Oscar O'Shea
Oscar O'Shea | |
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 O'Shea in The Bashful Bachelor (1942) | |
| Born | October 8, 1881 Peterborough, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | April 6, 1960 (aged 78) Hollywood, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1937-1953 |
Oscar O'Shea (8 October 1881 – 6 April 1960) was a Canadian-American character actor with over 100 film appearances from 1937 to 1953.
Early years[]
O'Shea was born in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.[1]
Acting[]
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.[2]
O'Shea's first film was Captains Courageous (1937).[1]
Management[]
Beginning in 1929, O'Shea operated the Oscar O'Shea Players repertory theater company in the Embassy Theatre in Ottawa, Canada.[3] He eventually ended the enterprise "to seek a field where his art would be more widely appreciated."[4] He then set up an operation in Chicago, "where he managed his own theatre and stock company during good and bad years."[4]
Death[]
O'Shea died in Hollywood, California, in 1960 at age 78.[1]
Selected filmography[]
- The Good Old Soak (1937) - Jake (uncredited)
- Captains Courageous (1937) - Cushman
- Big City (1937) - John C. Andrews
- Double Wedding (1937) - Turnkey (uncredited)
- Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937) - Man Seated Next to Wilkins (uncredited)
- You're Only Young Once (1937) - Sheriff (uncredited)
- Mannequin (1937) - 'Pa' Cassidy
- Rosalie (1937) - Mr. Callahan
- Man-Proof (1938) - Gus
- Love Is a Headache (1938) - Pop Sheeman, Stage Doorman (uncredited)
- Border Wolves (1938) - Judge Coleman
- King of the Newsboys (1938) - Mr. Stephens
- International Crime (1938) - Heath
- Hold That Kiss (1938) - Pop - Man Bringing Usher's Clothes (uncredited)
- Numbered Woman (1938)
- The Main Event (1938) - Captain Rorty
- Rebellious Daughters (1938) - Dad Elliott
- Racket Busters (1938) - Pop
- Youth Takes a Fling (1938) - Captain Walters
- Stablemates (1938) - Pete Whalen
- The Shining Hour (1938) - Charlie Collins
- Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) - Kennedy (uncredited)
- King of the Turf (1939) - Bartender
- Love Affair (1939) - Priest (uncredited)
- Undercover Agent (1939) - Pat Murphy
- Big Town Czar (1939) - Pa Daley
- Lucky Night (1939) - Police Lieutenant
- Tell No Tales (1939) - Sam O'Neil
- S.O.S. Tidal Wave (1939) - Mike Halloran
- Invitation to Happiness (1939) - Divorce Judge
- She Married a Cop (1939) - Pa Duffy
- The Star Maker (1939) - Mr. Flannigan
- Those High Grey Walls (1939) - Warden
- The Roaring Twenties (1939) - Customer (uncredited)
- Missing Evidence (1939) - John C. 'Pop' Andrews
- The Night of Nights (1939) - Mr. Conway (uncredited)
- Of Mice and Men (1939) - Jackson
- I Take This Woman (1940) - Dowling (scenes deleted)
- Zanzibar (1940) - Captain Craig
- Forty Little Mothers (1940) - Janitor at Train Station (uncredited)
- 20 Mule Team (1940) - Train Conductor
- You Can't Fool Your Wife (1940) - Dr. Emery, Colony College Chaplain
- Susan and God (1940) - Samr (uncredited)
- Pier 13 (1940) - Skipper Kelly
- Stranger on the Third Floor (1940) - The Judge
- Wildcat Bus (1940) - Charles Dawson
- The Bride Wore Crutches (1940) - Pop (uncredited)
- Always a Bride (1940) - Uncle Dan Jarvis
- The Phantom Submarine (1940) - Captain Velsar
- Four Mothers (1941) - George Edwards (uncredited)
- Sleepers West (1941) - Engineer McGowan
- Mutiny in the Arctic (1941) - Capt. Bob Morrissey
- Blossoms in the Dust (1941) - Dr. West (uncredited)
- Accent on Love (1941) - Magistrate
- Ringside Maisie (1941) - Conductor
- Harmon of Michigan (1941) - 'Pop' Branch
- Lydia (1941) - Doctor Richards (uncredited)
- Riders of the Purple Sage (1941) - Noah Judkins
- The Officer and the Lady (1941) - Dan Regan
- Fly-by-Night (1942) - Pa Prescott
- Torpedo Boat (1942) - Captain Mike
- The Bashful Bachelor (1942) - Squire Skimp
- I Was Framed (1942) - Cal Beamish
- The Postman Didn't Ring (1942) - Judge Barrington
- Just Off Broadway (1942) - Pop
- Halfway to Shanghai (1942) - Doctor McIntyre
- Sin Town (1942) - Train Conductor (uncredited)
- Henry Aldrich, Editor (1942) - Judge Sanders
- Lady Bodyguard (1943) - Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
- City Without Men (1943) - Joseph Barton
- Two Weeks to Live (1943) - Squire Skimp (uncredited)
- Good Morning, Judge (1943) - Magistrate
- Three Hearts for Julia (1943) - Stage Doorman (uncredited)
- Two Tickets to London (1943) - Mr. Tinkle
- Gals, Incorporated (1943) - Justice (uncredited)
- The Good Fellows (1943) - Great Grand Caesar (uncredited)
- Corvette K-225 (1943) - Capt. Smith (uncredited)
- Happy Land (1943) - Father Case (uncredited)
- Her Primitive Man (1944) - Jonathan
- South of Dixie (1944) - Col. Hatcher
- The Mummy's Ghost (1944) - Watchman
- Haunted Harbor (1944, Serial) - John Galbraith [Chs. 1, 7, 15]
- Mystery of the River Boat (1944, Serial) - Capt. Ethan Perrin
- Here Come the Waves (1944) - Commodore (uncredited)
- Bewitched (1945) - Capt. O'Malley
- Senorita from the West (1945) - Dusty
- Without Reservations (1946) - Conductor (uncredited)
- Personality Kid (1946) - Officer O'Brien
- The Brute Man (1946) - Mr. Haskins - Grocer (uncredited)
- Abie's Irish Rose (1946) - Bishop (uncredited)
- Stallion Road (1947) - Doc Brady, DVM (uncredited)
- Sport of Kings (1947)- Judge Sellers
- Where There's Life (1947) - Uncle Philip (uncredited)
- It Had to Be You (1947) - Irish Neighborhood Watchman (scenes deleted)
- My Wild Irish Rose (1947) - Pat Daly
- Fury at Furnace Creek (1948) - Jailer (uncredited)
- One Sunday Afternoon (1948) - Toby
- The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady (1950) - Mr. Flannigan (uncredited)
- Thy Neighbor's Wife (1953) - (final film role)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Feramisco, Thomas M. (2007). The Mummy Unwrapped: Scenes Left on Universal's Cutting Room Floor. McFarland. pp. 189–190. ISBN 9781476607924. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ Quinn, Susan (2011). Furious Improvisation: How the WPA and a Cast of Thousands Made High Art out of Desperate Times. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 9780802779717. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ "Oscar O'Shea Players to Open Season of Repertoire Next Week" (The Ottawa Journal). Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. December 21, 1929. p. 13. Retrieved July 6, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Oscar O'Shea Comes Back". The Ottawa Journal. Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. July 3, 1937. p. 20. Retrieved July 6, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
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