7.4
7.4
Captains Courageous
1937
as Captain Walt Cushman
Oscar O'Shea
Acting
Born:October 7, 1881
Died:April 6, 1960(aged 78)
Birthplace:Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (71 movies)
7.4
7.4
Big City
1937
as John C. Andrews
7.3
7.3
Of Mice and Men
1939
as Jackson
7.0
7.0
King of the Turf
1939
as Bartender
6.7
6.7
Haunted Harbor
1944
as John Galbraith [Chs. 1, 7, 15]
6.6
6.6
The Shining Hour
1938
as Charlie Collins
6.6
6.6
Lucky Night
1939
as Police Lieutenant
6.5
6.5
The Tell-Tale Heart
1941
as First Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
6.5
6.5
Stranger on the Third Floor
1940
as The Judge
6.4
6.4
Fly By Night
1942
as Pa Prescott
6.3
6.3
Sleepers West
1941
as McGowan, a Engineer
6.2
6.2
Those High Grey Walls
1939
as Warden
6.0
6.0
Torpedo Boat
1942
as Captain Mike
6.0
6.0
The Officer and the Lady
1941
as Dan Regan
6.0
6.0
Two Tickets to London
1943
as Mr. Tinkle
6.0
6.0
20 Mule Team
1940
as Train Conductor
6.0
6.0
Henry Aldrich, Editor
1942
as Judge Sanders
6.0
6.0
The Phantom Submarine
1940
as Captain Velsar
6.0
6.0
Her Primitive Man
1944
as Jonathan
6.0
6.0
Snow Gets in Your Eyes
1938
as Gibson (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
Mystery of the Riverboat
1944
as Capt. Ethan Perrin
6.0
6.0
One Sunday Afternoon
1948
as Toby
6.0
6.0
My Wild Irish Rose
1947
as Pat Daly
6.0
6.0
Invitation to Happiness
1939
as Divorce Judge
5.9
5.9
Mannequin
1938
as 'Pa' Cassidy
5.7
5.7
S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939
as Mike Halloran
5.7
5.7
She Married a Cop
1939
as Pa Duffy
5.6
5.6
The Mummy's Ghost
1944
as Museum Watchman
5.5
5.5
You're Only Young Once
1937
as Sheriff (uncredited)
5.5
5.5
Rosalie
1937
as Mr. Callahan
5.5
5.5
Campus Cinderella
1938
as Horace Howard
5.4
5.4
International Crime
1938
as Heath
5.3
5.3
Bewitched
1945
as Capt. O'Malley
5.1
5.1
Racket Busters
1938
as Pop Wilson
5.0
5.0
Pier 13
1940
as Skipper Kelly
5.0
5.0
Missing Evidence
1939
as John C. 'Pop' Andrews
5.0
5.0
Here Come the Waves
1944
as Commodore (uncredited)
5.0
5.0
Senorita from the West
1945
as Dusty
5.0
5.0
Harmon of Michigan
1941
as 'Pop' Branch
5.0
5.0
Rebellious Daughters
1938
as Dad Elliott
5.0
5.0
City Without Men
1943
as Joseph Barton
4.7
4.7
Wildcat Bus
1940
as Charles Dawson
4.6
4.6
Tell No Tales
1939
as Sam O'Neil
4.5
4.5
The Bashful Bachelor
1942
as Squire Skimp
4.5
4.5
You Can't Fool Your Wife
1940
as Dr. Emery
4.5
4.5
Ringside Maisie
1941
as Conductor
4.5
4.5
The Brute Man
1946
as Mr. Haskins - Grocer (uncredited)
4.5
4.5
Stablemates
1938
as Pete Whalen
4.5
4.5
Always a Bride
1940
as Uncle Dan Jarvis
4.3
4.3
Man-Proof
1938
as Gus the Bartender
4.0
4.0
King of the Newsboys
1938
as Mr. Stephens
4.0
4.0
I Was Framed
1942
as Cal Beamish
3.7
3.7
Undercover Agent
1939
as Pat Murphy
3.5
3.5
The Canary Comes Across
1938
as Warden Clayton
1.0
1.0
Youth Takes a Fling
1938
as Captain Walters
Mutiny in the Arctic
1941
as Capt. Bob Morrissey
Numbered Woman
1938
as Oscar
Riders of the Purple Sage
1941
as Noah Judkins
The Star Maker
1939
as Mr. Flannigan
The Main Event
1938
as Captain Rorty
South of Dixie
1944
as Colonel Hatcher
Big Town Czar
1939
as Pa Daley
The Night of Nights
1939
as Mr. Conway (uncredited)
Border Wolves
1938
as Judge Coleman
Personality Kid
1946
as Officer O'Brien
Sport of Kings
1947
as Judge Sellers
Zanzibar
1940
as Captain Craig
Half Way to Shanghai
1942
as Doctor McIntyre
The Postman Didn't Ring
1942
as Judge Barrington
Dudes Are Pretty People
1942
as Cardigan, working ranch owner
The Good Old Soak
1937
as Jake
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