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Oscar O'Shea
Actor
Born October 7, 1881Died April 6, 1960 (78 years)
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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.
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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Filmography
| 2009 | The Rules of Film Noir · as The Judge (clip From Stranger On The Third Floor (1940)) |
| 1950 | The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady · as Mr. Flannegan |
| 1948 | One Sunday Afternoon · as Toby |
| 1948 | Fury at Furnace Creek · as Jailer |
| 1947 | My Wild Irish Rose · as Pat Daly |
| 1947 | It Had to Be You · as Irish Neighborhood Watchman |
| 1947 | Where There's Life · as Uncle Philip |
| 1947 | Sport of Kings · as Judge Sellers |
| 1947 | Stallion Road · as Doc Brady, Dvm |
| 1946 | Abie's Irish Rose · as Bishop |
| 1946 | The Brute Man · as Mr. Haskins - Grocer (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Without Reservations · as Conductor (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Bewitched · as Capt. O'malley |
| 1944 | Here Come the Waves · as Commodore (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Mystery of the River Boat · as Capt. Ethan Perrin |
| 1944 | Haunted Harbor · as John Galbraith [chs. 1, 7, 15] |
| 1944 | The Mummy's Ghost · as Museum Watchman |
| 1944 | Fun Time · as Joe Morgan |
| 1943 | Happy Land · as Father Case (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Three Hearts for Julia · as Stage Doorman |
| 1943 | Corvette K-225 · as Capt. Smith |
| 1943 | Two Tickets to London · as Mr. Tinkle |
| 1943 | Two Weeks to Live · as Squire Skimp |
| 1943 | City Without Men · as Joseph Barton |
| 1943 | Lady Bodyguard · as Justice Of The Peace |
| 1942 | Sin Town · as Train Conductor |
| 1942 | Just Off Broadway · as Pop |
| 1942 | Halfway to Shanghai · as Doctor Mcintyre |
| 1942 | Henry Aldrich, Editor · as Judge Sanders |
| 1942 | I Was Framed · as Cal Beamish |
| 1942 | The Bashful Bachelor · as Squire Skimp |
| 1942 | Fly-By-Night · as Pa Prescott |
| 1941 | The Tell-Tale Heart · as First Deputy Sheriff (uncredited) |
| 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 | Sleepers West · as Mcgowan, A Engineer |
| 1941 | Four Mothers · as George Edwards (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Always a Bride · as Uncle Dan Jarvis |
| 1940 | Pier 13 · as Skipper Kelly |
| 1940 | Wildcat Bus · as Charles Dawson |
| 1940 | Stranger on the Third Floor · as The Judge |
| 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 | I Take This Woman · as Dowling |
| 1939 | Of Mice and Men · as Jackson |
| 1939 | Missing Evidence · as John C. 'pop' Andrews |
| 1939 | The Roaring Twenties · as Customer (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Star Maker · as Mr. Flannigan |
| 1939 | Invitation to Happiness · as Divorce Judge |
| 1939 | She Married a Cop · as Pa Duffy |
| 1939 | S.O.S. Tidal Wave · as Mike Halloran |
| 1939 | Tell No Tales · as Sam O'neil |
| 1939 | Lucky Night · as Police Lieutenant |
| 1939 | Undercover Agent · as Pat Murphy |
| 1939 | Love Affair · as Priest (uncredited) |
| 1938 | |
| 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 | 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 | Love Is a Headache · as Pop Sheeman, Stage Doorman (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Man-Proof · as Gus The Bartender |
| 1937 | Mannequin · as 'pa' Cassidy |
| 1937 | Rosalie · as Mr. Callahan |
| 1937 | You're Only Young Once · as Sheriff (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Thoroughbreds Don't Cry · as Man Seated Next To Wilkins |
| 1937 | Double Wedding · as Turnkey (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Rover's Rival · as Rover |
| 1937 | Big City · as John C. Andrews |
| 1937 | Captains Courageous · as Captain Walt Cushman |
| 1937 | The Good Old Soak · as Jake |