Oscar O'Shea
Biography
Oscar O'Shea was a Canadian-American character actor whose career included more than 100 film roles from 1937 to 1953. Born in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, he began as a comic actor. His first dramatic part was in a Federal Theatre Project staging of It Can't Happen Here, based on the novel. He made his film debut in Captains Courageous (1937). Starting in 1929, he ran the Oscar O'Shea Players, a repertory theater company at the Embassy Theatre in Ottawa, Canada. He eventually closed the company to find an audience that would appreciate his art more widely. He later started a similar enterprise in Chicago, running a theater and stock company there. He died in 1960.
78years old at death
- Born Peterborough
- Died Hollywood
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 9
- Career span
- 7 years1937 to 1944
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First role
O'Shea took his first straight role in a Federal Theatre Project staging of It Can't Happen Here, a play adapted from the novel of that name.
A change of course
Beginning in 1929, O'Shea ran a repertory theater company called the Oscar O'Shea Players at the Embassy Theatre in Ottawa, Canada. He eventually closed it to find a place where his art would be better appreciated.
A change of course
O'Shea later established an operation in Chicago, where he ran his own theater and stock company through good and bad years.
Oscar O'Shea movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Frank Borzage directed two of these films. Ten actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Frank BorzageDirector, 2 films, 1938
All films by Frank Borzage
Also two films together4 more actors
- Melvyn DouglasThe Shining Hour (1938) and Captains Courageous (1937)
- Noah Beery Jr.20 Mule Team (1940) and Of Mice and Men (1939)
- Harry C. BradleyCity Without Men (1943) and Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
- Granville BatesOf Mice and Men (1939) and The Shining Hour (1938)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.