Oscar O'Shea
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Oscar O'Shea | |
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 O'Shea in The Bashful Bachelor (1942) | |
| Born | October 8, 1881 Peterborough, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | April 6, 1960 (aged 78) Hollywood, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1937–1953 |
Oscar O'Shea (8 October 1881 – 6 April 1960) was a Canadian-American character actor with over 100 film appearances from 1937 to 1953.
O'Shea was born in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.[1]
Acting
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.[2]
O'Shea's first film was Captains Courageous (1937).[1]
Management
Beginning in 1929, O'Shea operated the Oscar O'Shea Players repertory theater company in the Embassy Theatre in Ottawa, Canada.[3] He eventually ended the enterprise "to seek a field where his art would be more widely appreciated."[4] He then set up an operation in Chicago, "where he managed his own theatre and stock company during good and bad years."[4]
Death
O'Shea died in Hollywood, California, in 1960 at age 78.[1]
