), co-wrote screenplay
• Port of Hate (1939), story
• Texas Stampede (1939), co-writer

References

1. ""Ginsberg the Great," Alias Georgie Jessel, Turns Magician at Broadway". Daily News . New York, New York. January 26, 1928. p. 374. Retrieved August 31, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
2. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States. University of California Press. 1997. ISBN   978-0-520-20969-5 – via Google Books.
3. "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 2025-09-01.
4. The Film Daily Production Guide and Director's Annual. Film Daily. 1936. p. 235 – via Google Books.
5. "The Film Daily Product Guide and Director's Annual". Film Daily. September 1, 1937 – via Google Books.
6. "Strand Theatre". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. April 2, 1926. p. 6. Retrieved August 31, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
7. McGowan, John J. (2005). J.P. McGowan: Biography of a Hollywood Pioneer. McFarland. p. 157. ISBN   9780786419944 – via Google Books.
8. "Motion Picture Herald". 1925 – via Google Books.
9. "An exception has occurred | George Eastman Museum".
10. "Story by Forrest Sheldon". The Star Press . Muncie, Indiana. October 7, 1928. p. 26. Retrieved September 1, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
11. Reid, John (September 2005). HOLLYWOOD 'B' MOVIES: A Treasury of Spills, Chills & Thrills. Lulu.com. ISBN   978-1-4116-5065-7 – via Google Books.

External links

• Forrest Sheldon at IMDb