Mickey Shaughnessy

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Joseph Michael "Mickey" Shaughnessy (August 5, 1920 - July 23, 1985) was an Irish American character actor who specialized in playing lovable, but not-too-bright lugs. One of his best-known roles was as the tough, experienced mentor of Elvis Presley's character in Jailhouse Rock. The New York City-born Shaughnessy died at the age of 64 of lung cancer at Cape May Court House, New Jersey. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mickey Shaughnessy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

Maverick

The Virginian

Run for Your Life

The Ed Sullivan Show

One Step Beyond

Alias Smith and Jones

Laredo

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

All Movies (35)

• Elvis: A Life in Music2026 · as Self (archive footage)
• Primal Scream1986 · as Charlie Waxman
• The Boatniks1970 · as Charlie
• My Dog, the Thief1969 · as Foley
• Vernon's Volunteers1969
• Never a Dull Moment1968 · as Francis
• A Boy Called Nuthin’1967 · as Sheriff Hoop
• A House Is Not a Home1964 · as Police Sergeant John Riordan
• A Global Affair1964 · as Police Officer Dugan
• How the West Was Won1962 · as Deputy Stover
• Pocketful of Miracles1961 · as Junior
• King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein1961 · as Jim Kelly
• Dondi1961 · as Sergeant
• North to Alaska1960 · as Peter Boggs
• College Confidential1960 · as Sam Grover
• Sex Kittens Go to College1960 · as Boomie
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn1960 · as Duke of Bilgewater
• Edge of Eternity1959 · as Scotty O'Brien
• Ask Any Girl1959 · as Mr. Eager (uncredited)
• Don't Give Up the Ship1959 · as Stan Wychinski
• The Hangman1959 · as Al Cruse
• A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed1958 · as Harold 'Rocky' Baker
• Gunman's Walk1958 · as Deputy Sheriff Will Motely
• The Sheepman1958 · as "Jumbo" McCall
• Don't Go Near the Water1957 · as Farragut Jones
• Until They Sail1957 · as US Marine, Store Customer
• Slaughter on 10th Avenue1957 · as Solly Pitts
• The Burglar1957 · as Dohmer
• Designing Woman1957 · as Maxie Stultz
• Jailhouse Rock1957 · as Hunk Houghton
• Conquest of Space1955 · as Sgt. Mahoney
• From Here to Eternity1953 · as Cpl. Leva
• Last of the Comanches1953 · as Rusty Potter
• The Marrying Kind1952 · as Pat Bundy
• The Princess and the Pirate1944 · as Man who brings the beers (uncredited)

All TV Shows (12)

• Alias Smith and Jones1971
• The Outsider1968
• Laredo1965
• Run for Your Life1965 · as Morgan
• The Legend of Jesse James1965 · as Ab Truxton
• Vacation Playhouse1963 · as Coach Mickey Brennan
• Going My Way1962
• The Virginian1962 · as Muldoon
• One Step Beyond1959 · as Pippo the Clown
• Maverick1957
• The Dinah Shore Chevy Show1956 · as Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self