Oscar O'Shea
Known for Acting · 86 credits
- Born
- 1881-10-07
- Died
- 1960-04-06
- Place of birth
- Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
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
TV Shows (1)
Movies (85)
Ringside Maisie
1941
as Conductor
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938
Always a Bride
1940
as Uncle Dan Jarvis
Undercover Agent
1939
as Pat Murphy
The Roaring Twenties
1939
as Customer (uncredited)
Those High Grey Walls
1939
as Warden
Love Affair
1939
as Priest (uncredited)
Love Is a Headache
1938
as Pop Sheeman, Stage Doorman (uncredited)
Rosalie
1937
as Mr. Callahan
Invitation to Happiness
1939
as Divorce Judge
The Mummy's Ghost
1944
as Museum Watchman
Of Mice and Men
1939
as Jackson
Stranger on the Third Floor
1940
as The Judge
Captains Courageous
1937
as Captain Walt Cushman
The Tell-Tale Heart
1941
as First Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
Dudes Are Pretty People
1942
as Cardigan, working ranch owner
Racket Busters
1938
as Pop Wilson
Her Primitive Man
1944
as Jonathan
The Phantom Submarine
1940
as Captain Velsar
Forty Little Mothers
1940
as Janitor at Train Station
Blossoms in the Dust
1941
as Dr. West
Lydia
1941
as Doctor Richards
Without Reservations
1946
as Conductor (uncredited)
Mystery of the Riverboat
1944
as Capt. Ethan Perrin
The Shining Hour
1938
as Charlie Collins
You're Only Young Once
1937
as Sheriff (uncredited)
Double Wedding
1937
as Turnkey (uncredited)
The Bashful Bachelor
1942
as Squire Skimp
Sleepers West
1941
as McGowan, a Engineer
Susan and God
1940
as Samr (uncredited)
South of Dixie
1944
as Colonel Hatcher
King of the Newsboys
1938
as Mr. Stephens
Sport of Kings
1947
as Judge Sellers
S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939
as Mike Halloran
Numbered Woman
1938
as Desk Sgt. Rourke
The Star Maker
1939
as Mr. Flannigan
Tell No Tales
1939
as Sam O'Neil
Big City
1937
as John C. Andrews
Missing Evidence
1939
as John C. 'Pop' Andrews
Bewitched
1945
as Capt. O'Malley
Lucky Night
1939
as Police Lieutenant
One Sunday Afternoon
1948
as Toby
Torpedo Boat
1942
as Captain Mike
Corvette K-225
1943
as Capt. Smith
I Was Framed
1942
as Cal Beamish
Four Mothers
1941
as George Edwards (uncredited)
The Brute Man
1946
as Mr. Haskins - Grocer (uncredited)
The Postman Didn't Ring
1942
as Judge Barrington
Fly By Night
1942
as Pa Prescott
Rebellious Daughters
1938
as Dad Elliott
Mutiny in the Arctic
1941
as Capt. Bob Morrissey
King of the Turf
1939
as Bartender
Two Tickets to London
1943
as Mr. Tinkle
Happy Land
1943
as Father Case (uncredited)
Henry Aldrich, Editor
1942
as Judge Sanders
Senorita from the West
1945
as Dusty
The Night of Nights
1939
as Mr. Conway (uncredited)
Half Way to Shanghai
1942
as Doctor McIntyre
20 Mule Team
1940
as Train Conductor
You Can't Fool Your Wife
1940
as Dr. Emery
Big Town Czar
1939
as Pa Daley
City Without Men
1943
as Joseph Barton
Wildcat Bus
1940
as Charles Dawson
International Crime
1938
as Heath
Hold That Kiss
1938
as Pop - Man Bringing Usher's Clothes
Haunted Harbor
1944
as John Galbraith [Chs. 1, 7, 15]
My Wild Irish Rose
1947
as Pat Daly
Here Come the Waves
1944
as Commodore (uncredited)
She Married a Cop
1939
as Pa Duffy
Man-Proof
1938
as Gus the Bartender
Zanzibar
1940
as Captain Craig
Mannequin
1938
as 'Pa' Cassidy
Stablemates
1938
as Pete Whalen
Harmon of Michigan
1941
as 'Pop' Branch
Personality Kid
1946
as Officer O'Brien
Riders of the Purple Sage
1941
as Noah Judkins
Snow Gets in Your Eyes
1938
as Gibson (uncredited)
Youth Takes a Fling
1938
as Captain Walters
The Main Event
1938
as Captain Rorty
The Good Old Soak
1937
as Jake
Campus Cinderella
1938
as Horace Howard
Pier 13
1940
as Skipper Kelly
The Officer and the Lady
1941
as Dan Regan
The Canary Comes Across
1938
as Warden Clayton
Border Wolves
1938
as Judge Coleman
About Oscar O'Shea
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 Play… With 86 credits spanning from 1937 to 1955, Oscar O'Shea has appeared in 85 films and 1 TV show.
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Most Popular Oscar O'Shea Movies
- Ringside Maisie (1941) — as Conductor
- Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
- Always a Bride (1940) — as Uncle Dan Jarvis
- Undercover Agent (1939) — as Pat Murphy
- The Roaring Twenties (1939) — as Customer (uncredited)
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