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.
Acted in 85
1940s
- 1948
One Sunday Afternoon
Toby
- 1947
My Wild Irish Rose
Pat Daly
Sport of Kings
Judge Sellers
- 1946
The Brute Man
Mr. Haskins - Grocer (uncredited)
Personality Kid
Officer O'Brien
- 1945
Senorita from the West
Dusty
Bewitched
Capt. O'Malley
- 1944
Here Come the Waves
Commodore (uncredited)
Mystery of the Riverboat
Capt. Ethan Perrin
Haunted Harbor
John Galbraith [Chs. 1, 7, 15]
The Mummy's Ghost
Museum Watchman
South of Dixie
Colonel Hatcher
Her Primitive Man
Jonathan
- 1943
Happy Land
Father Case (uncredited)
Corvette K-225
Capt. Smith
Two Tickets to London
Mr. Tinkle
City Without Men
Joseph Barton
- 1942
Half Way to Shanghai
Doctor McIntyre
Henry Aldrich, Editor
Judge Sanders
The Postman Didn't Ring
Judge Barrington
I Was Framed
Cal Beamish
The Bashful Bachelor
Squire Skimp
Dudes Are Pretty People
Cardigan, working ranch owner
Torpedo Boat
Captain Mike
Fly By Night
Pa Prescott
- 1941
The Tell-Tale Heart
First Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
The Officer and the Lady
Dan Regan
Riders of the Purple Sage
Noah Judkins
Lydia
Doctor Richards
Harmon of Michigan
'Pop' Branch
Blossoms in the Dust
Dr. West
Ringside Maisie
Conductor
Mutiny in the Arctic
Capt. Bob Morrissey
Sleepers West
McGowan, a Engineer
Four Mothers
George Edwards (uncredited)
- 1940
The Phantom Submarine
Captain Velsar
Always a Bride
Uncle Dan Jarvis
Wildcat Bus
Charles Dawson
Pier 13
Skipper Kelly
You Can't Fool Your Wife
Dr. Emery
20 Mule Team
Train Conductor
Forty Little Mothers
Janitor at Train Station
Zanzibar
Captain Craig
1930s
- 1939
Missing Evidence
John C. 'Pop' Andrews
The Night of Nights
Mr. Conway (uncredited)
Those High Grey Walls
Warden
The Star Maker
Mr. Flannigan
She Married a Cop
Pa Duffy
Tell No Tales
Sam O'Neil
Invitation to Happiness
Divorce Judge
S.O.S Tidal Wave
Mike Halloran
Lucky Night
Police Lieutenant
Big Town Czar
Pa Daley
King of the Turf
Bartender
- 1938
Angels with Dirty Faces
Movie
The Shining Hour
Charlie Collins
Stablemates
Pete Whalen
Youth Takes a Fling
Captain Walters
Campus Cinderella
Horace Howard
Rebellious Daughters
Dad Elliott
The Main Event
Captain Rorty
Numbered Woman
Desk Sgt. Rourke
Snow Gets in Your Eyes
Gibson (uncredited)
Hold That Kiss
Pop - Man Bringing Usher's Clothes
International Crime
Heath
King of the Newsboys
Mr. Stephens
Border Wolves
Judge Coleman
The Canary Comes Across
Warden Clayton
Mannequin
'Pa' Cassidy
Love Is a Headache
Pop Sheeman, Stage Doorman (uncredited)
Man-Proof
Gus the Bartender
- 1937
Rosalie
Mr. Callahan
You're Only Young Once
Sheriff (uncredited)
Big City
John C. Andrews
Captains Courageous
Captain Walt Cushman
The Good Old Soak
Jake
Appearances1
1950s
- 1955
