Oscar O'Shea
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1881-10-07
Day of Death
1960-04-06 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
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.
Known For
Acting
(1948)
One Sunday Afternoon
as Toby
(1947)
My Wild Irish Rose
as Pat Daly
(1947)
Sport of Kings
as Judge Sellers
(1946)
Without Reservations
as Conductor (uncredited)
(1946)
The Brute Man
as Mr. Haskins - Grocer (uncredited)
(1946)
Personality Kid
as Officer O'Brien
(1945)
Bewitched
as Capt. O'Malley
(1945)
Senorita from the West
as Dusty
(1944)
The Mummy's Ghost
as Museum Watchman
(1944)
Here Come the Waves
as Commodore (uncredited)
(1944)
Haunted Harbor
as John Galbraith [Chs. 1, 7, 15]
(1944)
Her Primitive Man
as Jonathan
(1944)
Mystery of the Riverboat
as Capt. Ethan Perrin
(1944)
South of Dixie
as Colonel Hatcher
(1943)
City Without Men
as Joseph Barton
(1943)
Corvette K-225
as Capt. Smith
(1943)
Happy Land
as Father Case (uncredited)
(1943)
Two Tickets to London
as Mr. Tinkle
(1942)
Fly By Night
as Pa Prescott
(1942)
The Postman Didn't Ring
as Judge Barrington
(1942)
Torpedo Boat
as Captain Mike
(1942)
I Was Framed
as Cal Beamish
(1942)
Dudes Are Pretty People
as Cardigan, working ranch owner
(1942)
Half Way to Shanghai
as Doctor McIntyre
(1942)
Henry Aldrich, Editor
as Judge Sanders
(1942)
The Bashful Bachelor
as Squire Skimp
(1941)
Blossoms in the Dust
as Dr. West
(1941)
Lydia
as Doctor Richards
(1941)
Four Mothers
as George Edwards (uncredited)
(1941)
Sleepers West
as McGowan, a Engineer
(1941)
Ringside Maisie
as Conductor
(1941)
Mutiny in the Arctic
as Capt. Bob Morrissey
(1941)
The Tell-Tale Heart
as First Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
(1941)
The Officer and the Lady
as Dan Regan
(1941)
Harmon of Michigan
as 'Pop' Branch
(1941)
Riders of the Purple Sage
as Noah Judkins
(1940)
Stranger on the Third Floor
as The Judge
(1940)
20 Mule Team
as Train Conductor
(1940)
Susan and God
as Samr (uncredited)
(1940)
Always a Bride
as Uncle Dan Jarvis
(1940)
Wildcat Bus
as Charles Dawson
(1940)
Forty Little Mothers
as Janitor at Train Station
(1940)
You Can't Fool Your Wife
as Dr. Emery
(1940)
Zanzibar
as Captain Craig
(1940)
The Phantom Submarine
as Captain Velsar
(1940)
Pier 13
as Skipper Kelly
(1939)
The Roaring Twenties
as Customer (uncredited)
(1939)
Love Affair
as Priest (uncredited)
(1939)
Of Mice and Men
as Jackson
(1939)
Invitation to Happiness
as Divorce Judge
(1939)
Lucky Night
as Police Lieutenant
(1939)
S.O.S Tidal Wave
as Mike Halloran
(1939)
Tell No Tales
as Sam O'Neil
(1939)
Missing Evidence
as John C. 'Pop' Andrews
(1939)
Undercover Agent
as Pat Murphy
(1939)
Big Town Czar
as Pa Daley
(1939)
The Night of Nights
as Mr. Conway (uncredited)
(1939)
She Married a Cop
as Pa Duffy
(1939)
The Star Maker
as Mr. Flannigan
(1939)
King of the Turf
as Bartender
(1939)
Those High Grey Walls
as Warden
(1938)
(1938)
Love Is a Headache
as Pop Sheeman, Stage Doorman (uncredited)
(1938)
The Shining Hour
as Charlie Collins
(1938)
Mannequin
as 'Pa' Cassidy
(1938)
Racket Busters
as Pop Wilson
(1938)
Hold That Kiss
as Pop - Man Bringing Usher's Clothes
(1938)
Stablemates
as Pete Whalen
(1938)
Rebellious Daughters
as Dad Elliott
(1938)
International Crime
as Heath
(1938)
King of the Newsboys
as Mr. Stephens
(1938)
Man-Proof
as Gus the Bartender
(1938)
The Main Event
as Captain Rorty
(1938)
Youth Takes a Fling
as Captain Walters
(1938)
The Canary Comes Across
as Warden Clayton
(1938)
Numbered Woman
as Oscar
(1938)
Border Wolves
as Judge Coleman
(1938)
Snow Gets in Your Eyes
as Gibson (uncredited)
(1938)
Campus Cinderella
as Horace Howard
(1937)
Captains Courageous
as Captain Walt Cushman
(1937)
Big City
as John C. Andrews
(1937)
Rosalie
as Mr. Callahan
(1937)
Double Wedding
as Turnkey (uncredited)
(1937)
You're Only Young Once
as Sheriff (uncredited)
(1937)
The Good Old Soak
as Jake