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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.
Filmography
all 89
Movies 89
My Wild Irish Rose (1947)
Sport of Kings (1947)
The Brute Man (1946)
Personality Kid (1946)
Without Reservations (1946)
Bewitched (1945)
Here Come the Waves (1944)
Mystery of the Riverboat (1944)
Haunted Harbor (1944)
The Mummy's Ghost (1944)
South of Dixie (1944)
Her Primitive Man (1944)
Happy Land (1943)
Corvette K-225 (1943)
Two Tickets to London (1943)
Good Morning, Judge (1943)
City Without Men (1943)
Half Way to Shanghai (1942)
Henry Aldrich, Editor (1942)
The Postman Didn't Ring (1942)
I Was Framed (1942)
The Bashful Bachelor (1942)
Torpedo Boat (1942)
Fly-By-Night (1942)
The Tell-Tale Heart (1941)
The Officer and the Lady (1941)
Riders of the Purple Sage (1941)
Lydia (1941)
Harmon of Michigan (1941)
Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
Ringside Maisie (1941)
Accent on Love (1941)
Mutiny in the Arctic (1941)
Sleepers West (1941)
Four Mothers (1941)
The Phantom Submarine (1940)
Always a Bride (1940)
Wildcat Bus (1940)
Pier 13 (1940)
Susan and God (1940)
You Can't Fool Your Wife (1940)
20 Mule Team (1940)
Forty Little Mothers (1940)
Zanzibar (1940)
Of Mice and Men (1939)
Missing Evidence (1939)
The Night of Nights (1939)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
The Star Maker (1939)
She Married a Cop (1939)
Tell No Tales (1939)
Invitation to Happiness (1939)
S.O.S Tidal Wave (1939)
Lucky Night (1939)
Big Town Czar (1939)
Undercover Agent (1939)
Love Affair (1939)
King of the Turf (1939)
The Shining Hour (1938)
Stablemates (1938)
Youth Takes a Fling (1938)
Campus Cinderella (1938)
Racket Busters (1938)
Rebellious Daughters (1938)
The Main Event (1938)
Snow Gets in Your Eyes (1938)
Hold That Kiss (1938)
King of the Newsboys (1938)
Border Wolves (1938)
The Canary Comes Across (1938)
Mannequin (1938)
Love Is a Headache (1938)
Man-Proof (1938)
Rosalie (1937)
You're Only Young Once (1937)
Double Wedding (1937)
Big City (1937)
Ain't We Got Fun (1937)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1881-10-07
Deathday1960-04-06 (78 years old)
Birth PlacePeterborough, Ontario, Canada
CitizenshipsUnited States of America, Canada
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