John Sheehan
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John Sheehan was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Sheehan's earliest roles were in film, including "Fair Warning" (1931), "Criminal Code" (1931) and "The Warrior's Husband" (1933). He also appeared in "Hard to Handle" (1933) with James Cagney, the comedy "The Circus Clown" (1934) with Joe E Brown and "The House of Mystery" (1934) with Ed Lowry. He continued to work s...
Biography
John Sheehan was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Sheehan's earliest roles were in film, including "Fair Warning" (1931), "Criminal Code" (1931) and "The Warrior's Husband" (1933). He also appeared in "Hard to Handle" (1933) with James Cagney, the comedy "The Circus Clown" (1934) with Joe E Brown and "The House of Mystery" (1934) with Ed Lowry. He continued to work steadily in film throughout the thirties, appearing in the Ricardo Cortez mystery "The Case of the Black Cat" (1936), "The Three Godfathers" (1936) with Chester Morris and the William Powell comedy "The Ex-Mrs. Bradford" (1936). He also appeared in the drama "Marked Woman" (1937) with Bette Davis. During the latter part of his career, he continued to act in the romance "King of the Lumberjacks" (1940) with John Payne, the Billy Halop comedic drama "Mob Town" (1941) and "The Pay-Off" (1942). He also appeared in the James Cagney dramedy "Johnny Come Lately" (1943) and the Burt Lancaster crime flick "The Killers" (1946). Most recently, Sheehan worked on "Unauthorized Biography: Milo -- Death of a Supermodel" (Comedy Central, 1997-98).
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
Somebody Loves Me
(1952)
Ticket taker
Pat and Mike
(1952)
Starter
Two Tickets to Broadway
(1951)
Desk clerk
The People Against O'Hara
(1951)
Postal clerk
His Kind of Woman
(1951)
Husband
The Lady and the Bandit
(1951)
Stage hand
Soldiers Three
(1951)
Drunk
The Big Gusher
(1951)
Doctor
Stage to Tucson
(1951)
Bartender
Copper Canyon
(1950)
Miner
Where Danger Lives
(1950)
Quartz miner
Mr. Music
(1950)
Conductor
Copper Canyon
(1950)
Bookeeper
Copper Canyon
(1950)
Southerner
The Doolins of Oklahoma
(1949)
Dunn
Alias Nick Beal
(1949)
Reformer
Top O' the Morning
(1949)
Driver
Red, Hot and Blue
(1949)
Waiter
Adventure in Baltimore
(1949)
Loafer
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
(1948)
Elderly doorman
Beyond Glory
(1948)
4F
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
(1948)
Judge
The Big Clock
(1948)
Blaze of Noon
(1947)
Hit Parade of 1947
(1947)
Doorman
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
(1947)
Vendor
Easy Come, Easy Go
(1947)
Detective
Song of the Thin Man
(1947)
Manager
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now?
(1947)
Stage doorman
That's My Man
(1947)
Pharmacist Simpson
Buck Privates Come Home
(1947)
Drew
California
(1947)
I've Always Loved You
(1946)
Stagehand
Magnificent Doll
(1946)
Janitor
The Killers
(1946)
Doctor
Cinderella Jones
(1946)
Bartender
Three Wise Fools
(1946)
Murphy
Man from Frisco
(1944)
Gang boss
Marine Raiders
(1944)
Spieler
The Hitler Gang
(1944)
German civilian
An American Romance
(1944)
Irish workman
Swingtime Johnny
(1944)
Raffle wheel barker
Irish Eyes Are Smiling
(1944)
Referee, stage manager
Casanova in Burlesque
(1944)
Shakespearean actor
The Man in Half Moon Street
(1944)
Expressman
The Heavenly Body
(1944)
Policeman
Bombardier
(1943)
Congressman
It Ain't Hay
(1943)
Storekeeper
Ladies' Day
(1943)
Producer
Always a Bridesmaid
(1943)
Tramp
The Pay Off
(1943)
Sergeant Brenen
Gangway for Tomorrow
(1943)
Producer Bell
Silent Witness
(1943)
Johnny Come Lately
(1943)
Third cop
Never a Dull Moment
(1943)
Bartender
The Pride of the Yankees
(1943)
Paper hanger
This Gun for Hire
(1942)
Keever
Night in New Orleans
(1942)
Drunk
Broadway
(1942)
Oscar
Woman of the Year
(1942)
Red face
Wake Island
(1942)
Pete Hogan
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
(1942)
Box office man
Jail House Blues
(1942)
Critic
Mug Town
(1942)
Manager
Pittsburgh
(1942)
Bill
Yankee Doodle Dandy
(1942)
Actor
Unfinished Business
(1941)
Mob Town
(1941)
Mr. Loomis
Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case
(1941)
Beanie
Broadway Limited
(1941)
Conductor
Kisses for Breakfast
(1941)
Motorcycle policeman
Bachelor Daddy
(1941)
Manager
The Strawberry Blonde
(1941)
Street cleaner
Melody Lane
(1941)
Bus driver
Las Vegas Nights--"The Last Frontier Town"
(1941)
Bartender
Pacific Blackout
(1941)
Police sergeant
Honky Tonk
(1941)
Citizen
East of the River
(1940)
Bartender
Seven Sinners
(1940)
Drunk
Hullabaloo
(1940)
Manager
Men Against the Sky
(1940)
Sandy Gets Her Man
(1940)
Justice
King of the Lumberjacks
(1940)
Bartender
Hidden Enemy
(1940)
Marden
Margie
(1940)
Mr. Cladwell
Young As You Feel
(1940)
Fire chief
Gold Rush Maisie
(1940)
Drunk
Tin Pan Alley
(1940)
Announcer
Flight Command
(1940)
Mechanic
Millionaires in Prison
(1940)
Third deputy
Mexican Spitfire Out West
(1940)
Janitor
They Made Me a Criminal
(1939)
I'm from Missouri
(1939)
Drunk
The Night of Nights
(1939)
Bartender
Winner Take All
(1939)
Announcer
Wolf Call
(1939)
Grogan
Death of a Champion
(1939)
Officer Clancy
The Jones Family in Quick Millions
(1939)
Fire chief
Slightly Honorable
(1939)
Mike Daley
The Magnificent Fraud
(1939)
First petty officer
Torchy Blane...Playing with Dynamite
(1939)
Desk Sergeant O'Toole
Big Town Czar
(1939)
Ray Norman
Inside Story
(1939)
Jones
Hollywood Hotel
(1938)
Guest
Rascals
(1938)
Mama Runs Wild
(1938)
Snodey
Love on a Budget
(1938)
Fire chief
Youth Takes a Fling
(1938)
Second Communist
A Trip to Paris
(1938)
Fire chief
Down on the Farm
(1938)
Fire chief
Dynamite Delaney
(1938)
Dangerous Holiday
(1937)
Bodyguard
Kid Galahad
(1937)
Reporter
Smart Blonde
(1937)
Blyfuss
All over Town
(1937)
McKee
Night Club Scandal
(1937)
Duffy
Join the Marines
(1937)
O'Day
Island Captives
(1937)
Police captain
Midnight Court
(1937)
Clouter Hoag
Love Takes Flight
(1937)
Spud Johnson
On the Avenue
(1937)
Stage manager
Wake Up and Live
(1937)
Attendant
Marked Woman
(1937)
Vincent
The Great O'Malley
(1937)
Radio car cop
Ticket to Paradise
(1936)
Taxi driver
Three Godfathers
(1936)
Ed. [Barrow]
Here Comes Carter
(1936)
Slugs Dana
Laughing Irish Eyes
(1936)
Joe Cronin
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
(1936)
Murphy
Rose Bowl
(1936)
Orville Jensen
The Case of the Black Cat
(1936)
Sergeant Holcomb
It Had to Happen
(1936)
Pelkey's secretary
Three Men on a Horse
(1936)
Man bettor
Murder Man
(1935)
Sweeny
The Goose and the Gander
(1935)
Murphy
Whipsaw
(1935)
Joe
The Girl from Missouri
(1934)
Brophy
The Personality Kid
(1934)
Thompson
Circus Clown
(1934)
Moxley
The Countess of Monte Cristo
(1934)
Sterner
The House of Mystery
(1934)
Harry Smith
Such Women Are Dangerous
(1934)
Granigan
The Human Side
(1934)
Grady
Now I'll Tell
(1934)
That's Gratitude
(1934)
Publicity man
Little Miss Marker
(1934)
Sun Rise
King for a Night
(1933)
Mannie
The Past of Mary Holmes
(1933)
[Tom] Kincaid
The Warrior's Husband
(1933)
Pokus, a Greek herald
Hard to Handle
(1933)
Editor McGrath
Child of Manhattan
(1933)
Charlie
Grand Slam
(1933)
Player
As the Devil Commands
(1932)
Wilfred Morgan
Hold 'Em Jail
(1932)
[Mike] Maloney
Fair Warning
(1931)
The Criminal Code
(1931)
McManus
Swing High
(1930)
Doc May
Kismet
(1930)
Kazim
Fighting Bob
(1915)
The High Hand
(1915)
Franques
The Last Chapter
(1915)
The Key to Yesterday
(1914)
George Steels
Cast (Short)
Under Southern Stars
(1936)
Alibi Racket
(1935)
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