Sherwood Cryer (September 2, 1927 – August 13, 2009) was a Pasadena, Texas-based entrepreneur. He was the originally owner and operator of a bar called Sherri's. He then formed a partnership with Mickey Gilley it became the western nightclub & Bar Gilley's, which was the central setting of the 1980 movie Urban Cowboy starring John Travolta and Debra Winger.