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Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 7, 1881
Died
April 6, 1960
Place of Birth
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Oscar O'Shea
0.2 Popularity
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). 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
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Toby
One Sunday Afternoon
1948
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Pat Daly
My Wild Irish Rose
1947
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Judge Sellers
Sport of Kings
1947
4.5
Mr. Haskins - Grocer (uncredited)
The Brute Man
1946
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Officer O'Brien
Personality Kid
1946
6.2
Conductor (uncredited)
Without Reservations
1946
5.0
Dusty
Senorita from the West
1945
5.3
Capt. O'Malley
Bewitched
1945
5.0
Commodore (uncredited)
Here Come the Waves
1944
6.0
Capt. Ethan Perrin
Mystery of the Riverboat
1944
Credits
One Sunday Afternoon
as Toby
1948
6.0
My Wild Irish Rose
as Pat Daly
1947
6.0
Sport of Kings
as Judge Sellers
1947
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The Brute Man
as Mr. Haskins - Grocer (uncredited)
1946
4.5
Personality Kid
as Officer O'Brien
1946
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Without Reservations
as Conductor (uncredited)
1946
6.2
Senorita from the West
as Dusty
1945
5.0
Bewitched
as Capt. O'Malley
1945
5.3
Here Come the Waves
as Commodore (uncredited)
1944
5.0
Mystery of the Riverboat
as Capt. Ethan Perrin
1944
6.0
Haunted Harbor
as John Galbraith [Chs. 1, 7, 15]
1944
6.7
The Mummy's Ghost
as Museum Watchman
1944
5.7
South of Dixie
as Colonel Hatcher
1944
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Her Primitive Man
as Jonathan
1944
6.0
Happy Land
as Father Case (uncredited)
1943
6.2
Corvette K-225
as Capt. Smith
1943
6.1
Two Tickets to London
as Mr. Tinkle
1943
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City Without Men
as Joseph Barton
1943
5.0
Half Way to Shanghai
as Doctor McIntyre
1942
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Henry Aldrich, Editor
as Judge Sanders
1942
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The Postman Didn't Ring
as Judge Barrington
1942
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I Was Framed
as Cal Beamish
1942
4.0
The Bashful Bachelor
as Squire Skimp
1942
4.5
Dudes Are Pretty People
as Cardigan, working ranch owner
1942
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Torpedo Boat
as Captain Mike
1942
6.0
Fly By Night
as Pa Prescott
1942
6.4
The Tell-Tale Heart
as First Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
1941
6.5
The Officer and the Lady
as Dan Regan
1941
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Riders of the Purple Sage
as Noah Judkins
1941
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Lydia
as Doctor Richards
1941
6.5
Harmon of Michigan
as 'Pop' Branch
1941
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Blossoms in the Dust
as Dr. West
1941
6.6
Ringside Maisie
as Conductor
1941
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Mutiny in the Arctic
as Capt. Bob Morrissey
1941
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Sleepers West
as McGowan, a Engineer
1941
6.3
Four Mothers
as George Edwards (uncredited)
1941
6.2
The Phantom Submarine
as Captain Velsar
1940
6.0
Always a Bride
as Uncle Dan Jarvis
1940
4.5
Wildcat Bus
as Charles Dawson
1940
4.6
Stranger on the Third Floor
as The Judge
1940
6.5
Pier 13
as Skipper Kelly
1940
5.0
Susan and God
as Samr (uncredited)
1940
6.5
You Can't Fool Your Wife
as Dr. Emery
1940
4.5
20 Mule Team
as Train Conductor
1940
6.0
Forty Little Mothers
as Janitor at Train Station
1940
6.2
Zanzibar
as Captain Craig
1940
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Of Mice and Men
as Jackson
1939
7.3
Missing Evidence
as John C. 'Pop' Andrews
1939
5.0
The Night of Nights
as Mr. Conway (uncredited)
1939
0.0
The Roaring Twenties
as Customer (uncredited)
1939
7.5
Those High Grey Walls
as Warden
1939
6.2
The Star Maker
as Mr. Flannigan
1939
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She Married a Cop
as Pa Duffy
1939
5.7
Tell No Tales
as Sam O'Neil
1939
5.3
Invitation to Happiness
as Divorce Judge
1939
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S.O.S Tidal Wave
as Mike Halloran
1939
5.7
Lucky Night
as Police Lieutenant
1939
6.6
Big Town Czar
as Pa Daley
1939
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Undercover Agent
as Pat Murphy
1939
3.9
Love Affair
as Priest (uncredited)
1939
7.0
King of the Turf
as Bartender
1939
7.0
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938
7.5
The Shining Hour
as Charlie Collins
1938
6.6
Stablemates
as Pete Whalen
1938
4.5
Youth Takes a Fling
as Captain Walters
1938
1.0
Campus Cinderella
as Horace Howard
1938
5.5
Racket Busters
as Pop Wilson
1938
5.1
Rebellious Daughters
as Dad Elliott
1938
5.0
The Main Event
as Captain Rorty
1938
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Numbered Woman
as Oscar
1938
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Snow Gets in Your Eyes
as Gibson (uncredited)
1938
6.0
Hold That Kiss
as Pop - Man Bringing Usher's Clothes
1938
6.5
International Crime
as Heath
1938
5.4
King of the Newsboys
as Mr. Stephens
1938
3.5
Border Wolves
as Judge Coleman
1938
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The Canary Comes Across
as Warden Clayton
1938
3.5
Mannequin
as 'Pa' Cassidy
1938
5.9
Love Is a Headache
as Pop Sheeman, Stage Doorman (uncredited)
1938
5.7
Man-Proof
as Gus the Bartender
1938
4.8
Rosalie
as Mr. Callahan
1937
5.5
You're Only Young Once
as Sheriff (uncredited)
1937
5.8
Double Wedding
as Turnkey (uncredited)
1937
6.6
Big City
as John C. Andrews
1937
7.4
Captains Courageous
as Captain Walt Cushman
1937
7.4
The Good Old Soak
as Jake
1937
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