Winfield R. Sheehan
Born
September 23, 1883
Died
July 25, 1945 (61 years old)
Known For
Production
Place of Birth
Buffalo, New York, USA
Winfield R. Sheehan was a film company executive. He was responsible for much of Fox Film Corporation's output during the 1920s and 1930s. As studio head, he won an Academy Award for Best Picture and was nominated three more times. Most famously, he nurtured the budding stardom of then-child star Shirley Temple.