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Al Shean

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Abraham Elieser Adolph Schönberg (12 May 1868 – 12 August 1949), known as Al Shean, was a comedian and vaudeville performer. Other sources give his birth name variously as Adolf Schönberg, Albert Schönberg, or Alfred Schönberg.[6] He is most remembered for being half of the vaudeville team Gallagher and Shean, and as the uncle of the Marx Brothers. Shean was born in Dornum, Germany, on 12 May 1868, the son of Fanny and Levi or Louis Schoenberg. His father was a magician. His sister, Minnie, married Sam "Frenchie" Marx; their children would become the Marx Brothers. After making a name for himself in vaudeville, Shean teamed up with Edward Gallagher to create the act Gallagher and Shean in the 1920s. While the act was successful, the men apparently did not like each other much. After their act's final Ziegfeld Follies pairing, Shean went on to perform solo in eight Broadway shows, even playing the title character in Father Malachy's Miracle. Shean had some solo film roles: as the piano player, known as "The Professor" in San Francisco (1936), as a priest in Hitler's Madman (1943), as grandfather in The Blue Bird (1940), and in some three dozen other films. He and Gallagher also made an early sound film at the Theodore Case studio in Auburn, New York, in 1925. He died on 12 August 1949.


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Born:
May 12, 1868 In Dornum, Province of Hanover, Kingdom of Prussia
Movie/TV Credits:
26
First Appeared:
In the movie Chills and Fever 1930-04-26
Latest Project:
Movie That's Entertainment, Part II 1976-05-16
Known For
Poster of At Sea Ashore
Poster of Hitch Hike To Heaven
Poster of Traveling Saleslady
Poster of Symphony of Living
Filmography
Movie That's Entertainment, Part II (archive footage) 1976-05-16
Movie Atlantic City Al Shean 1944-09-15
Movie Hitler's Madman Father Cemlanek 1943-06-10
Movie Crime Doctor Dave, a Convict 1943-06-22
Movie The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady Old Dann 1942-07-04
Movie Ziegfeld Girl Al 1941-04-25
Movie The Blue Bird Grandpa Tyl 1940-01-15
Movie Friendly Neighbors Doc 1940-11-17
Movie Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President Father Reicher 1939-12-01
Movie Broadway Serenade Herman 1939-04-07
Movie Too Hot to Handle Gumpert 1938-09-16
Movie The Great Waltz Cellist 1938-11-04
Movie The Road Back Markheim 1937-06-01
Movie It Could Happen to You Max 'Pa' Barrett 1937-06-28
Movie Tim Tyler's Luck Professor Tyler 1937-12-27
Movie Live, Love and Learn Professor Fraum 1937-10-29
Movie Hitch Hike To Heaven Herman Blatz 1936-03-12
Movie At Sea Ashore Adolph Rumplemeyer 1936-04-04
Movie San Francisco Professor 1936-06-26
Movie Symphony of Living Adolph Greig 1935-01-19
Movie Sweet Music Sigmund Selzer 1935-02-23
Movie Page Miss Glory Mr. Hamburgher 1935-09-07
Movie Traveling Saleslady Schmidt 1935-03-28
Movie It's in the Air Mr. Johnson 1935-10-10
Movie Music in the Air Dr. Walter Lessing 1934-12-13
Movie Chills and Fever Betty's Uncle Emil 1930-04-26