Forrest Sheldon

Forrest K. Sheldon was an American actor, film director and screenwriter. He directed and wrote for over forty films from 1924 to 1940. Many of his films were westerns.

Sheldon was born in Trinidad, Colorado. He was educated in Los Angeles, California and began working at Kalem Company in 1914. He worked for various studios and worked on Ken Maynard films including Hell-Fire Austin. He also worked on Tom Keene and Buck Jones films.

Filmography False Trails (1924), actor Makers of Men (1925), director Never Too Late (1925), director No Man's Law (1925), director The Knockout Kid (1925), writer The Snob Buster (1925), writer The Man from Oklahoma (1926), director The Grey Vulture (1926), director The Haunted Ship (1927), director Code of the Scarlet (1928), co-writer Law of the Rio Grande (1931), director Dynamite Ranch (1932), director Hell Fire Austin (1932), director Between Fighting Men (1932), director The Lone Trail (1932), director Hell-Fire Austin (1932) The Texas Ranger (1931), writer The Lone Rider (1930), co-wrote The Dawn Trail (1930), story Phantom Thunderbolt (1933), co-writer The Lone Avenger (1933), writer Wilderness Mail (1935), director Men of Action (1935), co-wrote screenplay Port of Hate (1939), story Texas Stampede (1939), co-writer