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