Winfield R. Sheehan

Born 1883-09-23 · Buffalo, New York, USA

Died 1945-07-25

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.