Michael O'Shea

Acting

Michael O'Shea

Born 1906-03-17 · Hartford, Connecticut, USA

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.

Acting credits

It Should Happen to You poster
7.1

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.

It Should Happen to You

1954

Lady of Burlesque poster
5.4

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.

Lady of Burlesque

1943

Fixed Bayonets! poster
6.5

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.

Fixed Bayonets!

1951

The Underworld Story poster
6.3

A blacklisted reporter brings his shady ways to a small-town newspaper after being fired from a big city daily.

The Underworld Story

1950

The Big Wheel poster
5.7

The ambitious son of an accomplished race driver struggles to outrun his father's legacy and achieve his own successes.

The Big Wheel

1949

Bloodhounds of Broadway poster
6.9

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?

Bloodhounds of Broadway

1952

Captain China poster
5.5

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.

Captain China

1950

The Model and the Marriage Broker poster
6.5

A marriage broker can't resist meddling in the life of a model, with disastrous results.

The Model and the Marriage Broker

1951

Something for the Boys poster
6.5

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...

Something for the Boys

1944

It's a Pleasure poster
5.2

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.

It's a Pleasure

1945

Mr. District Attorney poster
6.5

An assistant district attorney gets mixed-up with a woman who is working for the group that he is investigating.

Mr. District Attorney

1947

Circumstantial Evidence poster
5.2

A man waits on death row while his son and friend try to prove that he did not kill a grocer with an ax.

Circumstantial Evidence

1945

Last of the Redmen poster
5.7

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 take refuge at Fort Edward until the road is safe, an Iroquois scout intercepts the warning. So Major Duncan Hayward is unaware of the danger as he escorts Alice Munro, her sister Cora, and her young brother Davy from the sanctuary of the fort. When their guide Magua, a vengeful Iroquois played by Buster Crabbe, betrays them, only one man can save the travelers from his savage trap.

Last of the Redmen

1947

Smart Woman poster
5.5

A crusading DA falls for a defense attorney with a criminal past.

Smart Woman

1948

The Threat poster
6.0

A violent escaped con and his gang kidnap the police detective and DA who put him behind bars.

The Threat

1949

The Eve of St. Mark poster
5.9

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.

The Eve of St. Mark

1944

Disc Jockey poster
10.0

National DJs help a promoter make an unknown girl a star, to prove the power of radio over TV.

Disc Jockey

1951

Jack London poster
6.1

The adventurous and remarkable life of the US writer Jack London (1876-1916).

Jack London

1943

Violence poster
5.5

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.

Violence

1947

Man from Frisco poster
6.5

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.

Man from Frisco

1944

Parole, Inc. poster
5.2

A federal agent's life is in danger when he's exposed while investigating a parole scheme.

Parole, Inc.

1948