Oscar O'Shea
Biography
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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
1942
asJudge Barrington
1938
as'Pa' Cassidy
1945
asCapt. O'Malley
1940
asThe Judge
1940
asCaptain Velsar
1941
asDan Regan
1937
asMr. Callahan
1946
asConductor (uncredited)
1937
asCaptain Walt Cushman
1947
asJudge Sellers
1944
asJohn Galbraith [Chs. 1, 7, 15]
1939
asDivorce Judge
1939
asJackson
1937
asJohn C. Andrews
1938
asPop Wilson
1939
asMr. Conway (uncredited)
1941
asFirst Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
1938
asCharlie Collins
1940
asSkipper Kelly
1939
asJohn C. 'Pop' Andrews
1939
asWarden
1938
asPete Whalen
1939
asPolice Lieutenant
1940
asCharles Dawson
1938
asHeath
1938
asGus the Bartender
1948
asToby
1939
asPat Murphy
1938
asHorace Howard
1940
asDr. Emery
1939
asMr. Flannigan
1944
asCapt. Ethan Perrin
1938
asMr. Stephens
1943
asMr. Tinkle
1938
asOscar
1938
asDad Elliott
1943
asFather Case (uncredited)
1940
asUncle Dan Jarvis
1940
asTrain Conductor
1939
asSam O'Neil
1938
asCaptain Walters
1937
asSheriff (uncredited)
1938
asPop Sheeman, Stage Doorman (uncredited)
1938
asPop - Man Bringing Usher's Clothes
1946
asOfficer O'Brien
1938
asGibson (uncredited)
1947
asPat Daly
1939
asPriest (uncredited)
1939
asCustomer (uncredited)
1942
asPa Prescott
1941
as'Pop' Branch
1939
asMike Halloran
1942
asJudge Sanders
1942
asCal Beamish
1940
asSamr (uncredited)
1941
asNoah Judkins
1942
asCardigan, working ranch owner
1941
asGeorge Edwards (uncredited)
1941
asConductor
1945
asDusty
1940
asJanitor at Train Station
1944
asMuseum Watchman
1941
asDr. West
1939
asPa Daley
1938
asCaptain Rorty
1942
asDoctor McIntyre
1939
asBartender
1944
asJonathan
1938
asWarden Clayton
1943
asJoseph Barton
1943
asCapt. Smith
1938
asJudge Coleman
1937
asJake
1939
asPa Duffy
1944
asColonel Hatcher
1941
asDoctor Richards
1940
asCaptain Craig
1937
asTurnkey (uncredited)
1941
asMcGowan, a Engineer
1941
asCapt. Bob Morrissey
1942
asCaptain Mike
1946
asMr. Haskins - Grocer (uncredited)
1942
asSquire Skimp
1944
asCommodore (uncredited)
1938
asProduction
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