---
name: "Winfield Sheehan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/winfield-r-sheehan"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "23 September 1883"
died: "25 July 1945"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 61
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-19T21:56:57.481137+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Winfield Sheehan

Producer. Born 23 September 1883 in Buffalo, New York, USA. Died 25 July 1945.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 23 September 1883, Buffalo, New York, USA
- **Died:** 25 July 1945
- **Active:** 1928–1933
- **Also known as:** Winfield R. Sheehan
- **Frequently works with:** [Beryl Mercer](https://film.one/person/beryl-mercer.md), [Clive Brook](https://film.one/person/clive-brook.md), [Frank Lloyd](https://film.one/person/frank-lloyd-72061.md), [Tom Barry](https://film.one/person/tom-barry-930394.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 61, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1920s 61 (1), 1930s 60 (2)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Romance 1, War 1, Western 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $9m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winfield_Sheehan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8025022, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0790638/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1081187

## Biography

Winfield R. Sheehan (24 September 1883 – 25 July 1945) was an American film producer and studio executive. A native of Buffalo, New York, he joined the Fox Film Corporation in 1914 and rose to become its chief of production from 1926 to 1935.

Sheehan oversaw much of the studio’s output during the transition to sound films. He produced *In Old Arizona* (1928), *The Big Trail* (1930), *Bad Girl* (1931) and *Cavalcade* (1933), the last of which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. After the 1935 merger that formed 20th Century-Fox, he worked as an independent producer until his death.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Cavalcade* (1933), Fi1m 57, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/cavalcade.md)
- *Bad Girl* (1931), Fi1m 64, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/bad-girl.md)
- *In Old Arizona* (1928), Fi1m 61, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/in-old-arizona.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Captain Eddie* (1945), Producer
- *Florian* (1940), Producer
- *Way Down East* (1935), Producer
- *Bad Boy* (1935), Producer
- *Marie Galante* (1934), Producer
- *Handy Andy* (1934), Executive Producer
- *Baby Take a Bow* (1934), Executive Producer
- *Now I'll Tell* (1934), Producer
- *Change of Heart* (1934), Producer
- *Stand Up and Cheer!* (1934), Producer
- *Bottoms Up* (1934), Executive Producer
- *Doctor Bull* (1933), Producer
- *Hello, Sister!* (1933), Producer
- *State Fair* (1933), Producer
- *Cavalcade* (1933), Producer — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/cavalcade.md)
- *Bad Girl* (1931), Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/bad-girl.md)
- *East Lynne* (1931), Producer
- *The Big Trail* (1930), Producer
- *In Old Arizona* (1928), Producer — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/in-old-arizona.md)
- *The Woman and the Law* (1918), Executive Producer

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