Oscar O'Shea

Oscar O'Shea

Profile info

Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday7 October 1881
Died6 April 1960 (age 78)
Place of birthPeterborough, Ontario, Canada
Known credits86

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 The…

MGM Parade
MGM Parade
1955 · Self
MGM Parade
MGM Parade
1955 · self
One Sunday Afternoon
One Sunday Afternoon
1948 · Toby
My Wild Irish Rose
My Wild Irish Rose
1947 · Pat Daly
Sport of Kings
Sport of Kings
1947 · Judge Sellers
The Brute Man
The Brute Man
1946 · Mr. Haskins - Grocer (uncredited)
Personality Kid
Personality Kid
1946 · Officer O'Brien
Without Reservations
Without Reservations
1946 · Conductor (uncredited)
Senorita from the West
Senorita from the West
1945 · Dusty
Bewitched
Bewitched
1945 · Capt. O'Malley
Here Come the Waves
Here Come the Waves
1944 · Commodore (uncredited)
Mystery of the Riverboat
Mystery of the Riverboat
1944 · Capt. Ethan Perrin
Haunted Harbor
Haunted Harbor
1944 · John Galbraith [Chs. 1, 7, 15]
The Mummy's Ghost
The Mummy's Ghost
1944 · Museum Watchman
South of Dixie
South of Dixie
1944 · Colonel Hatcher
Her Primitive Man
Her Primitive Man
1944 · Jonathan
Happy Land
Happy Land
1943 · Father Case (uncredited)
Corvette K-225
Corvette K-225
1943 · Capt. Smith
Two Tickets to London
Two Tickets to London
1943 · Mr. Tinkle
City Without Men
City Without Men
1943 · Joseph Barton
Half Way to Shanghai
Half Way to Shanghai
1942 · Doctor McIntyre
Henry Aldrich, Editor
Henry Aldrich, Editor
1942 · Judge Sanders
The Postman Didn't Ring
The Postman Didn't Ring
1942 · Judge Barrington
I Was Framed
I Was Framed
1942 · Cal Beamish
The Bashful Bachelor
The Bashful Bachelor
1942 · Squire Skimp
Dudes Are Pretty People
Dudes Are Pretty People
1942 · Cardigan, working ranch owner
Torpedo Boat
Torpedo Boat
1942 · Captain Mike
Fly By Night
Fly By Night
1942 · Pa Prescott
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Tell-Tale Heart
1941 · First Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
The Officer and the Lady
The Officer and the Lady
1941 · Dan Regan
Riders of the Purple Sage
Riders of the Purple Sage
1941 · Noah Judkins
Lydia
Lydia
1941 · Doctor Richards
Harmon of Michigan
Harmon of Michigan
1941 · 'Pop' Branch
Blossoms in the Dust
Blossoms in the Dust
1941 · Dr. West
Ringside Maisie
Ringside Maisie
1941 · Conductor
Mutiny in the Arctic
Mutiny in the Arctic
1941 · Capt. Bob Morrissey
Sleepers West
Sleepers West
1941 · McGowan, a Engineer
Four Mothers
Four Mothers
1941 · George Edwards (uncredited)
The Phantom Submarine
The Phantom Submarine
1940 · Captain Velsar
Always a Bride
Always a Bride
1940 · Uncle Dan Jarvis
Wildcat Bus
Wildcat Bus
1940 · Charles Dawson
Stranger on the Third Floor
Stranger on the Third Floor
1940 · The Judge
Pier 13
Pier 13
1940 · Skipper Kelly
Susan and God
Susan and God
1940 · Sam (uncredited)
You Can't Fool Your Wife
You Can't Fool Your Wife
1940 · Dr. Emery
20 Mule Team
20 Mule Team
1940 · Train Conductor
Forty Little Mothers
Forty Little Mothers
1940 · Janitor at Train Station
Zanzibar
Zanzibar
1940 · Captain Craig
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