Oscar O'Shea
Known For
Acting
Born
1881-10-07 in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Died
1960-04-06
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.
Most Known For
MGM Parade
as Self
MGM Parade
as self
Rosalie
as Mr. Callahan
Without Reservations
as Conductor (uncredited)
Ringside Maisie
as Conductor
Her Primitive Man
as Jonathan
Angels with Dirty Faces
Captains Courageous
as Captain Walt Cushman
Undercover Agent
as Pat Murphy
Love Affair
as Priest (uncredited)
The Roaring Twenties
as Customer (uncredited)
Of Mice and Men
as Jackson
The Mummy's Ghost
as Museum Watchman
Stranger on the Third Floor
as The Judge
Big City
as John C. Andrews
Blossoms in the Dust
as Dr. West
The Brute Man
as Mr. Haskins - Grocer (uncredited)
20 Mule Team
as Train Conductor
Always a Bride
as Uncle Dan Jarvis
Tell No Tales
as Sam O'Neil