Oscar O'Shea

Oscar O'Shea

Acting

Birthday

1881/10/07

Day of death

1960/04/06 (78 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

Also know as

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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...Read more

Acting
The Postman Didn't Ring
0.0

(1942) The Postman Didn't Ring

as Judge Barrington

Mannequin
6.0

(1938) Mannequin

as 'Pa' Cassidy

Bewitched
5.3

(1945) Bewitched

as Capt. O'Malley

Stranger on the Third Floor
6.5

(1940) Stranger on the Third Floor

as The Judge

The Phantom Submarine
6.0

(1940) The Phantom Submarine

as Captain Velsar

The Officer and the Lady
6.0

(1941) The Officer and the Lady

as Dan Regan

Rosalie
5.5

(1937) Rosalie

as Mr. Callahan

Without Reservations
6.3

(1946) Without Reservations

as Conductor (uncredited)

Captains Courageous
7.4

(1937) Captains Courageous

as Captain Walt Cushman

Sport of Kings
0.0

(1947) Sport of Kings

as Judge Sellers

Haunted Harbor
7.0

(1944) Haunted Harbor

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

Invitation to Happiness
0.0

(1939) Invitation to Happiness

as Divorce Judge

Of Mice and Men
7.3

(1939) Of Mice and Men

as Jackson

Big City
7.4

(1937) Big City

as John C. Andrews

Racket Busters
5.1

(1938) Racket Busters

as Pop Wilson

The Night of Nights
0.0

(1939) The Night of Nights

as Mr. Conway (uncredited)

The Tell-Tale Heart
6.5

(1941) The Tell-Tale Heart

as First Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)

The Shining Hour
6.6

(1938) The Shining Hour

as Charlie Collins

Pier 13
5.0

(1940) Pier 13

as Skipper Kelly

Missing Evidence
0.0

(1939) Missing Evidence

as John C. 'Pop' Andrews

Those High Grey Walls
6.2

(1939) Those High Grey Walls

as Warden

Stablemates
4.5

(1938) Stablemates

as Pete Whalen

Lucky Night
6.6

(1939) Lucky Night

as Police Lieutenant

Wildcat Bus
4.6

(1940) Wildcat Bus

as Charles Dawson

International Crime
5.4

(1938) International Crime

as Heath

Man-Proof
4.8

(1938) Man-Proof

as Gus the Bartender

One Sunday Afternoon
6.0

(1948) One Sunday Afternoon

as Toby

Undercover Agent
4.8

(1939) Undercover Agent

as Pat Murphy

Campus Cinderella
5.5

(1938) Campus Cinderella

as Horace Howard

You Can't Fool Your Wife
4.5

(1940) You Can't Fool Your Wife

as Dr. Emery

The Star Maker
0.0

(1939) The Star Maker

as Mr. Flannigan

Mystery of the Riverboat
6.0

(1944) Mystery of the Riverboat

as Capt. Ethan Perrin

King of the Newsboys
6.0

(1938) King of the Newsboys

as Mr. Stephens

Two Tickets to London
6.0

(1943) Two Tickets to London

as Mr. Tinkle

Numbered Woman
0.0

(1938) Numbered Woman

as Oscar

Rebellious Daughters
5.0

(1938) Rebellious Daughters

as Dad Elliott

Happy Land
6.2

(1943) Happy Land

as Father Case (uncredited)

Always a Bride
4.5

(1940) Always a Bride

as Uncle Dan Jarvis

20 Mule Team
6.0

(1940) 20 Mule Team

as Train Conductor

Tell No Tales
5.3

(1939) Tell No Tales

as Sam O'Neil

Youth Takes a Fling
1.0

(1938) Youth Takes a Fling

as Captain Walters

You're Only Young Once
5.5

(1937) You're Only Young Once

as Sheriff (uncredited)

Love Is a Headache
5.7

(1938) Love Is a Headache

as Pop Sheeman, Stage Doorman (uncredited)

Hold That Kiss
6.5

(1938) Hold That Kiss

as Pop - Man Bringing Usher's Clothes

Personality Kid
0.0

(1946) Personality Kid

as Officer O'Brien

Snow Gets in Your Eyes
6.0

(1938) Snow Gets in Your Eyes

as Gibson (uncredited)

My Wild Irish Rose
6.0

(1947) My Wild Irish Rose

as Pat Daly

Love Affair
7.0

(1939) Love Affair

as Priest

The Roaring Twenties
7.5

(1939) The Roaring Twenties

as Customer (uncredited)

Fly By Night
6.4

(1942) Fly By Night

as Pa Prescott

Harmon of Michigan
0.0

(1941) Harmon of Michigan

as 'Pop' Branch

S.O.S Tidal Wave
5.7

(1939) S.O.S Tidal Wave

as Mike Halloran

Henry Aldrich, Editor
6.0

(1942) Henry Aldrich, Editor

as Judge Sanders

I Was Framed
4.0

(1942) I Was Framed

as Cal Beamish

Susan and God
6.5

(1940) Susan and God

as Samr (uncredited)

Riders of the Purple Sage
0.0

(1941) Riders of the Purple Sage

as Noah Judkins

Dudes Are Pretty People
0.0

(1942) Dudes Are Pretty People

as Cardigan, working ranch owner

Four Mothers
5.7

(1941) Four Mothers

as George Edwards (uncredited)

Ringside Maisie
7.0

(1941) Ringside Maisie

as Conductor

Senorita from the West
5.0

(1945) Senorita from the West

as Dusty

Forty Little Mothers
6.2

(1940) Forty Little Mothers

as Janitor at Train Station

The Mummy's Ghost
5.8

(1944) The Mummy's Ghost

as Museum Watchman

Blossoms in the Dust
6.5

(1941) Blossoms in the Dust

as Dr. West

Big Town Czar
0.0

(1939) Big Town Czar

as Pa Daley

The Main Event
0.0

(1938) The Main Event

as Captain Rorty

Half Way to Shanghai
0.0

(1942) Half Way to Shanghai

as Doctor McIntyre

King of the Turf
7.0

(1939) King of the Turf

as Bartender

Her Primitive Man
6.0

(1944) Her Primitive Man

as Jonathan

The Canary Comes Across
3.5

(1938) The Canary Comes Across

as Warden Clayton

City Without Men
5.0

(1943) City Without Men

as Joseph Barton

Corvette K-225
6.2

(1943) Corvette K-225

as Capt. Smith

Border Wolves
0.0

(1938) Border Wolves

as Judge Coleman

The Good Old Soak
0.0

(1937) The Good Old Soak

as Jake

She Married a Cop
5.0

(1939) She Married a Cop

as Pa Duffy

South of Dixie
0.0

(1944) South of Dixie

as Colonel Hatcher

Lydia
6.4

(1941) Lydia

as Doctor Richards

Zanzibar
0.0

(1940) Zanzibar

as Captain Craig

Double Wedding
6.5

(1937) Double Wedding

as Turnkey (uncredited)

Sleepers West
6.3

(1941) Sleepers West

as McGowan, a Engineer

Torpedo Boat
6.0

(1942) Torpedo Boat

as Captain Mike

Mutiny in the Arctic
0.0

(1941) Mutiny in the Arctic

as Capt. Bob Morrissey

The Brute Man
4.5

(1946) The Brute Man

as Mr. Haskins - Grocer (uncredited)

The Bashful Bachelor
4.5

(1942) The Bashful Bachelor

as Squire Skimp

Here Come the Waves
5.0

(1944) Here Come the Waves

as Commodore (uncredited)