Oscar O'Shea
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 7, 1881, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
- Died
- April 6, 1960
- Movies
- 85
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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).
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1948 | One Sunday Afternoon | Toby |
| 1947 | My Wild Irish Rose | Pat Daly |
| 1947 | Sport of Kings | Judge Sellers |
| 1946 | The Brute Man | Mr. Haskins - Grocer (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Personality Kid | Officer O'Brien |
| 1946 | Without Reservations | Conductor (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Senorita from the West | Dusty |
| 1945 | Bewitched | Capt. O'Malley |
| 1944 | Here Come the Waves | Commodore (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Mystery of the Riverboat | Capt. Ethan Perrin |
| 1944 | Haunted Harbor | John Galbraith [Chs. 1, 7, 15] |
| 1944 | The Mummy's Ghost | Museum Watchman |
| 1944 | South of Dixie | Colonel Hatcher |
| 1944 | Her Primitive Man | Jonathan |
| 1943 | Happy Land | Father Case (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Corvette K-225 | Capt. Smith |
| 1943 | Two Tickets to London | Mr. Tinkle |
| 1943 | City Without Men | Joseph Barton |
| 1942 | Half Way to Shanghai | Doctor McIntyre |
| 1942 | Henry Aldrich, Editor | Judge Sanders |
| 1942 | The Postman Didn't Ring | Judge Barrington |
| 1942 | I Was Framed | Cal Beamish |
| 1942 | The Bashful Bachelor | Squire Skimp |
| 1942 | Dudes Are Pretty People | Cardigan, working ranch owner |
| 1942 | Torpedo Boat | Captain Mike |
| 1942 | Fly By Night | Pa Prescott |
| 1941 | The Tell-Tale Heart | First Deputy Sheriff (uncredited) |
| 1941 | The Officer and the Lady | Dan Regan |
| 1941 | Riders of the Purple Sage | Noah Judkins |
| 1941 | Lydia | Doctor Richards |
| 1941 | Harmon of Michigan | 'Pop' Branch |
| 1941 | Blossoms in the Dust | Dr. West |
| 1941 | Ringside Maisie | Conductor |
| 1941 | Mutiny in the Arctic | Capt. Bob Morrissey |
| 1941 | Sleepers West | McGowan, a Engineer |
| 1941 | Four Mothers | George Edwards (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Phantom Submarine | Captain Velsar |
| 1940 | Always a Bride | Uncle Dan Jarvis |
| 1940 | Wildcat Bus | Charles Dawson |
| 1940 | Stranger on the Third Floor | The Judge |
| 1940 | Pier 13 | Skipper Kelly |
| 1940 | Susan and God | Sam (uncredited) |
| 1940 | You Can't Fool Your Wife | Dr. Emery |
| 1940 | 20 Mule Team | Train Conductor |
| 1940 | Forty Little Mothers | Janitor at Train Station |
| 1940 | Zanzibar | Captain Craig |
| 1939 | Of Mice and Men | Jackson |
| 1939 | Missing Evidence | John C. 'Pop' Andrews |
| 1939 | The Night of Nights | Mr. Conway (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Roaring Twenties | Customer (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Those High Grey Walls | Warden |
| 1939 | The Star Maker | Mr. Flannigan |
| 1939 | She Married a Cop | Pa Duffy |
| 1939 | Tell No Tales | Sam O'Neil |
| 1939 | Invitation to Happiness | Divorce Judge |
| 1939 | S.O.S Tidal Wave | Mike Halloran |
| 1939 | Lucky Night | Police Lieutenant |
| 1939 | Big Town Czar | Pa Daley |
| 1939 | Undercover Agent | Pat Murphy |
| 1939 | Love Affair | Priest (uncredited) |
| 1939 | King of the Turf | Bartender |
| 1938 | Angels with Dirty Faces | |
| 1938 | The Shining Hour | Charlie Collins |
| 1938 | Stablemates | Pete Whalen |
| 1938 | Youth Takes a Fling | Captain Walters |
| 1938 | Campus Cinderella | Horace Howard |
| 1938 | Racket Busters | Pop Wilson |
| 1938 | Rebellious Daughters | Dad Elliott |
| 1938 | The Main Event | Captain Rorty |
| 1938 | Numbered Woman | Desk Sgt. Rourke |
| 1938 | Snow Gets in Your Eyes | Gibson (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Hold That Kiss | Pop - Man Bringing Usher's Clothes |
| 1938 | International Crime | Heath |
| 1938 | King of the Newsboys | Mr. Stephens |
| 1938 | Border Wolves | Judge Coleman |
| 1938 | The Canary Comes Across | Warden Clayton |
| 1938 | Mannequin | 'Pa' Cassidy |
| 1938 | Love Is a Headache | Pop Sheeman, Stage Doorman (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Man-Proof | Gus the Bartender |
| 1937 | Rosalie | Mr. Callahan |
| 1937 | You're Only Young Once | Sheriff (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Double Wedding | Turnkey (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Big City | John C. Andrews |
| 1937 | Captains Courageous | Captain Walt Cushman |
| 1937 | The Good Old Soak | Jake |
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