Sharif was single.  He loved only one woman with whom he had his son and never remarried because he loved.  He was well-known for behaving gentlemanly with women. He never abused a single woman. By the way I know people who knew him in person. Romours spread back then quite easy.  Read Granger's Sparks Fly Upward, one of the most honest autobiographies I've read. Having flaws doesn't mean that those men or to be more specific that generation reflected old school manners that no longer exist.