Harry "Pop" Sherman (November 5, 1884 – September 25, 1952) was an American film producer known for his work in the Western genre during the 1930s and 1940s.
He introduced the character Hopalong Cassidy to the silver screen, and is the father of screenwriter Teddi Sherman.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts,[1] Sherman had an early love for film (Westerns in particular), working as a theater owner on the East Coast while starting his family.
[2] In 1913, while seeking movies to show at his theater, he traveled to Hollywood and met D.W. Griffith; Sherman ended up giving Griffith a loan for the money needed to complete Birth of a Nation.
[1] Sherman arrived in Hollywood full-time in 1926, and worked at both Pathe and MGM before striking out on his own as an independent producer.