Actor
Orville Sherman
January 18, 1916 · Lexington, Oklahoma, USA
Orville Sherman was born in Oklahoma, where his great-grandfather bought land in 1894. He appeared in numerous television episodes, mostly Westerns. Being born in the frontier may have given him an edge to playing cowboys. Although most of his screen time can be counted in seconds, he was good at his craft. Orville started tap dancing at age nine and left home at 19 to pursue his career.
According to the 1940 U.S. census, he was living as a boarder in Shawnee, Oklahoma, giving his occupation as "actor, dancer, director". He served in WWII, enlisting from Santa Fe, New Mexico where he was working with a small theater troupe. A few years later he was in New York on stage later traveling to England to appear on stage in "Oklahoma", where he met his future wife, actress Marcella Dodge.
Notable work
Often works with
Dabbs Greer
5 titles together
Little House on the Prairie, Perry Mason, Gunsmoke
Charles Seel
2 titles together
Westworld, Gunsmoke
Vaughn Taylor
2 titles together
The Twilight Zone, The Fugitive
S. John Launer
2 titles together
The Twilight Zone, Perry Mason
Gene Coogan
2 titles together
The Twilight Zone, Home from the Hill
Joseph V. Perry
2 titles together
I Dream of Jeannie, Wanted: Dead or Alive
Full filmography · 40
Little House on the Prairie
as Headmaster
19748
Alias Smith and Jones
cast
19717
Medical Center
cast
1969
I Dream of Jeannie
as Danny and as Otto
19657.8
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
cast
19647.1
Daniel Boone
as Will Camfield and as Tupper
19647
Bewitched
cast
19647.9
The Fugitive
as Hotel clerk and as Prewitt
19637.3
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Charles
19627.9
The Virginian
as Doctor and as Undertaker
19626.5
Dr. Kildare
as Steward
1961
The Andy Griffith Show
as Huey Welch and as Matt
19607.6