Oscar O'Shea

Oscar O'Shea (8 October 1881 – 6 April 1960) was a Canadian-American character actor with over 100 film appearances from 1937 to 1953.

Early years O'Shea was born in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

Acting 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.

O'Shea's first film was Captains Courageous (1937). 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."

Death O'Shea died in Hollywood, California, in 1960 at age 78.

Selected filmography

The Good Old Soak (1937) as Jake (uncredited) Captains Courageous (1937) as Captain Walt Cushman Big City (1937) as John C. Andrews Double Wedding (1937) as Turnkey (uncredited) Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937) as Man Seated Next to Wilkins (uncredited) You're Only Young Once (1937) as Sheriff (uncredited) Mannequin (1937) as 'Pa' Cassidy Rosalie (1937) as Mr. Callahan Man-Proof (1938) as Gus Love Is a Headache (1938) as Pop Sheeman, Stage Doorman (uncredited) Border Wolves (1938) as Judge Coleman King of the Newsboys (1938) as Mr. Stephens International Crime (1938) as Heath Hold That Kiss (1938) as Pop, Man Bringing Usher's Clothes (uncredited) Numbered Woman (1938) The Main Event (1938) as Captain Rorty Rebellious Daughters (1938) as Dad Elliott Racket Busters (1938) as Pop Wilson Youth Takes a Fling (1938) as Captain Walters Stablemates (1938) as Pete Whalen The Shining Hour (1938) as Charlie Collins Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) as Kennedy (uncredited) King of the Turf (1939) as Bartender Love Affair (1939) as Priest (uncredited) Undercover Agent (1939) as Pat Murphy Big Town Czar (1939) as Pa Daley Lucky Night (1939) as Police Lieutenant Tell No Tales (1939) as Sam O'Neil S.O.S. Tidal Wave (1939) as Mike Halloran Invitation to Happiness (1939) as Divorce Judge She Married a Cop (1939) as Pa Duffy The Star Maker (1939) as Mr. Flannigan Those High Grey Walls (1939) as Warden The Roaring Twenties (1939) as Customer (uncredited) Missing Evidence (1939) as John C. 'Pop' Andrews The Night of Nights (1939) as Mr. Conway (uncredited) Of Mice and Men (1939) as Jackson I Take This Woman (1940) as Dowling (scenes deleted) Zanzibar (1940) as Captain Craig Forty Little Mothers (1940) as Janitor at Train Station (uncredited) 20 Mule Team (1940) as Train Conductor You Can't Fool Your Wife (1940) as Dr. Emery, Colony College Chaplain Susan and God (1940) as Samr (uncredited) Pier 13 (1940) as Skipper Kelly Stranger on the Third Floor (1940) as The Judge Wildcat Bus (1940) as Charles Dawson The Bride Wore Crutches (1940) as Pop (uncredited) Always a Bride (1940) as Uncle Dan Jarvis The Phantom Submarine (1940) as Captain Velsar Four Mothers (1941) as George Edwards (uncredited) Sleepers West (1941) as Engineer McGowan Mutiny in the Arctic (1941) as Capt. Bob Morrissey Blossoms in the Dust (1941) as Dr. West (uncredited) Accent on Love (1941) as Magistrate Ringside Maisie (1941) as Conductor Harmon of Michigan (1941) as 'Pop' Branch Lydia (1941) as Doctor Richards (uncredited) Riders of the Purple Sage (1941) as Noah Judkins The Officer and the Lady (1941) as Dan Regan Fly-by-Night (1942) as Pa Prescott Torpedo Boat (1942) as Captain Mike The Bashful Bachelor (1942) as Squire Skimp I Was Framed (1942) as Cal Beamish The Postman Didn't Ring (1942) as Judge Barrington Just Off Broadway (1942) as Pop Halfway to Shanghai (1942) as Doctor McIntyre Sin Town (1942) as Train Conductor (uncredited) Henry Aldrich, Editor (1942) as Judge Sanders Lady Bodyguard (1943) as Justice of the Peace (uncredited) City Without Men (1943) as Joseph Barton Two Weeks to Live (1943) as Squire Skimp (uncredited) Good Morning, Judge (1943) as Magistrate Three Hearts for Julia (1943) as Stage Doorman (uncredited) Two Tickets to London (1943) as Mr. Tinkle Gals, Incorporated (1943) as Justice (uncredited) The Good Fellows (1943) as Great Grand Caesar (uncredited) Corvette K-225 (1943) as Capt. Smith (uncredited) Happy Land (1943) as Father Case (uncredited) Her Primitive Man (1944) as Jonathan South of Dixie (1944) as Col. Hatcher The Mummy's Ghost (1944) as Watchman Haunted Harbor (1944, Serial) as John Galbraith [Chs. 1, 7, 15] Mystery of the River Boat (1944, Serial) as Capt. Ethan Perrin Here Come the Waves (1944) as Commodore (uncredited) Bewitched (1945) as Capt. O'Malley Senorita from the West (1945) as Dusty Without Reservations (1946) as Conductor (uncredited) Personality Kid (1946) as Officer O'Brien The Brute Man (1946) as Mr. Haskins, Grocer (uncredited) Abie's Irish Rose (1946) as Bishop (uncredited) Stallion Road (1947) as Doc Brady, DVM (uncredited) Sport of Kings (1947) as Judge Sellers Where There's Life (1947) as Uncle Philip (uncredited) It Had to Be You (1947) as Irish Neighborhood Watchman (scenes deleted) My Wild Irish Rose (1947) as Pat Daly Fury at Furnace Creek (1948) as Jailer (uncredited) One Sunday Afternoon (1948) as Toby The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady (1950) as Mr. Flannigan (uncredited) Thy Neighbor's Wife (1953) (final film role)