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