Oscar O'Shea
Born October 07, 1881 (Age: 144)
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Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
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.
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.
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Filmography
Half Way to Shanghai
1942
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as Doctor McIntyre
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Age: 60
Henry Aldrich, Editor
1942
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as Judge Sanders
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Age: 60
The Postman Didn't Ring
1942
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as Judge Barrington
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Age: 60
I Was Framed
1942
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as Cal Beamish
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Age: 60
The Bashful Bachelor
1942
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as Squire Skimp
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Age: 60
Dudes Are Pretty People
1942
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as Cardigan, working ranch owner
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Age: 60
Torpedo Boat
1942
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as Captain Mike
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Age: 60
Fly By Night
1942
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as Pa Prescott
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Age: 60
The Tell-Tale Heart
1941
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as First Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
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Age: 60
The Officer and the Lady
1941
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as Dan Regan
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Age: 60
Riders of the Purple Sage
1941
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as Noah Judkins
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Age: 60
Lydia
1941
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as Doctor Richards
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Age: 59
Harmon of Michigan
1941
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as 'Pop' Branch
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Age: 59
Blossoms in the Dust
1941
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as Dr. West
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Age: 59
Ringside Maisie
1941
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as Conductor
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Age: 59
Mutiny in the Arctic
1941
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as Capt. Bob Morrissey
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Age: 59
Sleepers West
1941
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as McGowan, a Engineer
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Age: 59
Four Mothers
1941
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as George Edwards (uncredited)
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Age: 59