Oscar O'Shea

Acting

October 7, 1881 – April 6, 1960 (died at 78)

Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

Male

85 Movies

2 TV Shows

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.

Captains Courageous

1937 7.4

as Captain Walt Cushman

Age 55 (now 78)

Of Mice and Men

1939 7.3

as Jackson

Age 58 (now 78)

Stranger on the Third Floor

1940 6.5

as The Judge

Age 58 (now 78)

The Tell-Tale Heart

1941 6.6

as First Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)

Age 60 (now 78)

Angels with Dirty Faces

1938 7.5

Age 57 (now 78)

The Mummy's Ghost

1944 5.6

as Museum Watchman

Age 62 (now 78)

Mannequin

1938 6.0

as 'Pa' Cassidy

Age 56 (now 78)

International Crime

1938 5.5

as Heath

Age 56 (now 78)

The Shining Hour

1938 6.7

as Charlie Collins

Age 57 (now 78)

Sleepers West

1941 6.4

as McGowan, a Engineer

Age 59 (now 78)

Bewitched

1945 5.4

as Capt. O'Malley

Age 63 (now 78)

Racket Busters

1938 5.6

as Pop Wilson

Age 56 (now 78)

Love Affair

1939 7.0

as Priest (uncredited)

Age 57 (now 78)

Big City

1937 7.7

as John C. Andrews

Age 55 (now 78)

Undercover Agent

1939 4.2

as Pat Murphy

Age 57 (now 78)

The Brute Man

1946 4.6

as Mr. Haskins - Grocer (uncredited)

Age 64 (now 78)

One Sunday Afternoon

1948 7.0

as Toby

Age 67 (now 78)

My Wild Irish Rose

1947 6.0

as Pat Daly

Age 66 (now 78)

Sport of Kings

1947 10.0

as Judge Sellers

Age 65 (now 78)

The Brute Man

1946 4.6

as Mr. Haskins - Grocer (uncredited)

Age 64 (now 78)

Personality Kid

1946 10.0

as Officer O'Brien

Age 64 (now 78)

Without Reservations

1946 6.2

as Conductor (uncredited)

Age 64 (now 78)

Senorita from the West

1945 6.0

as Dusty

Age 64 (now 78)

Bewitched

1945 5.4

as Capt. O'Malley

Age 63 (now 78)

Here Come the Waves

1944 5.3

as Commodore (uncredited)

Age 63 (now 78)

Mystery of the Riverboat

1944 6.5

as Capt. Ethan Perrin

Age 63 (now 78)

Haunted Harbor

1944 7.0

as John Galbraith [Chs. 1, 7, 15]

Age 62 (now 78)

The Mummy's Ghost

1944 5.6

as Museum Watchman

Age 62 (now 78)

South of Dixie

1944 10.0

as Colonel Hatcher

Age 62 (now 78)

Her Primitive Man

1944 7.5

as Jonathan

Age 62 (now 78)

Happy Land

1943 7.1

as Father Case (uncredited)

Age 62 (now 78)

Corvette K-225

1943 6.2

as Capt. Smith

Age 61 (now 78)

Two Tickets to London

1943 7.5

as Mr. Tinkle

Age 61 (now 78)

City Without Men

1943 5.7

as Joseph Barton

Age 61 (now 78)

Half Way to Shanghai

1942 6.0

as Doctor McIntyre

Age 60 (now 78)

Henry Aldrich, Editor

1942 6.5

as Judge Sanders

Age 60 (now 78)

The Postman Didn't Ring

1942 7.0

as Judge Barrington

Age 60 (now 78)

I Was Framed

1942 5.0

as Cal Beamish

Age 60 (now 78)

The Bashful Bachelor

1942 6.3

as Squire Skimp

Age 60 (now 78)

Dudes Are Pretty People

1942 8.0

as Cardigan, working ranch owner

Age 60 (now 78)

Torpedo Boat

1942 7.5

as Captain Mike

Age 60 (now 78)

Fly By Night

as Capt. Bob Morrissey

Age 59 (now 78)

Sleepers West

1941 6.4

as McGowan, a Engineer

Age 59 (now 78)

Four Mothers

1941 6.8

as George Edwards (uncredited)

Age 59 (now 78)

The Phantom Submarine

1940 6.3

as Captain Velsar

Age 59 (now 78)

Always a Bride

1940 5.4

as Uncle Dan Jarvis

Age 59 (now 78)

Wildcat Bus

as Janitor at Train Station

Age 58 (now 78)

Zanzibar

as Pa Daley

Age 57 (now 78)

Undercover Agent

1939 4.2

as Pat Murphy

Age 57 (now 78)

Love Affair

1939 7.0

as Priest (uncredited)

Age 57 (now 78)

King of the Turf

1939 7.0

as Bartender

Age 57 (now 78)

Angels with Dirty Faces

1938 7.5

Age 57 (now 78)

The Shining Hour

1938 6.7

as Charlie Collins

Age 57 (now 78)

Stablemates

1938 6.3

as Pete Whalen

Age 56 (now 78)

Youth Takes a Fling

1938 5.5

as Captain Walters

Age 56 (now 78)

Campus Cinderella

as Pop - Man Bringing Usher's Clothes

Age 56 (now 78)

International Crime

1938 5.5

as Heath

Age 56 (now 78)

King of the Newsboys

1938 4.8

as Mr. Stephens

Age 56 (now 78)

Border Wolves

1938 8.0

as Judge Coleman

Age 56 (now 78)

The Canary Comes Across

as Turnkey (uncredited)

Age 56 (now 78)

Big City

1937 7.7

as John C. Andrews

Age 55 (now 78)

Captains Courageous

1937 7.4

as Captain Walt Cushman

Age 55 (now 78)

The Good Old Soak

1937 9.0

as Jake

Age 55 (now 78)