Oscar O'Shea

Born: 1881-10-07 in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

Died: 1960-04-06

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

1955

MGM Parade as Self

1948

One Sunday Afternoon as Toby

1947

My Wild Irish Rose as Pat Daly
Sport of Kings as Judge Sellers

1946

Without Reservations as Conductor (uncredited)
The Brute Man as Mr. Haskins - Grocer (uncredited)
Personality Kid as Officer O'Brien

1945

Bewitched as Capt. O'Malley
Senorita from the West as Dusty

1944

Here Come the Waves as Commodore (uncredited)
The Mummy's Ghost as Museum Watchman
Her Primitive Man as Jonathan
Mystery of the Riverboat as Capt. Ethan Perrin
South of Dixie as Colonel Hatcher
Haunted Harbor as John Galbraith [Chs. 1, 7, 15]

1943

Corvette K-225 as Capt. Smith
City Without Men as Joseph Barton
Two Tickets to London as Mr. Tinkle
Happy Land as Father Case (uncredited)

1942

Dudes Are Pretty People as Cardigan, working ranch owner
I Was Framed as Cal Beamish
Fly By Night as Pa Prescott
The Bashful Bachelor as Squire Skimp
The Postman Didn't Ring as Judge Barrington
Half Way to Shanghai as Doctor McIntyre
Henry Aldrich, Editor as Judge Sanders
Torpedo Boat as Captain Mike

1941

Ringside Maisie as Conductor
Blossoms in the Dust as Dr. West
Four Mothers as George Edwards (uncredited)
Sleepers West as McGowan, a Engineer
Lydia as Doctor Richards
Harmon of Michigan as 'Pop' Branch
Mutiny in the Arctic as Capt. Bob Morrissey
The Tell-Tale Heart as First Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
The Officer and the Lady as Dan Regan
Riders of the Purple Sage as Noah Judkins

1940

Stranger on the Third Floor as The Judge
Always a Bride as Uncle Dan Jarvis
Wildcat Bus as Charles Dawson
Forty Little Mothers as Janitor at Train Station
Susan and God as Samr (uncredited)
20 Mule Team as Train Conductor
The Phantom Submarine as Captain Velsar
Pier 13 as Skipper Kelly
You Can't Fool Your Wife as Dr. Emery
Zanzibar as Captain Craig

1939

The Roaring Twenties as Customer (uncredited)
Undercover Agent as Pat Murphy
Love Affair as Priest (uncredited)
Of Mice and Men as Jackson
Lucky Night as Police Lieutenant
Invitation to Happiness as Divorce Judge
Those High Grey Walls as Warden
Tell No Tales as Sam O'Neil
The Night of Nights as Mr. Conway (uncredited)
The Star Maker as Mr. Flannigan
S.O.S Tidal Wave as Mike Halloran
Big Town Czar as Pa Daley
Missing Evidence as John C. 'Pop' Andrews
King of the Turf as Bartender
She Married a Cop as Pa Duffy

1938

Angels with Dirty Faces
The Shining Hour as Charlie Collins
Numbered Woman as Desk Sgt. Rourke
Racket Busters as Pop Wilson
Love Is a Headache as Pop Sheeman, Stage Doorman (uncredited)
Youth Takes a Fling as Captain Walters
Hold That Kiss as Pop - Man Bringing Usher's Clothes
Mannequin as 'Pa' Cassidy
King of the Newsboys as Mr. Stephens
Man-Proof as Gus the Bartender
Stablemates as Pete Whalen
Rebellious Daughters as Dad Elliott
International Crime as Heath
Border Wolves as Judge Coleman
The Main Event as Captain Rorty
The Canary Comes Across as Warden Clayton
Snow Gets in Your Eyes as Gibson (uncredited)
Campus Cinderella as Horace Howard

1937

Captains Courageous as Captain Walt Cushman
Rosalie as Mr. Callahan
Double Wedding as Turnkey (uncredited)
Big City as John C. Andrews
You're Only Young Once as Sheriff (uncredited)
The Good Old Soak as Jake