Oscar O'Shea

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

85

Gender

Male

Birthday

1881-10-07

Day of death

1960-04-06 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

Oscar O'Shea

Biography

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.

Known For

  • Pier 13

    Pier 13

  • S.O.S Tidal Wave

    S.O.S Tidal Wave

  • Missing Evidence

    Missing Evidence

  • The Star Maker

    The Star Maker

  • Campus Cinderella

    Campus Cinderella

  • Love Affair

    Love Affair

  • Big City

    Big City

  • Man-Proof

    Man-Proof

  • Angels with Dirty Faces

    Angels with Dirty Faces

  • International Crime

    International Crime

  • Rebellious Daughters

    Rebellious Daughters

  • Stablemates

    Stablemates

  • Personality Kid

    Personality Kid

  • Lydia

    Lydia

  • Numbered Woman

    Numbered Woman

  • Mutiny in the Arctic

    Mutiny in the Arctic

  • Four Mothers

    Four Mothers

  • Captains Courageous

    Captains Courageous

  • Rosalie

    Rosalie

  • Sleepers West

    Sleepers West

  • Torpedo Boat

    Torpedo Boat

  • Lucky Night

    Lucky Night

  • Mannequin

    Mannequin

  • Without Reservations

    Without Reservations

  • Ringside Maisie

    Ringside Maisie

  • The Mummy's Ghost

    The Mummy's Ghost

  • Blossoms in the Dust

    Blossoms in the Dust

  • Border Wolves

    Border Wolves

  • Here Come the Waves

    Here Come the Waves

  • The Roaring Twenties

    The Roaring Twenties

  • The Canary Comes Across

    The Canary Comes Across

  • Of Mice and Men

    Of Mice and Men

  • One Sunday Afternoon

    One Sunday Afternoon

  • Two Tickets to London

    Two Tickets to London

  • Always a Bride

    Always a Bride

  • Hold That Kiss

    Hold That Kiss

  • Stranger on the Third Floor

    Stranger on the Third Floor

  • The Brute Man

    The Brute Man

  • City Without Men

    City Without Men

  • The Bashful Bachelor

    The Bashful Bachelor

  • My Wild Irish Rose

    My Wild Irish Rose

  • Love Is a Headache

    Love Is a Headache

  • Snow Gets in Your Eyes

    Snow Gets in Your Eyes

  • South of Dixie

    South of Dixie

  • Youth Takes a Fling

    Youth Takes a Fling

  • Invitation to Happiness

    Invitation to Happiness

  • The Night of Nights

    The Night of Nights

  • Henry Aldrich, Editor

    Henry Aldrich, Editor

  • Susan and God

    Susan and God

  • Tell No Tales

    Tell No Tales

  • Those High Grey Walls

    Those High Grey Walls

  • Undercover Agent

    Undercover Agent

  • Fly By Night

    Fly By Night

  • Senorita from the West

    Senorita from the West

  • Riders of the Purple Sage

    Riders of the Purple Sage

  • King of the Newsboys

    King of the Newsboys

  • I Was Framed

    I Was Framed

  • The Good Old Soak

    The Good Old Soak

  • The Officer and the Lady

    The Officer and the Lady

  • Her Primitive Man

    Her Primitive Man

  • The Postman Didn't Ring

    The Postman Didn't Ring

  • Harmon of Michigan

    Harmon of Michigan

  • Half Way to Shanghai

    Half Way to Shanghai

  • You're Only Young Once

    You're Only Young Once

  • Forty Little Mothers

    Forty Little Mothers

  • 20 Mule Team

    20 Mule Team

  • She Married a Cop

    She Married a Cop

  • The Tell-Tale Heart

    The Tell-Tale Heart

  • The Main Event

    The Main Event

  • Mystery of the Riverboat

    Mystery of the Riverboat

  • Sport of Kings

    Sport of Kings

  • You Can't Fool Your Wife

    You Can't Fool Your Wife

  • Wildcat Bus

    Wildcat Bus

  • Corvette K-225

    Corvette K-225

  • Happy Land

    Happy Land

  • Zanzibar

    Zanzibar

  • Bewitched

    Bewitched

  • The Shining Hour

    The Shining Hour

  • Double Wedding

    Double Wedding

  • Racket Busters

    Racket Busters

  • The Phantom Submarine

    The Phantom Submarine

  • Haunted Harbor

    Haunted Harbor

  • King of the Turf

    King of the Turf

  • Dudes Are Pretty People

    Dudes Are Pretty People

  • Big Town Czar

    Big Town Czar