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Mickey Shaughnessy

Mickey Shaughnessy

Birthday: 1920-08-05 | Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

​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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1988
Primal Scream

as    Charlie Waxman

1970
The Boatniks

as    Charlie

1969
My Dog the Thief

as    Foley

1968
Never a Dull Moment

as    Francis

1964
A House Is Not a Home

as    Police Sergeant John Riordan

1961
Pocketful of Miracles

as    Junior

1961
Dondi

as    Sergeant

1960
Sex Kittens Go to College

as    Boomie

1960
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

as    Duke of Bilgewater

1960
North to Alaska

as    Peter Boggs

1959
The Hangman

as    Al Cruse

1959
Edge of Eternity

as    Scotty O'Brien

1958
The Sheepman

as    "Jumbo" McCall

1958
Gunman's Walk

as    Deputy Sheriff Will Motely

1957
The Burglar

as    Dohmer

1957
Don't Go Near the Water

as    Farragut Jones

1957
Jailhouse Rock

as    Hunk Houghton

1957
Designing Woman

as    Maxie Stultz

1957
Slaughter on 10th Avenue

as    Solly Pitts

1955
Conquest of Space

as    Sgt. Mahoney

1953
From Here to Eternity

as    Cpl. Leva