Portrait of Oscar O'Shea

Acting

Oscar O'Shea

Career

Active from 1937 to 1948, busiest in 1938 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles
2
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for Invitation to Happiness
Invitation to Happiness
GoodWatch score66/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 25 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Oscar O'Shea Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.1, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.9, average 2.2
  • Fantasy
    0.5, average 1.7
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.9, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 3
  • Undercover Investigation 2
  • 1930s 2
  • Classic Hollywood 2
  • Nostalgic 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

84
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1940s

46 titles ยท average score 56
One Sunday Afternoon
One Sunday Afternoon (1948)
GoodWatch score 63

as Toby

Senorita from the West
Senorita from the West (1945)

as Dusty

Mystery of the Riverboat
Mystery of the Riverboat (1944)

as Capt. Ethan Perrin

Haunted Harbor
Haunted Harbor (1944)

as John Galbraith [Chs. 1, 7, 15]

The Bashful Bachelor
The Bashful Bachelor (1942)

as Squire Skimp

The Tell-Tale Heart
The Tell-Tale Heart (1941)
GoodWatch score 66

as First Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)

Mutiny in the Arctic
Mutiny in the Arctic (1941)

as Capt. Bob Morrissey

The Officer and the Lady
The Officer and the Lady (1941)

as Dan Regan

Harmon of Michigan
Harmon of Michigan (1941)

as 'Pop' Branch

The Phantom Submarine
The Phantom Submarine (1940)

as Captain Velsar

Always a Bride
Always a Bride (1940)
GoodWatch score 54

as Uncle Dan Jarvis

Pier 13
Pier 13 (1940)

as Skipper Kelly

1930s

38 titles ยท average score 62
Undercover Agent
Undercover Agent (1939)

as Pat Murphy

Invitation to Happiness
Invitation to Happiness (1939)
GoodWatch score 66

as Divorce Judge

Those High Grey Walls
Those High Grey Walls (1939)

as Warden

S.O.S Tidal Wave
S.O.S Tidal Wave (1939)

as Mike Halloran

Missing Evidence
Missing Evidence (1939)

as John C. 'Pop' Andrews

Big Town Czar
Big Town Czar (1939)

as Pa Daley

Mannequin
Mannequin (1938)
GoodWatch score 62

as 'Pa' Cassidy

Stablemates
Stablemates (1938)
GoodWatch score 65

as Pete Whalen

International Crime
International Crime (1938)
GoodWatch score 40

as Heath

The Canary Comes Across
The Canary Comes Across (1938)

as Warden Clayton

Rebellious Daughters
Rebellious Daughters (1938)

as Dad Elliott

Big City
Big City (1937)
GoodWatch score 65

as John C. Andrews