Actor
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). Begi ...

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