Hiram Sherman

Hiram Sherman (February 11, 1908 – April 11, 1989) was an American actor.

Biography

Hiram Sherman was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His father, Clifford Leon Sherman, worked in the art department of The Boston Globe.

He made his Broadway debut as a playwright with the short-lived comedy Too Much Party in 1934.

Additional theatre credits include the inaugural Mercury Theatre productions Caesar and The Shoemaker's Holiday, Very Warm for May, Cyrano de Bergerac, Boyd's Daughter (which he also directed), Mary, Mary, and 3 for Tonight. He won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Two's Company and How Now, Dow Jones. He appeared in London's West End as Matthew Cuthbert in the British premiere of Anne of Green Gables.

On television, Sherman portrayed Simon Ward on The Tammy Grimes Show. His other television credits included such early anthology series as Kraft Television Theatre, Studio One, The Alcoa Hour, and Hallmark Hall of Fame.

Sherman made his film debut in One Third of a Nation (1939).