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