Mickey Shaughnessy
Birthday
1920/08/05
Day of death
1985/07/23 (65 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
Joseph C. Shaughnessy
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Joseph Michael "Mickey" Shaughnessy (August 5, 1920 - July 23, 1985) was an Irish American character actor who specialized in playing lovable, but not-too-bright lugs. One of his best-known roles was as the tough, experienced mentor of Elvis Presley's character in Jailhouse Rock. The New York City-born Shaughnessy died at the age of 64 of lung cancer at Cape May Court House, New Jersey. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mickey Shaughnessy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Acting
(1961) Pocketful of Miracles
as Junior
(1960) North to Alaska
as Peter Boggs
(1953) From Here to Eternity
as Cpl. Leva
(1968) Never a Dull Moment
as Francis
(1955) Conquest of Space
as Sgt. Mahoney
(1957) Designing Woman
as Maxie Stultz
(1957) The Burglar
as Dohmer
(1953) Last of the Comanches
as Rusty Potter
(1970) The Boatniks
as Charlie
(1958) Gunman's Walk
as Deputy Sheriff Will Motely
(1961) King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
as Jim Kelly
(1960) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Duke of Bilgewater
(1957) Jailhouse Rock
as Hunk Houghton
(1969) My Dog, the Thief
as Foley
(1960) College Confidential
as Sam Grover
(1957) Slaughter on 10th Avenue
as Solly Pitts
(1959) Edge of Eternity
as Scotty O'Brien
(1958) A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
as Harold 'Rocky' Baker
(1957) Don't Go Near the Water
as Farragut Jones
(1964) A Global Affair
as Police Officer Dugan
(1959) Don't Give Up the Ship
as Stan Wychinski
(1960) Sex Kittens Go to College
as Boomie
(1964) A House Is Not a Home
as Police Sergeant John Riordan
(1958) The Sheepman
as "Jumbo" McCall
(1961) Dondi
as Sergeant
(1959) The Hangman
as Al Cruse
(1957) Until They Sail
as US Marine, Store Customer
(1962) How the West Was Won
as Deputy Stover
(1988) Primal Scream
as Charlie Waxman
(1959) Ask Any Girl
as Mr. Eager (uncredited)
(1967) A Boy Called Nuthin’
as Sheriff Hoop
(1969) Vernon's Volunteers
as ---
(1971) Alias Smith and Jones
as ---
(1965) Laredo
as ---
(1962) Going My Way
as ---
(1965) Run for Your Life
as Morgan
(1962) The Virginian
as Muldoon
(1959) One Step Beyond
as Pippo the Clown
(1956) The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
(1965) The Legend of Jesse James
as Ab Truxton
(1963) Vacation Playhouse
as Coach Mickey Brennan
(1968) The Outsider
as ---
(1957) Maverick
as ---
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self