Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 7, 1881
Place of Birth:
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
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Oscar O'Shea
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1948 | One Sunday Afternoon | Toby |
| 1947 | Sport of Kings | Judge Sellers |
| 1947 | My Wild Irish Rose | Pat Daly |
| 1946 | Without Reservations | Conductor (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Personality Kid | Officer O'Brien |
| 1946 | The Brute Man | Mr. Haskins - Grocer (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Bewitched | Capt. O'Malley |
| 1945 | Senorita from the West | Dusty |
| 1944 | Haunted Harbor | John Galbraith [Chs. 1, 7, 15] |
| 1944 | Mystery of the Riverboat | Capt. Ethan Perrin |
| 1944 | The Mummy's Ghost | Museum Watchman |
| 1944 | Her Primitive Man | Jonathan |
| 1944 | South of Dixie | Colonel Hatcher |
| 1944 | Here Come the Waves | Commodore (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Two Tickets to London | Mr. Tinkle |
| 1943 | Happy Land | Father Case (uncredited) |
| 1943 | City Without Men | Joseph Barton |
| 1943 | Corvette K-225 | Capt. Smith |
| 1942 | The Postman Didn't Ring | Judge Barrington |
| 1942 | Fly By Night | Pa Prescott |
| 1942 | Henry Aldrich, Editor | Judge Sanders |
| 1942 | I Was Framed | Cal Beamish |
| 1942 | Dudes Are Pretty People | Cardigan, working ranch owner |
| 1942 | Half Way to Shanghai | Doctor McIntyre |
| 1942 | Torpedo Boat | Captain Mike |
| 1942 | The Bashful Bachelor | Squire Skimp |
| 1941 | The Officer and the Lady | Dan Regan |
| 1941 | The Tell-Tale Heart | First Deputy Sheriff (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Harmon of Michigan | 'Pop' Branch |
| 1941 | Riders of the Purple Sage | Noah Judkins |
| 1941 | Four Mothers | George Edwards (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Ringside Maisie | Conductor |
| 1941 | Blossoms in the Dust | Dr. West |
| 1941 | Lydia | Doctor Richards |
| 1941 | Sleepers West | McGowan, a Engineer |
| 1941 | Mutiny in the Arctic | Capt. Bob Morrissey |
| 1940 | Stranger on the Third Floor | The Judge |
| 1940 | The Phantom Submarine | Captain Velsar |
| 1940 | Pier 13 | Skipper Kelly |
| 1940 | Wildcat Bus | Charles Dawson |
| 1940 | You Can't Fool Your Wife | Dr. Emery |
| 1940 | Always a Bride | Uncle Dan Jarvis |
| 1940 | 20 Mule Team | Train Conductor |
| 1940 | Susan and God | Samr (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Forty Little Mothers | Janitor at Train Station |
| 1940 | Zanzibar | Captain Craig |
| 1939 | Invitation to Happiness | Divorce Judge |
| 1939 | Of Mice and Men | Jackson |
| 1939 | The Night of Nights | Mr. Conway (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Missing Evidence | John C. 'Pop' Andrews |
| 1939 | Those High Grey Walls | Warden |
| 1939 | Lucky Night | Police Lieutenant |
| 1939 | Undercover Agent | Pat Murphy |
| 1939 | The Star Maker | Mr. Flannigan |
| 1939 | Tell No Tales | Sam O'Neil |
| 1939 | Love Affair | Priest (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Roaring Twenties | Customer (uncredited) |
| 1939 | S.O.S Tidal Wave | Mike Halloran |
| 1939 | Big Town Czar | Pa Daley |
| 1939 | King of the Turf | Bartender |
| 1939 | She Married a Cop | Pa Duffy |
| 1938 | Mannequin | 'Pa' Cassidy |
| 1938 | Racket Busters | Pop Wilson |
| 1938 | The Shining Hour | Charlie Collins |
| 1938 | Stablemates | Pete Whalen |
| 1938 | International Crime | Heath |
| 1938 | Man-Proof | Gus the Bartender |
| 1938 | Campus Cinderella | Horace Howard |
| 1938 | King of the Newsboys | Mr. Stephens |
| 1938 | Numbered Woman | Oscar |
| 1938 | Rebellious Daughters | Dad Elliott |
| 1938 | Youth Takes a Fling | Captain Walters |
| 1938 | Love Is a Headache | Pop Sheeman, Stage Doorman (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Hold That Kiss | Pop - Man Bringing Usher's Clothes |
| 1938 | Snow Gets in Your Eyes | Gibson (uncredited) |
| 1938 | The Main Event | Captain Rorty |
| 1938 | The Canary Comes Across | Warden Clayton |
| 1938 | Border Wolves | Judge Coleman |
| 1938 | Angels with Dirty Faces | |
| 1937 | Rosalie | Mr. Callahan |
| 1937 | Captains Courageous | Captain Walt Cushman |
| 1937 | Big City | John C. Andrews |
| 1937 | You're Only Young Once | Sheriff (uncredited) |
| 1937 | The Good Old Soak | Jake |
| 1937 | Double Wedding | Turnkey (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
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