About

Known credits:
84
Birthday:
1881-10-07
Place of birth:
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Website:
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Oscar O'Shea

Overview

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 Actor Toby 59
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1947 My Wild Irish Rose Actor Pat Daly 58
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1947 Sport of Kings Actor Judge Sellers N/A
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1946 The Brute Man Actor Mr. Haskins - Grocer (uncredited) 58
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1946 Personality Kid Actor Officer O'Brien N/A
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1946 Without Reservations Actor Conductor (uncredited) 59
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1945 Senorita from the West Actor Dusty 58
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1945 Bewitched Actor Capt. O'Malley 58
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1944 Here Come the Waves Actor Commodore (uncredited) 58
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1944 Mystery of the Riverboat Actor Capt. Ethan Perrin 59
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1944 Haunted Harbor Actor John Galbraith [Chs. 1, 7, 15] 59
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1944 The Mummy's Ghost Actor Museum Watchman 58
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1944 South of Dixie Actor Colonel Hatcher N/A
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1944 Her Primitive Man Actor Jonathan 59
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1943 Happy Land Actor Father Case (uncredited) 58
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1943 Corvette K-225 Actor Capt. Smith 59
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1943 Two Tickets to London Actor Mr. Tinkle 59
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1943 City Without Men Actor Joseph Barton 59
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1942 Half Way to Shanghai Actor Doctor McIntyre 58
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1942 Henry Aldrich, Editor Actor Judge Sanders 59
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1942 The Postman Didn't Ring Actor Judge Barrington N/A
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1942 I Was Framed Actor Cal Beamish 58
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1942 The Bashful Bachelor Actor Squire Skimp 58
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1942 Dudes Are Pretty People Actor Cardigan, working ranch owner N/A
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1942 Torpedo Boat Actor Captain Mike 59
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1942 Fly-By-Night Actor Pa Prescott 59
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1941 The Tell-Tale Heart Actor First Deputy Sheriff (uncredited) 59
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1941 The Officer and the Lady Actor Dan Regan 59
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1941 Riders of the Purple Sage Actor Noah Judkins N/A
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1941 Lydia Actor Doctor Richards 59
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1941 Harmon of Michigan Actor 'Pop' Branch N/A
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1941 Blossoms in the Dust Actor Dr. West 59
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1941 Ringside Maisie Actor Conductor 59
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1941 Mutiny in the Arctic Actor Capt. Bob Morrissey N/A
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1941 Sleepers West Actor McGowan, a Engineer 59
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1941 Four Mothers Actor George Edwards (uncredited) 59
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1940 The Phantom Submarine Actor Captain Velsar 59
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1940 Always a Bride Actor Uncle Dan Jarvis 58
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1940 Wildcat Bus Actor Charles Dawson 58
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1940 Stranger on the Third Floor Actor The Judge 59
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1940 Pier 13 Actor Skipper Kelly 59
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1940 Susan and God Actor Samr (uncredited) 59
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1940 You Can't Fool Your Wife Actor Dr. Emery 58
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1940 20 Mule Team Actor Train Conductor 59
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1940 Forty Little Mothers Actor Janitor at Train Station 59
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1940 Zanzibar Actor Captain Craig N/A
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1939 Of Mice and Men Actor Jackson 61
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1939 Missing Evidence Actor John C. 'Pop' Andrews N/A
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1939 The Night of Nights Actor Mr. Conway (uncredited) N/A
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1939 The Roaring Twenties Actor Customer (uncredited) 64
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1939 Those High Grey Walls Actor Warden 59
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1939 The Star Maker Actor Mr. Flannigan N/A
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1939 She Married a Cop Actor Pa Duffy 59
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1939 Tell No Tales Actor Sam O'Neil 59
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1939 Invitation to Happiness Actor Divorce Judge N/A
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1939 S.O.S Tidal Wave Actor Mike Halloran 59
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1939 Lucky Night Actor Police Lieutenant 59
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1939 Big Town Czar Actor Pa Daley N/A
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1939 Undercover Agent Actor Pat Murphy 58
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1939 Love Affair Actor Priest (uncredited) 60
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1939 King of the Turf Actor Bartender 59
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1938 The Shining Hour Actor Charlie Collins 59
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1938 Stablemates Actor Pete Whalen 58
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1938 Youth Takes a Fling Actor Captain Walters 58
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1938 Campus Cinderella Actor Horace Howard 58
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1938 Racket Busters Actor Pop Wilson 58
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1938 Rebellious Daughters Actor Dad Elliott 59
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1938 The Main Event Actor Captain Rorty N/A
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1938 Numbered Woman Actor Oscar N/A
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1938 Snow Gets in Your Eyes Actor Gibson (uncredited) 59
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1938 Hold That Kiss Actor Pop - Man Bringing Usher's Clothes 59
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1938 International Crime Actor Heath 58
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1938 King of the Newsboys Actor Mr. Stephens 59
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1938 Border Wolves Actor Judge Coleman N/A
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1938 The Canary Comes Across Actor Warden Clayton 59
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1938 Mannequin Actor 'Pa' Cassidy 59
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1938 Love Is a Headache Actor Pop Sheeman, Stage Doorman (uncredited) 58
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1938 Man-Proof Actor Gus the Bartender 58
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1937 Rosalie Actor Mr. Callahan 58
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1937 You're Only Young Once Actor Sheriff (uncredited) 58
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1937 Double Wedding Actor Turnkey (uncredited) 59
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1937 Big City Actor John C. Andrews 59
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1937 Captains Courageous Actor Captain Walt Cushman 62
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1937 The Good Old Soak Actor Jake N/A
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