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

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

1944

The Mummy's Ghost as Museum Watchman
Here Come the Waves as Commodore (uncredited)
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
The Postman Didn't Ring as Judge Barrington
Half Way to Shanghai as Doctor McIntyre
Fly By Night as Pa Prescott
I Was Framed as Cal Beamish
The Bashful Bachelor as Squire Skimp
Torpedo Boat as Captain Mike
Henry Aldrich, Editor as Judge Sanders

1941

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

1940

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

1939

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

1938

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

1937

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