Oscar O'Shea
Born in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada — Oct 07 1881• Died Apr 06 1960
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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 repe…
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MGM Parade
Self
The Shining Hour
Charlie Collins
Captains Courageous
Captain Walt Cushman
The Roaring Twenties
Customer (uncredited)
Lydia
Doctor Richards
Corvette K-225
Capt. Smith
Love Affair
Priest (uncredited)
Racket Busters
Pop Wilson
Angels with Dirty Faces
Bewitched
Capt. O'Malley
The Mummy's Ghost
Museum Watchman
Fly By Night
Pa Prescott
Rosalie
Mr. Callahan
Big City
John C. Andrews
The Brute Man
Mr. Haskins - Grocer (uncredited)
Susan and God
Samr (uncredited)
Blossoms in the Dust
Dr. West
Without Reservations
Conductor (uncredited)
Happy Land
Father Case (uncredited)
Torpedo Boat
Captain Mike
Stranger on the Third Floor
The Judge
Mannequin
'Pa' Cassidy
My Wild Irish Rose
Pat Daly
Harmon of Michigan
'Pop' Branch
Man-Proof
Gus the Bartender
Those High Grey Walls
Warden
S.O.S Tidal Wave
Mike Halloran
Lucky Night
Police Lieutenant
Stablemates
Pete Whalen
Double Wedding
Turnkey (uncredited)
Hold That Kiss
Pop - Man Bringing Usher's Clothes
Invitation to Happiness
Divorce Judge
City Without Men
Joseph Barton
Numbered Woman
Desk Sgt. Rourke
Tell No Tales
Sam O'Neil
Ringside Maisie
Conductor
Two Tickets to London
Mr. Tinkle
Here Come the Waves
Commodore (uncredited)
Dudes Are Pretty People
Cardigan, working ranch owner
The Main Event
Captain Rorty
Of Mice and Men
Jackson
The Night of Nights
Mr. Conway (uncredited)
The Star Maker
Mr. Flannigan
Forty Little Mothers
Janitor at Train Station
The Bashful Bachelor
Squire Skimp
Love Is a Headache
Pop Sheeman, Stage Doorman (uncredited)
Youth Takes a Fling
Captain Walters
Riders of the Purple Sage
Noah Judkins
Missing Evidence
John C. 'Pop' Andrews
Zanzibar
Captain Craig
Her Primitive Man
Jonathan
The Officer and the Lady
Dan Regan
Mutiny in the Arctic
Capt. Bob Morrissey
She Married a Cop
Pa Duffy
Sleepers West
McGowan, a Engineer
Mystery of the Riverboat
Capt. Ethan Perrin
Henry Aldrich, Editor
Judge Sanders
Senorita from the West
Dusty
One Sunday Afternoon
Toby
Border Wolves
Judge Coleman
Four Mothers
George Edwards (uncredited)
South of Dixie
Colonel Hatcher
King of the Turf
Bartender
Undercover Agent
Pat Murphy
Snow Gets in Your Eyes
Gibson (uncredited)
King of the Newsboys
Mr. Stephens
The Canary Comes Across
Warden Clayton
Personality Kid
Officer O'Brien
Rebellious Daughters
Dad Elliott
The Phantom Submarine
Captain Velsar
Wildcat Bus
Charles Dawson
20 Mule Team
Train Conductor
The Postman Didn't Ring
Judge Barrington
I Was Framed
Cal Beamish
Pier 13
Skipper Kelly
Big Town Czar
Pa Daley
You're Only Young Once
Sheriff (uncredited)
Haunted Harbor
John Galbraith [Chs. 1, 7, 15]
You Can't Fool Your Wife
Dr. Emery
Always a Bride
Uncle Dan Jarvis
The Good Old Soak
Jake
Half Way to Shanghai
Doctor McIntyre
Sport of Kings
Judge Sellers
International Crime
Heath
The Tell-Tale Heart
First Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
Campus Cinderella
Horace Howard