Vincent Sherman

American director and actor

Vincent Sherman (born Abraham Orovitz, July 16, 1906 – June 18, 2006) was an American director and actor who worked in Hollywood.His movies include Mr.

Skeffington (1944), Nora Prentiss (1947), and The Young Philadelphians (1959).He began his career as an actor on Broadway and later in film.

He directed B-movies for Warner Bros. and then moved to directing to A-pictures.He was a good friend of actor Errol Flynn, whom he directed in Adventures of Don Juan (1949).

He directed three Joan Crawford movies: The Damned Don't Cry (1950), Harriet Craig (1950), and Goodbye, My Fancy (1951).