Mickey Shaughnessy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Joseph Michael "Mickey" Shaughnessy (August 5, 1920 - July 23, 1985) was an Irish American character actor who specialized in playing lovable, but not-too-bright lugs. One of his best-known roles was as the tough, experienced mentor of Elvis Presley's character in Jailhouse Rock. The New York City-born Shaughnessy died at the age of 64 of lung cancer at Cape May Court House, New Jersey. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mickey Shaughnessy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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- Born:
- Aug 5, 1920 In New York City, New York, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 38
- First Appeared:
- In the series The Ed Sullivan Show 1948-06-20
- Latest Project:
- Movie Primal Scream 1988-09-29
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Primal Scream | Charlie Waxman | 1988-09-29 |
| Series | Alias Smith and Jones | Unknown | 1971-01-05 |
| Movie | The Boatniks | Charlie | 1970-07-01 |
| Movie | My Dog the Thief | Foley | 1969-09-21 |
| Movie | Never a Dull Moment | Francis | 1968-06-26 |
| Series | The Outsider | Unknown | 1968-09-18 |
| Series | Run for Your Life | Unknown | 1965-09-13 |
| Series | Laredo | Unknown | 1965-09-16 |
| Movie | A Global Affair | Police Officer Dugan | 1964-01-30 |
| Movie | A House Is Not a Home | Police Sergeant John Riordan | 1964-08-12 |
| Series | The Virginian | Unknown | 1962-09-19 |
| Movie | How the West Was Won | Deputy Stover | 1962-11-02 |
| Movie | Dondi | Sergeant | 1961-03-26 |
| Movie | King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein | Jim Kelly | 1961-06-11 |
| Movie | Pocketful of Miracles | Junior | 1961-12-18 |
| Movie | Sex Kittens Go to College | Boomie | 1960-08-24 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Duke of Bilgewater | 1960-07-21 |
| Movie | College Confidential | Sam Grover | 1960-08-26 |
| Movie | North to Alaska | Peter Boggs | 1960-11-07 |
| Movie | The Hangman | Al Cruse | 1959-06-17 |
| Movie | Don't Give Up the Ship | Stan Wychinski | 1959-07-03 |
| Series | One Step Beyond | Unknown | 1959-01-20 |
| Movie | Ask Any Girl | Mr. Eager (uncredited) | 1959-08-21 |
| Movie | Edge of Eternity | Scotty O'Brien | 1959-11-02 |
| Movie | The Sheepman | "Jumbo" McCall | 1958-05-01 |
| Movie | Gunman's Walk | Deputy Sheriff Will Motely | 1958-07-01 |
| Movie | A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed | Harold 'Rocky' Baker | 1958-12-01 |
| Movie | The Burglar | Dohmer | 1957-06-01 |
| Movie | Slaughter on 10th Avenue | Solly Pitts | 1957-09-01 |
| Movie | Designing Woman | Maxie Stultz | 1957-05-16 |
| Movie | Don't Go Near the Water | Farragut Jones | 1957-11-14 |
| Movie | Jailhouse Rock | Hunk Houghton | 1957-11-08 |
| Movie | Until They Sail | US Marine, Store Customer | 1957-10-08 |
| Series | Maverick | Unknown | 1957-09-22 |
| Movie | Conquest of Space | Sgt. Mahoney | 1955-04-20 |
| Movie | From Here to Eternity | Cpl. Leva | 1953-08-28 |
| Movie | Last of the Comanches | Rusty Potter | 1953-02-01 |
| Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |