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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."
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Furious Improvisation: How the WPA and a Cast of Thousands Made High Art out of Desperate Times
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O'Shea was a comic actor who earned a million dollars but lost it all in the
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The Mummy Unwrapped: Scenes Left on Universal's Cutting Room Floor
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Beginning in 1929, O'Shea operated the Oscar O'Shea Players
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O'Shea died in Hollywood, California, in 1960 at age 78.
297:(1938) as Pop, Man Bringing Usher's Clothes (uncredited) 937:(1947) as Irish Neighborhood Watchman (scenes deleted) 1116:. Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. July 3, 1937. p. 20 265:(1938) as Pop Sheeman, Stage Doorman (uncredited) 225:(1937) as Man Seated Next to Wilkins (uncredited) 1169: 505:(1940) as Janitor at Train Station (uncredited) 521:(1940) as Dr. Emery, Colony College Chaplain 737:(1943) as Justice of the Peace (uncredited) 897:(1946) as Mr. Haskins, Grocer (uncredited) 29: 1000: 793:(1943) as Great Grand Caesar (uncredited) 1193:Canadian emigrants to the United States 1062: 181: 1170: 721:(1942) as Train Conductor (uncredited) 641:(1941) as Doctor Richards (uncredited) 1034: 913:(1947) as Doc Brady, DVM (uncredited) 585:(1941) as George Edwards (uncredited) 1104: 1102: 996: 994: 992: 969:(1950) as Mr. Flannigan (uncredited) 849:(1944, Serial) as Capt. Ethan Perrin 769:(1943) as Stage Doorman (uncredited) 136:. His first straight role came in a 929:(1947) as Uncle Philip (uncredited) 753:(1943) as Squire Skimp (uncredited) 13: 809:(1943) as Father Case (uncredited) 801:(1943) as Capt. Smith (uncredited) 489:(1940) as Dowling (scenes deleted) 14: 1219: 1208:People from Peterborough, Ontario 1188:20th-century Canadian male actors 1143: 1099: 989: 841:(1944, Serial) as John Galbraith 473:(1939) as Mr. Conway (uncredited) 1131: 1091: 881:(1946) as Conductor (uncredited) 857:(1944) as Commodore (uncredited) 1007:. McFarland. pp. 189–190. 609:(1941) as Dr. West (uncredited) 465:(1939) as John C. 'Pop' Andrews 457:(1939) as Customer (uncredited) 1150:Works by or about Oscar O'Shea 1028: 785:(1943) as Justice (uncredited) 361:(1938) as Kennedy (uncredited) 233:(1937) as Sheriff (uncredited) 217:(1937) as Turnkey (uncredited) 201:(1937) as Captain Walt Cushman 115: 1: 1041:. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. 1001:Feramisco, Thomas M. (2007). 982: 966:The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady 953:(1948) as Jailer (uncredited) 905:(1946) as Bishop (uncredited) 601:(1941) as Capt. Bob Morrissey 377:(1939) as Priest (uncredited) 160: 7: 542:Stranger on the Third Floor 529:(1940) as Samr (uncredited) 401:(1939) as Police Lieutenant 193:(1937) as Jake (uncredited) 10: 1224: 697:(1942) as Judge Barrington 593:(1941) as Engineer McGowan 569:(1940) as Uncle Dan Jarvis 561:(1940) as Pop (uncredited) 1198:Canadian male film actors 1110:"Oscar O'Shea Comes Back" 889:(1946) as Officer O'Brien 846:Mystery of the River Boat 713:(1942) as Doctor McIntyre 646:Riders of the Purple Sage 513:(1940) as Train Conductor 353:(1938) as Charlie Collins 337:(1938) as Captain Walters 209:(1937) as John C. Andrews 127: 99: 91: 68: 46: 28: 21: 1203:Male actors from Ontario 977:(1953) (final film role) 865:(1945) as Capt. O'Malley 654:The Officer and the Lady 577:(1940) as Captain Velsar 553:(1940) as Charles Dawson 518:You Can't Fool Your Wife 173: 151:O'Shea's first film was 921:(1947) as Judge Sellers 745:(1943) as Joseph Barton 729:(1942) as Judge Sanders 694:The Postman Didn't Ring 558:The Bride Wore Crutches 537:(1940) as Skipper Kelly 497:(1940) as Captain Craig 441:(1939) as Mr. Flannigan 425:(1939) as Divorce Judge 422:Invitation to Happiness 417:(1939) as Mike Halloran 358:Angels with Dirty Faces 313:(1938) as Captain Rorty 273:(1938) as Judge Coleman 222:Thoroughbreds Don't Cry 138:Federal Theatre Project 16:Canadian-American actor 870:Senorita from the West 825:(1944) as Col. Hatcher 766:Three Hearts for Julia 681:(1942) as Squire Skimp 673:(1942) as Captain Mike 649:(1941) as Noah Judkins 633:(1941) as 'Pop' Branch 281:(1938) as Mr. Stephens 249:(1937) as Mr. Callahan 241:(1937) as 'Pa' Cassidy 230:You're Only Young Once 146:novel of the same name 144:, a play based on the 1035:Quinn, Susan (2011). 950:Fury at Furnace Creek 774:Two Tickets to London 726:Henry Aldrich, Editor 689:(1942) as Cal Beamish 665:(1942) as Pa Prescott 574:The Phantom Submarine 446:Those High Grey Walls 345:(1938) as Pete Whalen 321:(1938) as Dad Elliott 122:Peterborough, Ontario 61:Peterborough, Ontario 958:One Sunday Afternoon 878:Without Reservations 777:(1943) as Mr. Tinkle 761:(1943) as Magistrate 678:The Bashful Bachelor 617:(1941) as Magistrate 606:Blossoms in the Dust 598:Mutiny in the Arctic 502:Forty Little Mothers 454:The Roaring Twenties 409:(1939) as Sam O'Neil 385:(1939) as Pat Murphy 329:(1938) as Pop Wilson 318:Rebellious Daughters 278:King of the Newsboys 182:Selected filmography 142:It Can't Happen Here 38:The Bashful Bachelor 974:Thy Neighbor's Wife 854:Here Come the Waves 758:Good Morning, Judge 710:Halfway to Shanghai 657:(1941) as Dan Regan 625:(1941) as Conductor 545:(1940) as The Judge 470:The Night of Nights 369:(1939) as Bartender 334:Youth Takes a Fling 286:International Crime 198:Captains Courageous 154:Captains Courageous 120:O'Shea was born in 1114:The Ottawa Journal 1074:The Ottawa Journal 945:(1947) as Pat Daly 942:My Wild Irish Rose 926:Where There's Life 833:(1944) as Watchman 817:(1944) as Jonathan 782:Gals, Incorporated 630:Harmon of Michigan 433:(1939) as Pa Duffy 393:(1939) as Pa Daley 262:Love Is a Headache 902:Abie's Irish Rose 830:The Mummy's Ghost 814:Her Primitive Man 750:Two Weeks to Live 702:Just Off Broadway 486:I Take This Woman 481:(1939) as Jackson 430:She Married a Cop 414:S.O.S. 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Index


The Bashful Bachelor
Peterborough, Ontario
Hollywood
California
Peterborough, Ontario
Great Depression
Federal Theatre Project
novel of the same name
Captains Courageous
repertory theater
The Good Old Soak
Captains Courageous
Big City
Double Wedding
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
You're Only Young Once
Mannequin
Rosalie
Man-Proof
Love Is a Headache
Border Wolves
King of the Newsboys
International Crime
Hold That Kiss
Numbered Woman
The Main Event
Rebellious Daughters
Racket Busters
Youth Takes a Fling

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