Hiram Sherman
Hiram Sherman (February 11, 1908 – April 11, 1989) was an American actor. Biography. Hiram Sherman was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His father, Clifford Leon Sherman, worked in the art department of "The Boston Globe". He made his Broadway debut as a playwright with the short-lived comedy "Too Much Party" in 1934. The farce, directed by William Friedlander, opened at the Theatre Masque on March 5, 1934, and closed after only eight performances. It proved to be his sole attempt at writing. Two years later he made his Broadway debut as an actor in the Federal Theatre Project 's "Horse Eats Hat". Additional theatre credits include the inaugural Mercury Theatre productions "Caesar" and "The Shoemaker's Holiday", "Very Warm for May", "Cyrano de Bergerac", "Boyd's Daughter" (which he also directed),"Mary, Mary", and "3 for Tonight". He won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for "Two's Company" and "How Now, Dow Jones". Sherman debuted on stage in London in 1949 in "Brigadoon". He appeared in London's West End as Matthew Cuthbert in the British premiere of "Anne of Green Gables". On television, Sherman portrayed Simon Ward on "The Tammy Grimes Show". His  other television credits included such early anthology series as "Kraft Television Theatre", "Studio One", "The Alcoa Hour", and "Hallmark Hall of Fame". Sherman's debuted on film in "One Third of a Nation" (1939). His feature films included "The Solid Gold Cadillac", "Mary, Mary", in which he reprised his role in the play, and "Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad". Sherman died of a stroke in Springfield, Illinois in 1989, aged 81.