Michael O'Shea
Birthday: Born in 1906-03-17 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Deathday: 1973-12-04
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michael O'Shea (March 17, 1906, Hartford, Connecticut - December 4, 1973, Dallas, Texas) was an American character actor whose career spanned from the 1940s-1960s. Unlike his five brothers who became policemen, O'Shea dropped out of school at 12 and began his acting career in vaudeville by touring with boxing idol Jack Johnson's show. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael O'Shea , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
TV Credits
It's a Great Life
Character: Denny Davis
It's a Great Life is an American situation comedy which aired on NBC from 1954 to 1956. Frances Bavier, six years before being cast as Aunt Bee in CBS's The Andy Griffith Show, played a somewhat similar role as Mrs. Amy Morgan, the owner of a boarding house....
The Mike Douglas Show
Character: Self - Co-Host
The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia....
Adam-12
Character: Johnnie Delaney
Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12....
Revlon Mirror Theatre
Character:
Also known as 'Mirror Theater', this was an American anthology drama television series....
Movie Credits
It Should Happen to You
Character: Brod Clinton
Gladys Glover has just lost her modeling job when she meets filmmaker Pete Sheppard shooting a documentary in Central Park. For Pete it's love at first sight, but Gladys has her mind on other things, making a name for herself. Through a fluke of advertising she winds up with her name plastered over 10 billboards throughout city....
Jack London
Character: Jack London
The adventurous and remarkable life of the US writer Jack London (1876-1916)....
The Underworld Story
Character: Ralph Munsey
A blacklisted reporter brings his shady ways to a small-town newspaper after being fired from a big city daily....
Circumstantial Evidence
Character: Joe Reynolds
A man waits on death row while his son and friend try to prove that he did not kill a grocer with an ax....
Violence
Character: Steve Fuller
Magazine writer Ann Mason infiltrates the United Defenders, a public service organization which is actually a front for racketeers. But a case of amnesia threatens to blow her cover....
Fixed Bayonets!
Character: Sgt. Lonergan
The story of a platoon during the Korean War. One by one, Corporal Denno's superiors are killed until it comes to the point where he must try to take command responsibility....
Lady of Burlesque
Character: Biff Brannigan
After one member of their group is murdered, the performers at a burlesque house must work together to find out who the killer is before they strike again....
Parole, Inc.
Character: Richard Hendricks
A federal agent's life is in danger when he's exposed while investigating a parole scheme....
The Threat
Character: Detective Ray Williams
A violent escaped con and his gang kidnap the police detective and DA who put him behind bars....
The Big Wheel
Character: Vic Sullivan
The ambitious son of an accomplished race driver struggles to outrun his father's legacy and achieve his own successes....
Smart Woman
Character: Johnny Simons
A crusading DA falls for a defense attorney with a criminal past....
The Model and the Marriage Broker
Character: Doberman
A marriage broker can't resist meddling in the life of a model, with disastrous results....
Mr. District Attorney
Character: Harrington
An assistant district attorney gets mixed-up with a woman who is working for the group that he is investigating....
Something for the Boys
Character: Sergeant Ronald 'Rocky' Fulton
The oddly-assorted Hart cousins: revue singer Blossom, con man Harry, and machinist Chiquita (who gets radio through her teeth!), inherit southern plantation Magnolia Manor, which alas proves to be a "termite trap" and tax liability. Fortunately, Sgt. Rocky Fulton from a nearby army camp appears with a plan to convert the place to a hotel for army wives; but to pay bills until then, they decide to put on a show. Of course, romantic and military complications intervene......
Last of the Redmen
Character: Hawk-Eye / Natty Bumpo
A family-oriented adaption of James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans." As the French-Indian War rages across the untamed territory of the Great Northwest, the embattled wilderness gives birth to a legend -- the proud legend of "The Last of the Red Men." August, 1757, General Montcalm and his Iroquois alalies are on the war path -- and General Munro fears for the lives of his children as they travel to join him at Fort William Henry. Although Munro dispatches a letter urging them to ta...
Man from Frisco
Character: Matt Braddock
Matt Braddock is a civil engineer during World War II who has new ideas for shipbuilding. Braddock tries to establish yards for building prefabricated ships on the West Coast, but he is hindered by the former superintendent of the shipyard, Joel Kennedy. A disappointed lover fails to deliver an important message on welds and it leads to the collapse of a new ship's superstructure and the death of a boy....
It's a Pleasure
Character: Don Martin
A star hockey player with the Wildcats is barred from Hockey for hitting a referee. Through the actions of Chris, Don is able to get a job with Buzz Fletcher's ice-show as the novelty act....
The Eve of St. Mark
Character: Thomas Mulveroy
Quizz West is conscripted into the United States Army in late 1940. Prior to being shipped out first to San Francisco, then the Philippines, Quizz and his hometown girlfriend Janet discuss their future plans....
Bloodhounds of Broadway
Character: Inspector McNamara
A musical comedy based on several Damon Runyon short stories. When a bookie on the run, Robert 'Numbers' Foster, falls for a pretty country songbird, Emily Ann Stackerlee , he'll do anything to help her make it big -- including a stint in jail to pay for his crimes. But will the tough guy's sacrifice of the heart pay off when it comes to his girlfriend's singing career?...
Captain China
Character: Trask
The title character, played by John Payne, is a ship's captain whose embittered behavior after losing his lady love seemingly leads to tragedy. Accused of deliberately scuttling his ship during a typhoon, Captain China hopes to clear himself by signing on as a common seaman on a vessel captain by his former first mate Brendensen. There's no love lost between the two men, and their mutual animosity is intensified when both fall in love with beautiful passenger....
Disc Jockey
Character: Mike Richards
National DJs help a promoter make an unknown girl a star, to prove the power of radio over TV....