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