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
MGM Parade
MGM Parade
The Roaring Twenties
Captains Courageous
Love Affair
Four Mothers
Angels with Dirty Faces
Rosalie
All Movies (85)
- One Sunday Afternoon1948 · as Toby
- My Wild Irish Rose1947 · as Pat Daly
- Sport of Kings1947 · as Judge Sellers
- The Brute Man1946 · as Mr. Haskins - Grocer (uncredited)
- Personality Kid1946 · as Officer O'Brien
- Without Reservations1946 · as Conductor (uncredited)
- Senorita from the West1945 · as Dusty
- Bewitched1945 · as Capt. O'Malley
- Here Come the Waves1944 · as Commodore (uncredited)
- Mystery of the Riverboat1944 · as Capt. Ethan Perrin
- Haunted Harbor1944 · as John Galbraith [Chs. 1, 7, 15]
- The Mummy's Ghost1944 · as Museum Watchman
- South of Dixie1944 · as Colonel Hatcher
- Her Primitive Man1944 · as Jonathan
- Happy Land1943 · as Father Case (uncredited)
- Corvette K-2251943 · as Capt. Smith
- Two Tickets to London1943 · as Mr. Tinkle
- City Without Men1943 · as Joseph Barton
- Half Way to Shanghai1942 · as Doctor McIntyre
- Henry Aldrich, Editor1942 · as Judge Sanders
- The Postman Didn't Ring1942 · as Judge Barrington
- I Was Framed1942 · as Cal Beamish
- The Bashful Bachelor1942 · as Squire Skimp
- Dudes Are Pretty People1942 · as Cardigan, working ranch owner
- Torpedo Boat1942 · as Captain Mike
- Fly By Night1942 · as Pa Prescott
- The Tell-Tale Heart1941 · as First Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
- The Officer and the Lady1941 · as Dan Regan
- Riders of the Purple Sage1941 · as Noah Judkins
- Lydia1941 · as Doctor Richards
- Harmon of Michigan1941 · as 'Pop' Branch
- Blossoms in the Dust1941 · as Dr. West
- Ringside Maisie1941 · as Conductor
- Mutiny in the Arctic1941 · as Capt. Bob Morrissey
- Sleepers West1941 · as McGowan, a Engineer
- Four Mothers1941 · as George Edwards (uncredited)
- The Phantom Submarine1940 · as Captain Velsar
- Always a Bride1940 · as Uncle Dan Jarvis
- Wildcat Bus1940 · as Charles Dawson
- Stranger on the Third Floor1940 · as The Judge
- Pier 131940 · as Skipper Kelly
- Susan and God1940 · as Samr (uncredited)
- You Can't Fool Your Wife1940 · as Dr. Emery
- 20 Mule Team1940 · as Train Conductor
- Forty Little Mothers1940 · as Janitor at Train Station
- Zanzibar1940 · as Captain Craig
- Of Mice and Men1939 · as Jackson
- Missing Evidence1939 · as John C. 'Pop' Andrews
- The Night of Nights1939 · as Mr. Conway (uncredited)
- The Roaring Twenties1939 · as Customer (uncredited)
- Those High Grey Walls1939 · as Warden
- The Star Maker1939 · as Mr. Flannigan
- She Married a Cop1939 · as Pa Duffy
- Tell No Tales1939 · as Sam O'Neil
- Invitation to Happiness1939 · as Divorce Judge
- S.O.S Tidal Wave1939 · as Mike Halloran
- Lucky Night1939 · as Police Lieutenant
- Big Town Czar1939 · as Pa Daley
- Undercover Agent1939 · as Pat Murphy
- Love Affair1939 · as Priest (uncredited)
- King of the Turf1939 · as Bartender
- Angels with Dirty Faces1938
- The Shining Hour1938 · as Charlie Collins
- Stablemates1938 · as Pete Whalen
- Youth Takes a Fling1938 · as Captain Walters
- Campus Cinderella1938 · as Horace Howard
- Racket Busters1938 · as Pop Wilson
- Rebellious Daughters1938 · as Dad Elliott
- The Main Event1938 · as Captain Rorty
- Numbered Woman1938 · as Desk Sgt. Rourke
- Snow Gets in Your Eyes1938 · as Gibson (uncredited)
- Hold That Kiss1938 · as Pop - Man Bringing Usher's Clothes
- International Crime1938 · as Heath
- King of the Newsboys1938 · as Mr. Stephens
- Border Wolves1938 · as Judge Coleman
- The Canary Comes Across1938 · as Warden Clayton
- Mannequin1938 · as 'Pa' Cassidy
- Love Is a Headache1938 · as Pop Sheeman, Stage Doorman (uncredited)
- Man-Proof1938 · as Gus the Bartender
- Rosalie1937 · as Mr. Callahan
- You're Only Young Once1937 · as Sheriff (uncredited)
- Double Wedding1937 · as Turnkey (uncredited)
- Big City1937 · as John C. Andrews
- Captains Courageous1937 · as Captain Walt Cushman
- The Good Old Soak1937 · as Jake
All TV Shows (2)
- MGM Parade1955 · as Self
- MGM Parade1955 · as self