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Oscar O'Shea

Oscar O'Shea

Acting1881Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

Biography

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Oscar O'Shea (8 October 1881 – 6 April 1960), born in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, was a Canadian-American character actor with over 100 film appearances from 1937 to 1953.

O'Shea was a comic actor who earned a million dollars but lost it all in the Great Depression. His first straight role came in a Federal Theatre Project production of It Can't Happen Here, a play based on the novel of the same name. His first film was Captains Courageous (1937).

Beginning in 1929, O'Shea operated the Oscar O'Shea Players repertory theater company in the Embassy Theatre in Ottawa, Canada. He eventually ended the enterprise "to seek a field where his art would be more widely appreciated." He then set up an operation in Chicago, "where he managed his own theatre and stock company during good and bad years."

O'Shea died in Hollywood, California in 1960 at age 78.

Acting History

1955
MGM Parade
TVas Self / self
1948
1947
Sport of Kings
as Judge Sellers
1946
Without Reservations
as Conductor (uncredited)
Personality Kid
as Officer O'Brien
The Brute Man
as Mr. Haskins - Grocer (uncredited)
1945
Bewitched
as Capt. O'Malley
1944
The Mummy's Ghost
as Museum Watchman
The Mystery of the Riverboat
as Capt. Ethan Perrin
Haunted Harbor
as John Galbraith [Chs. 1, 7, 15]
Here Come the Waves
as Commodore (uncredited)
South of Dixie
as Colonel Hatcher
1943
Corvette K-225
as Capt. Smith
Happy Land
as Father Case (uncredited)
City Without Men
as Joseph Barton
1942
Henry Aldrich, Editor
as Judge Sanders
Half Way to Shanghai
as Doctor McIntyre
Fly By Night
as Pa Prescott
Torpedo Boat
as Captain Mike
The Postman Didn't Ring
as Judge Barrington
I Was Framed
as Cal Beamish
The Bashful Bachelor
as Squire Skimp
Dudes Are Pretty People
as Cardigan, working ranch owner
1941
Harmon of Michigan
as 'Pop' Branch
Sleepers West
as McGowan, a Engineer
Four Mothers
as George Edwards (uncredited)
Ringside Maisie
as Conductor
Lydia
as Doctor Richards
The Tell-Tale Heart
as First Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
Mutiny in the Arctic
as Capt. Bob Morrissey
1940
Susan and God
as Samr (uncredited)
Forty Little Mothers
as Janitor at Train Station
20 Mule Team
as Train Conductor
Wildcat Bus
as Charles Dawson
Pier 13
as Skipper Kelly
Always a Bride
as Uncle Dan Jarvis
The Phantom Submarine
as Captain Velsar
Zanzibar
as Captain Craig
1939
The Night of Nights
as Mr. Conway (uncredited)
Invitation to Happiness
as Divorce Judge
The Roaring Twenties
as Customer (uncredited)
Lucky Night
as Police Lieutenant
S.O.S Tidal Wave
as Mike Halloran
Love Affair
as Priest (uncredited)
Missing Evidence
as John C. 'Pop' Andrews
Tell No Tales
as Sam O'Neil
Undercover Agent
as Pat Murphy
The Star Maker
as Mr. Flannigan
Big Town Czar
as Pa Daley
King of the Turf
as Bartender
Of Mice and Men
as Jackson
1938
The Shining Hour
as Charlie Collins
Man-Proof
as Gus the Bartender
Rebellious Daughters
as Dad Elliott
Numbered Woman
as Desk Sgt. Rourke
King of the Newsboys
as Mr. Stephens
Stablemates
as Pete Whalen
Border Wolves
as Judge Coleman
Mannequin
as 'Pa' Cassidy
Racket Busters
as Pop Wilson
Love Is a Headache
as Pop Sheeman, Stage Doorman (uncredited)
Hold That Kiss
as Pop - Man Bringing Usher's Clothes
Campus Cinderella
as Horace Howard
Youth Takes a Fling
as Captain Walters
Snow Gets in Your Eyes
as Gibson (uncredited)
The Canary Comes Across
as Warden Clayton
The Main Event
as Captain Rorty
1937
Big City
as John C. Andrews
You're Only Young Once
as Sheriff (uncredited)
Rosalie
as Mr. Callahan
Double Wedding
as Turnkey (uncredited)
Captains Courageous
as Captain Walt Cushman

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
10/7/1881
Day of Death
4/6/1960
Place of Birth
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada