Oscar O'Shea
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 7, 1881
- Died
- April 6, 1960
- Birthplace
- Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
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.
Filmography
One Sunday Afternoon 1948
as Toby
My Wild Irish Rose 1947
as Pat Daly
Sport of Kings 1947
as Judge Sellers
The Brute Man 1946
as Mr. Haskins - Grocer (uncredited)
Personality Kid 1946
as Officer O'Brien
Without Reservations 1946
as Conductor (uncredited)
Senorita from the West 1945
as Dusty
Bewitched 1945
as Capt. O'Malley
Here Come the Waves 1944
as Commodore (uncredited)
Mystery of the Riverboat 1944
as Capt. Ethan Perrin
Haunted Harbor 1944
as John Galbraith [Chs. 1, 7, 15]
The Mummy's Ghost 1944
as Museum Watchman
South of Dixie 1944
as Colonel Hatcher
Her Primitive Man 1944
as Jonathan
Happy Land 1943
as Father Case (uncredited)
Corvette K-225 1943
as Capt. Smith
Two Tickets to London 1943
as Mr. Tinkle
City Without Men 1943
as Joseph Barton
Half Way to Shanghai 1942
as Doctor McIntyre
Henry Aldrich, Editor 1942
as Judge Sanders
The Postman Didn't Ring 1942
as Judge Barrington
I Was Framed 1942
as Cal Beamish
The Bashful Bachelor 1942
as Squire Skimp
Dudes Are Pretty People 1942
as Cardigan, working ranch owner
Torpedo Boat 1942
as Captain Mike
Fly By Night 1942
as Pa Prescott
The Tell-Tale Heart 1941
as First Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
The Officer and the Lady 1941
as Dan Regan
Riders of the Purple Sage 1941
as Noah Judkins
Lydia 1941
as Doctor Richards
Harmon of Michigan 1941
as 'Pop' Branch
Blossoms in the Dust 1941
as Dr. West
Ringside Maisie 1941
as Conductor
Mutiny in the Arctic 1941
as Capt. Bob Morrissey
Sleepers West 1941
as McGowan, a Engineer
Four Mothers 1941
as George Edwards (uncredited)
The Phantom Submarine 1940
as Captain Velsar
Always a Bride 1940
as Uncle Dan Jarvis
Wildcat Bus 1940
as Charles Dawson
Stranger on the Third Floor 1940
as The Judge
Pier 13 1940
as Skipper Kelly
Susan and God 1940
as Sam (uncredited)
You Can't Fool Your Wife 1940
as Dr. Emery
20 Mule Team 1940
as Train Conductor
Forty Little Mothers 1940
as Janitor at Train Station
Zanzibar 1940
as Captain Craig
Of Mice and Men 1939
as Jackson
Missing Evidence 1939
as John C. 'Pop' Andrews
The Night of Nights 1939
as Mr. Conway (uncredited)
The Roaring Twenties 1939
as Customer (uncredited)
Those High Grey Walls 1939
as Warden
The Star Maker 1939
as Mr. Flannigan
She Married a Cop 1939
as Pa Duffy
Tell No Tales 1939
as Sam O'Neil
Invitation to Happiness 1939
as Divorce Judge
S.O.S Tidal Wave 1939
as Mike Halloran
Lucky Night 1939
as Police Lieutenant
Big Town Czar 1939
as Pa Daley
Undercover Agent 1939
as Pat Murphy
Love Affair 1939
as Priest (uncredited)
King of the Turf 1939
as Bartender
Angels with Dirty Faces 1938
Actor
The Shining Hour 1938
as Charlie Collins
Stablemates 1938
as Pete Whalen
Youth Takes a Fling 1938
as Captain Walters
Campus Cinderella 1938
as Horace Howard
Racket Busters 1938
as Pop Wilson
Rebellious Daughters 1938
as Dad Elliott
The Main Event 1938
as Captain Rorty
Numbered Woman 1938
as Desk Sgt. Rourke
Snow Gets in Your Eyes 1938
as Gibson (uncredited)
Hold That Kiss 1938
as Pop - Man Bringing Usher's Clothes
International Crime 1938
as Heath
King of the Newsboys 1938
as Mr. Stephens
Border Wolves 1938
as Judge Coleman
The Canary Comes Across 1938
as Warden Clayton
Mannequin 1938
as 'Pa' Cassidy
Love Is a Headache 1938
as Pop Sheeman, Stage Doorman (uncredited)
Man-Proof 1938
as Gus the Bartender
Rosalie 1937
as Mr. Callahan
You're Only Young Once 1937
as Sheriff (uncredited)
Double Wedding 1937
as Turnkey (uncredited)
Big City 1937
as John C. Andrews
Captains Courageous 1937
as Captain Walt Cushman
The Good Old Soak 1937
as Jake
Credits from TMDB.