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