Johnny Sheffield

Johnny Sheffield (April 11, 1931October 15, 2010) was an American child actor. He won the part of Boy in the 1939 movie Tarzan Finds a Son! after beating out more than 300 other children.  He co-starred with Johnny Weissmuller in seven more Tarzan movies. He also played Bomba, the Jungle Boy in 12 movies between 1949 and 1955. He retired from acting after the twelfth and last Bomba movie. He went on to get a business degree at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He worked in contracting and real estate. He died of a heart attack after falling off a ladder while pruning a palm tree. He was married and had two sons and a daughter.NY Times obituary

List of movies
 Year Title Role1939 Tarzan Finds a Son! Boy Babes in Arms Bobs1940 Lucky Cisco Kid Tommy Lawrence Knute Rockne, All American Knute Rockne (at age 7) Little Orvie Orvie Stone1941 Tarzan's Secret Treasure Boy Million Dollar Baby Alvie Grayson 1942 Tarzan's New York Adventure Boy1943 Tarzan Triumphs Boy Tarzan's Desert Mystery Boy1945 Roughly Speaking Frankie (at age 9) Tarzan and the Amazons Boy 1946 Tarzan and the Leopard Woman Boy 1947 Tarzan and the Huntress Boy1949 Bomba, the Jungle Boy Bomba Bomba on Panther Island Bomba1950 The Lost Volcano Bomba Bomba and the Hidden City Bomba1951 The Lion Hunters Bomba Bomba and the Elephant Stampede Bomba 1952 African Treasure Bomba Bomba and the Jungle Girl Bomba 1953 Safari Drums Bomba1954 Killer Leopard Bomba The Golden Idol Bomba 1955 Lord of the Jungle Bomba

References

Other websites
 The Guardian:Johnny Sheffield obituary  

 "Matt's Bomba the Jungle Boy Movie Guide"
Johnny Sheffield; findagrave.com
 Bomba Speaks

Category:American child actors
Category:1931 births
Category:2010 deaths 
Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction
Category:Actors from Pasadena, California
Category:University of California, Los Angeles alumni