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

  • Four Mothers

    Four Mothers

  • Mutiny in the Arctic

    Mutiny in the Arctic

  • The Roaring Twenties

    The Roaring Twenties

  • Campus Cinderella

    Campus Cinderella

  • The Officer and the Lady

    The Officer and the Lady

  • The Brute Man

    The Brute Man

  • My Wild Irish Rose

    My Wild Irish Rose

  • Riders of the Purple Sage

    Riders of the Purple Sage

  • Susan and God

    Susan and God

  • Harmon of Michigan

    Harmon of Michigan

  • Fly By Night

    Fly By Night

  • International Crime

    International Crime

  • S.O.S Tidal Wave

    S.O.S Tidal Wave

  • I Was Framed

    I Was Framed

  • Half Way to Shanghai

    Half Way to Shanghai

  • Snow Gets in Your Eyes

    Snow Gets in Your Eyes

  • Hold That Kiss

    Hold That Kiss

  • Henry Aldrich, Editor

    Henry Aldrich, Editor

  • Invitation to Happiness

    Invitation to Happiness

  • Sleepers West

    Sleepers West

  • Those High Grey Walls

    Those High Grey Walls

  • Captains Courageous

    Captains Courageous

  • Two Tickets to London

    Two Tickets to London

  • Man-Proof

    Man-Proof

  • King of the Newsboys

    King of the Newsboys

  • She Married a Cop

    She Married a Cop

  • Blossoms in the Dust

    Blossoms in the Dust

  • Of Mice and Men

    Of Mice and Men

  • Rebellious Daughters

    Rebellious Daughters

  • Love Is a Headache

    Love Is a Headache

  • Numbered Woman

    Numbered Woman

  • The Canary Comes Across

    The Canary Comes Across

  • One Sunday Afternoon

    One Sunday Afternoon

  • Missing Evidence

    Missing Evidence

  • Wildcat Bus

    Wildcat Bus

  • City Without Men

    City Without Men

  • Bewitched

    Bewitched

  • Zanzibar

    Zanzibar

  • Always a Bride

    Always a Bride

  • Angels with Dirty Faces

    Angels with Dirty Faces

  • Lucky Night

    Lucky Night

  • The Bashful Bachelor

    The Bashful Bachelor

  • Tell No Tales

    Tell No Tales

  • The Star Maker

    The Star Maker

  • The Mummy's Ghost

    The Mummy's Ghost

  • Lydia

    Lydia

  • Forty Little Mothers

    Forty Little Mothers

  • The Phantom Submarine

    The Phantom Submarine

  • Stablemates

    Stablemates

  • Pier 13

    Pier 13

  • Love Affair

    Love Affair

  • Stranger on the Third Floor

    Stranger on the Third Floor

  • South of Dixie

    South of Dixie

  • Personality Kid

    Personality Kid

  • Happy Land

    Happy Land

  • Senorita from the West

    Senorita from the West

  • The Night of Nights

    The Night of Nights

  • Mannequin

    Mannequin

  • 20 Mule Team

    20 Mule Team

  • Here Come the Waves

    Here Come the Waves

  • You're Only Young Once

    You're Only Young Once

  • Big City

    Big City

  • Youth Takes a Fling

    Youth Takes a Fling

  • Border Wolves

    Border Wolves

  • Without Reservations

    Without Reservations

  • The Good Old Soak

    The Good Old Soak

  • The Postman Didn't Ring

    The Postman Didn't Ring

  • Rosalie

    Rosalie

  • Her Primitive Man

    Her Primitive Man

  • Sport of Kings

    Sport of Kings

  • Mystery of the Riverboat

    Mystery of the Riverboat

  • Torpedo Boat

    Torpedo Boat

  • The Tell-Tale Heart

    The Tell-Tale Heart

  • The Shining Hour

    The Shining Hour

  • The Main Event

    The Main Event

  • Ringside Maisie

    Ringside Maisie

  • Double Wedding

    Double Wedding

  • Corvette K-225

    Corvette K-225

  • Haunted Harbor

    Haunted Harbor

  • Undercover Agent

    Undercover Agent

  • You Can't Fool Your Wife

    You Can't Fool Your Wife

  • Big Town Czar

    Big Town Czar

  • Racket Busters

    Racket Busters

  • King of the Turf

    King of the Turf

  • Dudes Are Pretty People

    Dudes Are Pretty People