Gene Sheldon
Gene Sheldon was born in Columbus, Ohio, United States on February 1st, 1908 and is the TV Actor. At the age of 74, Gene Sheldon biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Gene Sheldon (born Eugene Hume, February 1, 1908 – May 1, 1982) was an American actor, mime artist, and musician.
He is remembered as the mute servant Bernardo on Walt Disney's live-action TV series Zorro (1957-1959).
Biography and career
Sheldon, a native of Columbus, Ohio, began acting at an early age, as a stage assistant to his father Earl, a magician. He had to appear as a child, dressed appropriately, but not talking. At the age of 17, he gained experience as a radio announcer, broadcasting on Toledo, Ohio radio in 1925.
As Slug the Banjoist, his film debut appeared in the 1934 film Susie's Affairs. He appeared in the early Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers' musical Roberta as a banjo player in the film's band next year. He appeared in the musical number "Let's Begin" for a short period of comedy, and he performed in a comedy dance number with Fred Astaire and Candy Candido.
Sheldon appeared in the Broadway revue Priorities of 1942, performing a comedy banjo act in which he did not talk, wearing an outfit resembling silent film comedian Harry Langdon's costume and imitating some of Langdon's signature gestures.
In twentieth century Fox's 1945 films Where Do We Go From Here? He appeared in speaking roles as Ali. Professor Winnup of The Dolly Sisters, as the seal trainer.
The bulk of Sheldon's work in the 1950s and 1960s was on various Walt Disney shows. In the "Golden Horseshoe Revue" episode of the Walt Disney anthology television series, an often-seen act was as a banjo player who kept his fingers stuck in the strings. After several minutes they'd be "unstuck" and perform a tense riff on his banjo, he'd eventually have them "unstuck" and perform a bouncing riff on his banjo.
Sam Jordan in 1951's Golden Girl, notorious alcoholic Puffo the Clown, and Toby Tyler's 1960 film Toby Tyler as Sam Treat, a clown and animal trainer who is one of Toby's mentors and guards. Henry Calvin, who co-starred on Zorro as Sergeant Garcia, was Toby's other guard, gruff wagon driver Ben Cotter.
Sheldon appeared in Disney's 1961 Christmas film Babes in Toyland as Barnaby's mute henchman Roderigo. He was introduced to Calvin as a sort of ersatz Laurel and Hardy.
Bernardo, Diego's mute (but not deaf) servant, was her role on Zorro. Bernardo, rather than being deaf, confesses to Bernardo that he prefers to be a helpless academic rather than a man of action in the series's first episode. Bernardo is able to spy for Diego without triggering suspicion in this manner. This characterization, which was an improvement over the original stories' deaf-mute Bernardo, used Sheldon's pantomime skills, while still making the story more significant to the story. Bernardo's comedic music theme was created by William Lava. Sheldon retook the role in four additional Zorro adventures on the Walt Disney anthology television series in 1960-1961.