JACK O'SHEA
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Date of Birth
April 6, 1906
San Francisco, California, USA
Date of Death
October 1, 1967 (age 61)
Paradise, California, USA
Real Name
Jack Rellaford
Trivia
Heavy-set, mustachioed character actor with a penchant for playing
Mexican bandidos and other assorted Western heavies.
He also worked occasionally as stunt double for Leo Carrillo and Orson Welles.
Retired to operate an antique shop in Paradise, California.
Mini- Biography
Born two weeks before the great San Francisco earthquake,
Jack O'Shea held down a variety of jobs before entering films in 1938.
Nearly always cast as swarthy, mustachioed Western villains,
he more than earned his billing as "Black Jack O'Shea" and "the Man You Love to Hate."
An able stunt man, he doubled for such stocky performers as Lou Costello,
Leo Carrillo, and Orson Welles. Retiring from films in the mid-'50s,
Jack O'Shea kept busy as the proprietor of an antique shop in Paradiso, CA
, where he briefly served as honorary mayor (given his unsavory screen image,
one wonders if he fixed the election).
~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Filmography
Actor
1959-1961 Maverick (TV series)
Messenger / Poker Player / Townsman
– Maverick at Law (1961) … Townsman (uncredited)
– A Tale of Three Cities (1959) … Poker Player (uncredited)
– The Saga of Waco Williams (1959) … Messenger (uncredited)
1953-1959 Death Valley Days (TV series)
Stage Passenger / Townsman
– Stagecoach Spy (1959) … Stage Passenger
– Reno (1955)
– Death and Taxes (1955)
– The Light on the Mountain (1954)
– Eleven Thousand Miners Can't Be Wrong (1954)
In all 7 episodes »
1953-1957 The Roy Rogers Show (TV series)
Banker / Bus Driver / Café Patron Jack / …
– Junior Outlaw (1957) … Bus Driver
– Deadlock at Dark Canyon (1957) … Deputy Bradley (uncredited)
– Paleface Justice (1956)
– Head for Cover (1956) … Town Banker (uncredited)
– Smoking Guns (1956) … Claims Agent Pierce
In all 13 episodes »
1956 Blazing the Overland Trail...Outlaw (uncredited)
1956 The Maverick Queen...Waiter (uncredited)
1956 Sky King (TV series)– Land o' Cotton (1956) … Mexican Worker
1955 The Mickey Rooney Show (TV series)– The Wedding Present (1955) … Man in Corridor
1954 Annie Oakley (TV series)
Townsman / Townsman Watching Fight
– Annie and the Outlaw's Son (1954) … Townsman (uncredited)
– Outlaw Mesa (1954) … Townsman (uncredited)
– Annie Meets Some Tenderfeet (1954) … Townsman Watching Fight (uncredited)
1954 The Desperado...Jury Foreman (uncredited)
1954 The Forty-Niners...Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1954 Jubilee Trail...Corporal (uncredited)
1953 The Adventures of Kit Carson (TV series)– Marshal of Gun Town (1953) … Hotel Clerk
1953 Savage Frontier...Townsman (uncredited)
1953 A Perilous Journey...Cook (uncredited)
1953 Star of Texas...Bartender (uncredited)
1952 The Frontier Phantom...Prisoner
1951 Overland Telegraph...Pete (uncredited)
1951 Cave of Outlaws...Townsman (uncredited)
1951 Valley of Fire...Man at Dance (uncredited)
1951 Hot Lead...Card Player (uncredited)
1951 The Hills of Utah...Henchman (uncredited)
1951 Silver Canyon...Guerrilla (uncredited)
1951 Kentucky Jubilee...Henchman
1951 In Old Amarillo...Man on Wagon (uncredited)
1951 Whirlwind...Townsman (uncredited)
1951 Wanted: Dead or Alive...Prisoner Shane (uncredited)
1951 The Range Rider (TV series)
Henchman / Man Exiting Store / The Wrangler
– Diablo Pass (1951) … Man Exiting Store (uncredited)
– False Trail (1951) … Henchman (uncredited)
– Last of the Pony Express (1951) … The Wrangler (uncredited)
1950 The Savage Horde...Town Marshal (uncredited)
1950 The Arizona Cowboy...Waiter (uncredited)
1949 The Fighting Kentuckian...Militiaman (uncredited)
1949 Roll, Thunder, Roll!...Replaced (credit only)
1949 Brimstone...Pete (uncredited)
1949 King of the Rocket Men...Walter- Eastern Electronics' Clerk [Ch. 6] (uncredited)
1949 Law of the Golden West...Hotel Worker (uncredited)
1949 Prince of the Plains...Stage Driver (uncredited)
1949 Ghost of Zorro...Freight Agent [Chap's 1, 4]
1949 The Last Bandit...Smitty (uncredited)
1949 Ride, Ryder, Ride!...Henchman Blackjack
1949 Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc....Ali [Chs. 1, 10-12]
1949 Sheriff of Wichita...Henchman Joe
1949 Outlaw Country...Señor Cordova
1948 The Far Frontier...Border Guard (uncredited)
1948 Sundown in Santa Fe...Steve, Townsman (uncredited)
1948 The Plunderers...Bartender (uncredited)
1948 G-Men Never Forget...Slater - Benson's Aide
1947 Under Colorado Skies...Mob Agitator (uncredited)
1947 King of the Bandits...Bartender (uncredited)
1947 The Black Widow...Finnegan, Cornwall Co. Foreman [Ch. 2-3, 9] (uncredited)
1947 Bowery BuckaroosJose (Katherine's servant)
1947 Wyoming...Bartender Steve
1947 Flashing Guns...Henchman Sagebrush
1947 Oregon Trail Scouts...Henchman (uncredited)
1947 Yankee Fakir...Townsman (uncredited)
1947 Twilight on the Rio Grande...Mike the Bartender (uncredited)
1947 The Ghost Goes Wild...Truck Driver (uncredited)
1947 Law of the Lash...Gang Leader Decker, aka Dude Bracken
1947 Vigilantes of Boomtown...Referee (uncredited)
1947 Angel and the Badman...Barfly (uncredited)
1947 Son of Zorro...Henchman Hood [Ch. 10]
1946 Stars Over Texas...Ringo Evans, Cross E Ranch
1946 Plainsman and the Lady...Bartender (uncredited)
1946 Her Sister's Secret...San Verde Resort Driver (uncredited)
1946 Outlaws of the Plains...Henchman Ralph Emory
1946 Rio Grande Raiders...Ramsey
1946 Overland Riders...Vic Landreau
1946 The Last Crooked Mile...Carnival Barker (uncredited)
1946 Conquest of Cheyenne...Townsman (uncredited)
1946 Daughter of Don Q...Juan Perez [Chs.1-2] (uncredited)
1946 Night Train to Memphis...Powder Man (uncredited)
1946 Tumbleweed Trail...Gringo, Imported Gunman
1946 In Old Sacramento...Bartender (uncredited)
1946 The Caravan Trail...Killer
1946 Alias Billy the Kid...Puts Up Wanted Poster (uncredited)
1946 Romance of the West...Fake Marshal (uncredited)
1946 God's Country...Shorty (uncredited)
1946 The Phantom Rider...Henchman [Ch. 5] (uncredited)
1945 Wagon Wheels Westward...Barfly (uncredited)
1945 The Bride Wasn't Willing...Barfly (uncredited)
1945 Dakota...Bartender (uncredited)
1945 The Tiger Woman...Louie (uncredited)
1945 Rough Riders of Cheyenne...Benji
1945 Marshal of Laredo...Gambler Spud (uncredited)
1945 Sunset in El Dorado...Croupier (uncredited)
1945 Love, Honor and Goodbye...Man at 'Happy Land' (uncredited)
1945 Bandits of the Badlands...Ranger Red
1945 The Cheaters...Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1945 Federal Operator 99...Baker (uncredited)
1945 Gangs of the Waterfront...Ortega
1945 Man from Oklahoma...Trinket-Hawker (uncredited)
1945 The Chicago Kid...Hoodlum (uncredited)
1945 Santa Fe Saddlemates...Bartender Charlie (uncredited)
1945 Flame of the Barbary Coast...Barnes, the Dice Table Croupier (uncredited)
1945 Stolen Time...Barfly (uncredited)
1945 Earl Carroll Vanities...Cab Driver (uncredited)
1945 Sheriff of Cimarron...Henchman Shad
1945 The Topeka Terror...Henchman (uncredited)
1945 The Great Flamarion...Stagehand (uncredited)
1944 The Big Bonanza...Barfly (uncredited)
1944 Firebrands of Arizona...Ranch Hand (uncredited)
1944 Faces in the Fog...Juror (uncredited)
1944 Zorro's Black Whip...Defender (uncredited)
1944 Sheriff of Sundown...Henchman (uncredited)
1944 End of the Road...Kopp (uncredited)
1944 Code of the Prairie...Townsman (uncredited)
1944 Cheyenne Wildcat...Bank Customer (uncredited)
1944 Stagecoach to Monterey...Jim Booley (uncredited)
1944 Haunted Harbor...Second Ambush Thug [Ch. 3] (uncredited)
1944 The San Antonio Kid...Nick
1944 Bordertown Trail...Henchman (uncredited)
1944 Song of Nevada...Sheriff (uncredited)
1944 Call of the Rockies...Miner Sam Foster (uncredited)
1944 The Desert Hawk (uncredited)
1944 Marshal of Reno...Barfly (uncredited)
1944 The Yellow Rose of Texas...Deputy (uncredited)
1944 Cowboy and the Senorita...Townsman Explaining Crisis to Teddy (uncredited)
1944 Outlaws of Santa Fe...Henchman (uncredited)
1944 Captain America...Express Truck Crewman [Ch. 5] (uncredited)
1944 The Fighting Seabees...Arriving Construction Worker (uncredited)
1944 Hands Across the Border...Deputy (uncredited)
1943 California Joe...Townsman (uncredited)
1943 Overland Mail Robbery...Stageline Employee (uncredited)
1943 The Masked Marvel...Deserted House/Explosives Thug (uncredited)
1943 Man from Music Mountain...Tom Smith (uncredited)
1943 The Man from the Rio Grande...Townsman (uncredited)
1943 Wagon Tracks West...Townsman (uncredited)
1943 A Lady Takes a Chance...Gambler (uncredited)
1943 Silver Spurs...Henchman (uncredited)
1943 Secret Service in Darkest Africa...Marga [Ch. 2] (uncredited)
1943 Song of Texas...Bill (uncredited)
1943 The Man from Thunder River...Cave Henchman (uncredited)
1943 Riders of the Rio Grande...Butch, 3rd 'Cherokee Boy' (uncredited)
1943 Raiders of San Joaquin...Stage Bandit
1943 Daredevils of the West...Red Gulch Citizen [Ch. 12] (uncredited)
1943 King of the Cowboys...Carnival Worker (uncredited)
1943 Idaho...Payroll Truck Driver (uncredited)
1943 Carson City Cyclone...Helps Wounded Garrett (uncredited)
1943 Thundering Trails...Show spectator (uncredited)
1943 The Adventures of Smilin' Jack...Honolulu Police-Car Driver [Chs. 11-12] (uncredited)
1942 Valley of Hunted Men...Radio Operator (uncredited)
1942 Outlaws of Pine Ridge...Barfly (uncredited)
1942 Overland Mail...Freighter (uncredited)
1942 Bells of Capistrano...Roustabout (uncredited)
1942 Sunset Serenade...Sylvia's Driver (uncredited)
1942 Call of the Canyon...Man Watching Pie-Eating Contest (uncredited)
1942 Sabotage Squad...Bus Passenger (uncredited)
1942 The Sombrero Kid...Juror (uncredited)
1942 A Yank in Libya...Arab (uncredited)
1942 Sons of the Pioneers..Pete (uncredited)
1942 Perils of Nyoka...Tuareg (uncredited)
1942 In Old California...Saloon Patron (uncredited)
Jack O'Shea made over 200 movies,
and appeared in 6 movies that starred Duke
He was part of the
John Wayne Stock Company,
appearing in 2 early movies for Duke's productions
The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)...Militiaman (uncredited)
Angel and the Badman (1947)...Barfly (uncredited)
Dakota (1945) ...Bartender (uncredited)
Flame of the Barbary Coast (1945)...Barnes, the Dice Table Croupier (uncredited)
The Fighting Seabees (1944)...Arriving Construction Worker (uncredited)
In Old California (1942)...Saloon Patron (uncredited)
