
Oscar O'Shea
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
Angels with Dirty Faces
The Roaring Twenties
Customer (uncredited)
Captains Courageous
Captain Walt Cushman
Love Affair
Priest (uncredited)
Of Mice and Men
Jackson
Stranger on the Third Floor
The Judge
The Mummy's Ghost
Museum Watchman
Blossoms in the Dust
Dr. West
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Filmography
Acting (85)
Movies (85)
One Sunday Afternoon
1948as Toby
Sport of Kings
1947as Judge Sellers
My Wild Irish Rose
1947as Pat Daly
The Brute Man
1946as Mr. Haskins - Grocer (uncredited)
Without Reservations
1946as Conductor (uncredited)
Personality Kid
1946as Officer O'Brien
Senorita from the West
1945as Dusty
Bewitched
1945as Capt. O'Malley
Mystery of the Riverboat
1944as Capt. Ethan Perrin
South of Dixie
1944as Colonel Hatcher
Her Primitive Man
1944as Jonathan
Here Come the Waves
1944as Commodore (uncredited)
The Mummy's Ghost
1944as Museum Watchman
Haunted Harbor
1944as John Galbraith [Chs. 1, 7, 15]
Two Tickets to London
1943as Mr. Tinkle
Corvette K-225
1943as Capt. Smith
Happy Land
1943as Father Case (uncredited)
City Without Men
1943as Joseph Barton
Half Way to Shanghai
1942as Doctor McIntyre
Torpedo Boat
1942as Captain Mike
The Postman Didn't Ring
1942as Judge Barrington
I Was Framed
1942as Cal Beamish
Fly By Night
1942as Pa Prescott
The Bashful Bachelor
1942as Squire Skimp
Dudes Are Pretty People
1942as Cardigan, working ranch owner
Henry Aldrich, Editor
1942as Judge Sanders
Harmon of Michigan
1941as 'Pop' Branch
Ringside Maisie
1941as Conductor
Lydia
1941as Doctor Richards
Four Mothers
1941as George Edwards (uncredited)
Sleepers West
1941as McGowan, a Engineer
The Tell-Tale Heart
1941as First Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
Mutiny in the Arctic
1941as Capt. Bob Morrissey
Blossoms in the Dust
1941as Dr. West
Riders of the Purple Sage
1941as Noah Judkins
The Officer and the Lady
1941as Dan Regan
The Phantom Submarine
1940as Captain Velsar
Stranger on the Third Floor
1940as The Judge
Always a Bride
1940as Uncle Dan Jarvis
Forty Little Mothers
1940as Janitor at Train Station
20 Mule Team
1940as Train Conductor
Susan and God
1940as Samr (uncredited)
Zanzibar
1940as Captain Craig
You Can't Fool Your Wife
1940as Dr. Emery
Pier 13
1940as Skipper Kelly
Wildcat Bus
1940as Charles Dawson
She Married a Cop
1939as Pa Duffy
The Roaring Twenties
1939as Customer (uncredited)
Invitation to Happiness
1939as Divorce Judge
Lucky Night
1939as Police Lieutenant
Love Affair
1939as Priest (uncredited)
Of Mice and Men
1939as Jackson
Undercover Agent
1939as Pat Murphy
Those High Grey Walls
1939as Warden
The Night of Nights
1939as Mr. Conway (uncredited)
Tell No Tales
1939as Sam O'Neil
Missing Evidence
1939as John C. 'Pop' Andrews
S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939as Mike Halloran
Big Town Czar
1939as Pa Daley
The Star Maker
1939as Mr. Flannigan
King of the Turf
1939as Bartender
Love Is a Headache
1938as Pop Sheeman, Stage Doorman (uncredited)
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938
Stablemates
1938as Pete Whalen
Man-Proof
1938as Gus the Bartender
Hold That Kiss
1938as Pop - Man Bringing Usher's Clothes
International Crime
1938as Heath
Mannequin
1938as 'Pa' Cassidy
Numbered Woman
1938as Desk Sgt. Rourke
Border Wolves
1938as Judge Coleman
The Main Event
1938as Captain Rorty
Rebellious Daughters
1938as Dad Elliott
The Shining Hour
1938as Charlie Collins
Racket Busters
1938as Pop Wilson
Youth Takes a Fling
1938as Captain Walters
King of the Newsboys
1938as Mr. Stephens
The Canary Comes Across
1938as Warden Clayton
Campus Cinderella
1938as Horace Howard
Snow Gets in Your Eyes
1938as Gibson (uncredited)
The Good Old Soak
1937as Jake
Big City
1937as John C. Andrews
Rosalie
1937as Mr. Callahan
Captains Courageous
1937as Captain Walt Cushman
Double Wedding
1937as Turnkey (uncredited)
You're Only Young Once
1937as Sheriff (uncredited)
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