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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.
Movies
The Postman Didn't Ring Judge Barrington
Mannequin 'Pa' Cassidy
Bewitched Capt. O'Malley
Stranger on the Third Floor The Judge
The Phantom Submarine Captain Velsar
The Officer and the Lady Dan Regan
Rosalie Mr. Callahan
Without Reservations Conductor (uncredited)
Captains Courageous Captain Walt Cushman
Sport of Kings Judge Sellers
Haunted Harbor John Galbraith [Chs. 1, 7, 15]
Invitation to Happiness Divorce Judge
Of Mice and Men Jackson
Big City John C. Andrews
Racket Busters Pop Wilson
The Night of Nights Mr. Conway (uncredited)
The Tell-Tale Heart First Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
The Shining Hour Charlie Collins
Pier 13 Skipper Kelly
Missing Evidence John C. 'Pop' Andrews
Those High Grey Walls Warden
Stablemates Pete Whalen
Lucky Night Police Lieutenant
Wildcat Bus Charles Dawson
International Crime Heath
Man-Proof Gus the Bartender
One Sunday Afternoon Toby
Undercover Agent Pat Murphy
Campus Cinderella Horace Howard
You Can't Fool Your Wife Dr. Emery
The Star Maker Mr. Flannigan
Mystery of the Riverboat Capt. Ethan Perrin
King of the Newsboys Mr. Stephens
Two Tickets to London Mr. Tinkle
Numbered Woman Oscar
Rebellious Daughters Dad Elliott
Happy Land Father Case (uncredited)
Always a Bride Uncle Dan Jarvis
20 Mule Team Train Conductor
Tell No Tales Sam O'Neil
Youth Takes a Fling Captain Walters
You're Only Young Once Sheriff (uncredited)
Love Is a Headache Pop Sheeman, Stage Doorman (uncredited)
Hold That Kiss Pop - Man Bringing Usher's Clothes
Personality Kid Officer O'Brien
Snow Gets in Your Eyes Gibson (uncredited)
My Wild Irish Rose Pat Daly
Love Affair Priest (uncredited)
The Roaring Twenties Customer (uncredited)
Fly By Night Pa Prescott
Harmon of Michigan 'Pop' Branch
S.O.S Tidal Wave Mike Halloran
Henry Aldrich, Editor Judge Sanders
I Was Framed Cal Beamish
Susan and God Samr (uncredited)
Riders of the Purple Sage Noah Judkins
Dudes Are Pretty People Cardigan, working ranch owner
Four Mothers George Edwards (uncredited)
Ringside Maisie Conductor
Senorita from the West Dusty
Forty Little Mothers Janitor at Train Station
The Mummy's Ghost Museum Watchman
Blossoms in the Dust Dr. West
Big Town Czar Pa Daley
The Main Event Captain Rorty
Half Way to Shanghai Doctor McIntyre
King of the Turf Bartender
Her Primitive Man Jonathan
The Canary Comes Across Warden Clayton
City Without Men Joseph Barton
Corvette K-225 Capt. Smith
Border Wolves Judge Coleman
The Good Old Soak Jake
She Married a Cop Pa Duffy
South of Dixie Colonel Hatcher
Lydia Doctor Richards
Zanzibar Captain Craig
Double Wedding Turnkey (uncredited)
Sleepers West McGowan, a Engineer
Torpedo Boat Captain Mike
Mutiny in the Arctic Capt. Bob Morrissey
The Brute Man Mr. Haskins - Grocer (uncredited)
The Bashful Bachelor Squire Skimp
Here Come the Waves Commodore (uncredited)
