Oscar O'Shea
Oscar O'Shea is known for Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), The Roaring Twenties (1939), Captains Courageous (1937).
Biography
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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.
Questions about Oscar O'Shea
How many Oscar O'Shea films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 58 films with Oscar O'Shea, from 1937 to 1948.
What is the best rated Oscar O'Shea film?
The best rated Oscar O'Shea film in the catalogue is The Roaring Twenties (1939), rated 7.5.
What was the first Oscar O'Shea film?
The first Oscar O'Shea film in the catalogue is Captains Courageous, from 1937.
Who has Oscar O'Shea worked with the most?
In the catalogue, Oscar O'Shea shares the most credits with John Carradine (2 films) and Lon Chaney Jr. (2 films).
People data: TMDb.
Known for
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7.5 Angels with Dirty Faces
1938
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7.5 The Roaring Twenties
1939
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7.4 Captains Courageous
1937
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7.3 Of Mice and Men
1939
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7.0 Love Affair
1939
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6.5 Stranger on the Third Floor
1940
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5.6 The Mummy's Ghost
1944
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6.4 Double Wedding
1937
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6.3 Without Reservations
1946
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6.0 Rosalie
1937
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6.6 Blossoms in the Dust
1941
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6.7 The Shining Hour
1938
Full filmography
85 films — 58 in the catalogue
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7.0 One Sunday Afternoon
1948 · Toby
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6.0 My Wild Irish Rose
1947 · Pat Daly
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10.0 Sport of Kings
1947 · Judge Sellers
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4.6 The Brute Man
1946 · Mr. Haskins - Grocer (uncredited)
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10.0 Personality Kid
1946 · Officer O'Brien
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6.3
Without Reservations
1946 · Conductor (uncredited)
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6.0 Senorita from the West
1945 · Dusty
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5.4 Bewitched
1945 · Capt. O'Malley
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5.3 Here Come the Waves
1944 · Commodore (uncredited)
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6.5 Mystery of the Riverboat
1944 · Capt. Ethan Perrin
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7.0 Haunted Harbor
1944 · John Galbraith [Chs. 1, 7, 15]
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5.6
The Mummy's Ghost
1944 · Museum Watchman
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10.0 South of Dixie
1944 · Colonel Hatcher
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7.5 Her Primitive Man
1944 · Jonathan
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7.1 Happy Land
1943 · Father Case (uncredited)
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6.2 Corvette K-225
1943 · Capt. Smith
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7.5 Two Tickets to London
1943 · Mr. Tinkle
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5.7 City Without Men
1943 · Joseph Barton
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6.0 Half Way to Shanghai
1942 · Doctor McIntyre
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6.5 Henry Aldrich, Editor
1942 · Judge Sanders
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7.0 The Postman Didn't Ring
1942 · Judge Barrington
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5.0 I Was Framed
1942 · Cal Beamish
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6.3 The Bashful Bachelor
1942 · Squire Skimp
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8.0 Dudes Are Pretty People
1942 · Cardigan, working ranch owner
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7.5 Torpedo Boat
1942 · Captain Mike
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6.7 Fly By Night
1942 · Pa Prescott
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6.6 The Tell-Tale Heart
1941 · First Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
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8.0 The Officer and the Lady
1941 · Dan Regan
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7.0 Riders of the Purple Sage
1941 · Noah Judkins
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6.5 Lydia
1941 · Doctor Richards
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7.5 Harmon of Michigan
1941 · 'Pop' Branch
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6.6
Blossoms in the Dust
1941 · Dr. West
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5.6 Ringside Maisie
1941 · Conductor
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7.5 Mutiny in the Arctic
1941 · Capt. Bob Morrissey
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6.4 Sleepers West
1941 · McGowan, a Engineer
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6.8 Four Mothers
1941 · George Edwards (uncredited)
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6.3 The Phantom Submarine
1940 · Captain Velsar
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5.7 Always a Bride
1940 · Uncle Dan Jarvis
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5.5 Wildcat Bus
1940 · Charles Dawson
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6.5
Stranger on the Third Floor
1940 · The Judge
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5.7 Pier 13
1940 · Skipper Kelly
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6.5 Susan and God
1940 · Sam (uncredited)
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5.5 You Can't Fool Your Wife
1940 · Dr. Emery
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6.6 20 Mule Team
1940 · Train Conductor
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6.5 Forty Little Mothers
1940 · Janitor at Train Station
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9.0 Zanzibar
1940 · Captain Craig
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7.3
Of Mice and Men
1939 · Jackson
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6.5 Missing Evidence
1939 · John C. 'Pop' Andrews
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8.0 The Night of Nights
1939 · Mr. Conway (uncredited)
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7.5
The Roaring Twenties
1939 · Customer (uncredited)
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6.4 Those High Grey Walls
1939 · Warden
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7.0 The Star Maker
1939 · Mr. Flannigan
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6.8 She Married a Cop
1939 · Pa Duffy
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5.4 Tell No Tales
1939 · Sam O'Neil
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7.0 Invitation to Happiness
1939 · Divorce Judge
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6.8 S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939 · Mike Halloran
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6.8 Lucky Night
1939 · Police Lieutenant
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7.0 Big Town Czar
1939 · Pa Daley
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4.2 Undercover Agent
1939 · Pat Murphy
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7.0
Love Affair
1939 · Priest (uncredited)
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7.0 King of the Turf
1939 · Bartender
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7.5
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938
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6.7
The Shining Hour
1938 · Charlie Collins
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6.3 Stablemates
1938 · Pete Whalen
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5.5 Youth Takes a Fling
1938 · Captain Walters
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6.0 Campus Cinderella
1938 · Horace Howard
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5.6 Racket Busters
1938 · Pop Wilson
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6.0 Rebellious Daughters
1938 · Dad Elliott
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8.0 The Main Event
1938 · Captain Rorty
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7.0 Numbered Woman
1938 · Desk Sgt. Rourke
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6.5 Snow Gets in Your Eyes
1938 · Gibson (uncredited)
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7.0 Hold That Kiss
1938 · Pop - Man Bringing Usher's Clothes
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5.5 International Crime
1938 · Heath
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4.8 King of the Newsboys
1938 · Mr. Stephens
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8.0 Border Wolves
1938 · Judge Coleman
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5.3 The Canary Comes Across
1938 · Warden Clayton
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6.0 Mannequin
1938 · 'Pa' Cassidy
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6.5 Love Is a Headache
1938 · Pop Sheeman, Stage Doorman (uncredited)
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5.2 Man-Proof
1938 · Gus the Bartender
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6.0
Rosalie
1937 · Mr. Callahan
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5.7 You're Only Young Once
1937 · Sheriff (uncredited)
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6.4
Double Wedding
1937 · Turnkey (uncredited)
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7.7 Big City
1937 · John C. Andrews
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7.4
Captains Courageous
1937 · Captain Walt Cushman
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9.0 The Good Old Soak
1937 · Jake
People data: TMDb.
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