Acting · Peterborough, Ontario, Canada · Born October 7, 1881
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.
TVMGM Parade
1955
as Self
MovieOne Sunday Afternoon
1948
as Toby
MovieMy Wild Irish Rose
1947
as Pat Daly
MovieSport of Kings
1947
as Judge Sellers
MovieThe Brute Man
1946
as Mr. Haskins - Grocer (uncredited)
MoviePersonality Kid
1946
as Officer O'Brien
MovieWithout Reservations
1946
as Conductor (uncredited)
MovieSenorita from the West
1945
as Dusty
MovieBewitched
1945
as Capt. O'Malley
MovieHere Come the Waves
1944
as Commodore (uncredited)
MovieMystery of the Riverboat
1944
as Capt. Ethan Perrin
MovieHaunted Harbor
1944
as John Galbraith [Chs. 1, 7, 15]
MovieThe Mummy's Ghost
1944
as Museum Watchman
MovieSouth of Dixie
1944
as Colonel Hatcher
MovieHer Primitive Man
1944
as Jonathan
MovieHappy Land
1943
as Father Case (uncredited)
MovieCorvette K-225
1943
as Capt. Smith
MovieTwo Tickets to London
1943
as Mr. Tinkle
MovieCity Without Men
1943
as Joseph Barton
MovieHalf Way to Shanghai
1942
as Doctor McIntyre
MovieHenry Aldrich, Editor
1942
as Judge Sanders
MovieThe Postman Didn't Ring
1942
as Judge Barrington
MovieI Was Framed
1942
as Cal Beamish
MovieThe Bashful Bachelor
1942
as Squire Skimp
MovieDudes Are Pretty People
1942
as Cardigan, working ranch owner
MovieTorpedo Boat
1942
as Captain Mike
MovieFly By Night
1942
as Pa Prescott
MovieThe Tell-Tale Heart
1941
as First Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
MovieThe Officer and the Lady
1941
as Dan Regan
MovieRiders of the Purple Sage
1941
as Noah Judkins
MovieLydia
1941
as Doctor Richards
MovieHarmon of Michigan
1941
as 'Pop' Branch
MovieBlossoms in the Dust
1941
as Dr. West
MovieRingside Maisie
1941
as Conductor
MovieMutiny in the Arctic
1941
as Capt. Bob Morrissey
MovieSleepers West
1941
as McGowan, a Engineer
MovieFour Mothers
1941
as George Edwards (uncredited)
MovieThe Phantom Submarine
1940
as Captain Velsar
MovieAlways a Bride
1940
as Uncle Dan Jarvis
MovieWildcat Bus
1940
as Charles Dawson
MovieStranger on the Third Floor
1940
as The Judge
MoviePier 13
1940
as Skipper Kelly
MovieSusan and God
1940
as Samr (uncredited)
MovieYou Can't Fool Your Wife
1940
as Dr. Emery
Movie20 Mule Team
1940
as Train Conductor
MovieForty Little Mothers
1940
as Janitor at Train Station
MovieZanzibar
1940
as Captain Craig
MovieOf Mice and Men
1939
as Jackson
MovieMissing Evidence
1939
as John C. 'Pop' Andrews
MovieThe Night of Nights
1939
as Mr. Conway (uncredited)
MovieThe Roaring Twenties
1939
as Customer (uncredited)
MovieThose High Grey Walls
1939
as Warden
MovieThe Star Maker
1939
as Mr. Flannigan
MovieShe Married a Cop
1939
as Pa Duffy
MovieTell No Tales
1939
as Sam O'Neil
MovieInvitation to Happiness
1939
as Divorce Judge
MovieS.O.S Tidal Wave
1939
as Mike Halloran
MovieLucky Night
1939
as Police Lieutenant
MovieBig Town Czar
1939
as Pa Daley
MovieUndercover Agent
1939
as Pat Murphy
MovieLove Affair
1939
as Priest (uncredited)
MovieKing of the Turf
1939
as Bartender
MovieAngels with Dirty Faces
1938
MovieThe Shining Hour
1938
as Charlie Collins
MovieStablemates
1938
as Pete Whalen
MovieYouth Takes a Fling
1938
as Captain Walters
MovieCampus Cinderella
1938
as Horace Howard
MovieRacket Busters
1938
as Pop Wilson
MovieRebellious Daughters
1938
as Dad Elliott
MovieThe Main Event
1938
as Captain Rorty
MovieNumbered Woman
1938
as Desk Sgt. Rourke
MovieSnow Gets in Your Eyes
1938
as Gibson (uncredited)
MovieHold That Kiss
1938
as Pop - Man Bringing Usher's Clothes
MovieInternational Crime
1938
as Heath
MovieKing of the Newsboys
1938
as Mr. Stephens
MovieBorder Wolves
1938
as Judge Coleman
MovieThe Canary Comes Across
1938
as Warden Clayton
MovieMannequin
1938
as 'Pa' Cassidy
MovieLove Is a Headache
1938
as Pop Sheeman, Stage Doorman (uncredited)
MovieMan-Proof
1938
as Gus the Bartender
MovieRosalie
1937
as Mr. Callahan
MovieYou're Only Young Once
1937
as Sheriff (uncredited)
MovieDouble Wedding
1937
as Turnkey (uncredited)
MovieBig City
1937
as John C. Andrews
MovieCaptains Courageous
1937
as Captain Walt Cushman
MovieThe Good Old Soak
1937
as Jake
