Oscar O'Shea
Born
October 7, 1881
Died
April 6, 1960 (78 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
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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
One Sunday Afternoon
Toby
1948
My Wild Irish Rose
Pat Daly
1947
Sport of Kings
Judge Sellers
1947
The Brute Man
Mr. Haskins - Grocer (uncredited)
1946
Personality Kid
Officer O'Brien
1946
Without Reservations
Conductor (uncredited)
1946
Senorita from the West
Dusty
1945
Bewitched
Capt. O'Malley
1945
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
1944
Happy Land
Father Case (uncredited)
1943
Corvette K-225
Capt. Smith
1943
Two Tickets to London
Mr. Tinkle
1943
City Without Men
Joseph Barton
1943
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
1942
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)
1941
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
1940
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 (uncredited)
1939
King of the Turf
Bartender
1939
Angels with Dirty Faces
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
1938
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
1937