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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
2. The Roaring Twenties (1939) — Customer (uncredited)
3. Captains Courageous (1937) — Captain Walt Cushman
4. Love Affair (1939) — Priest (uncredited)
5. Stranger on the Third Floor (1940) — The Judge
6. Of Mice and Men (1939) — Jackson
7. The Mummy's Ghost (1944) — Museum Watchman
8. Blossoms in the Dust (1941) — Dr. West
9. Double Wedding (1937) — Turnkey (uncredited)
10. The Brute Man (1946) — Mr. Haskins - Grocer (uncredited)
11. Mannequin (1938) — 'Pa' Cassidy
12. Bewitched (1945) — Capt. O'Malley
13. The Shining Hour (1938) — Charlie Collins
14. Without Reservations (1946) — Conductor (uncredited)
15. Susan and God (1940) — Samr (uncredited)
16. Sleepers West (1941) — McGowan, a Engineer
17. Racket Busters (1938) — Pop Wilson
18. The Tell-Tale Heart (1941) — First Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
19. International Crime (1938) — Heath
20. Corvette K-225 (1943) — Capt. Smith
21. Lydia (1941) — Doctor Richards
22. You're Only Young Once (1937) — Sheriff (uncredited)
23. Man-Proof (1938) — Gus the Bartender
24. Here Come the Waves (1944) — Commodore (uncredited)
25. Rosalie (1937) — Mr. Callahan
26. Lucky Night (1939) — Police Lieutenant
27. Wildcat Bus (1940) — Charles Dawson
28. Undercover Agent (1939) — Pat Murphy
29. Tell No Tales (1939) — Sam O'Neil
30. My Wild Irish Rose (1947) — Pat Daly
31. Big City (1937) — John C. Andrews
32. You Can't Fool Your Wife (1940) — Dr. Emery
33. Fly By Night (1942) — Pa Prescott
34. Four Mothers (1941) — George Edwards (uncredited)
35. Forty Little Mothers (1940) — Janitor at Train Station
36. Always a Bride (1940) — Uncle Dan Jarvis
37. 20 Mule Team (1940) — Train Conductor
38. Ringside Maisie (1941) — Conductor
39. Haunted Harbor (1944) — John Galbraith [Chs. 1, 7, 15]
40. Those High Grey Walls (1939) — Warden