Mickey Shaughnessy
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 5 August 1920 · New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- 23 July 1985
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
Known for
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- 2026Elvis: A Life in Music as Self (archive footage)
- 1986Primal Scream as Charlie Waxman
- 1970The Boatniks as Charlie
- 1969My Dog, the Thief as Foley
- 1969Vernon's Volunteers
- 1968Never a Dull Moment as Francis
- 1967A Boy Called Nuthin’ as Sheriff Hoop
- 1964A House Is Not a Home as Police Sergeant John Riordan
- 1964A Global Affair as Police Officer Dugan
- 1962How the West Was Won as Deputy Stover
- 1961Pocketful of Miracles as Junior
- 1961King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein as Jim Kelly
- 1961Dondi as Sergeant
- 1960North to Alaska as Peter Boggs
- 1960College Confidential as Sam Grover
- 1960Sex Kittens Go to College as Boomie
- 1960The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Duke of Bilgewater
- 1959Edge of Eternity as Scotty O'Brien
- 1959Ask Any Girl as Mr. Eager (uncredited)
- 1959Don't Give Up the Ship as Stan Wychinski
- 1959The Hangman as Al Cruse
- 1958A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed as Harold 'Rocky' Baker
- 1958Gunman's Walk as Deputy Sheriff Will Motely
- 1958The Sheepman as "Jumbo" McCall
- 1957Don't Go Near the Water as Farragut Jones
- 1957Until They Sail as US Marine, Store Customer
- 1957Slaughter on 10th Avenue as Solly Pitts
- 1957Slaughter on Tenth Avenue as Solly Pitts
- 1957The Burglar as Dohmer
- 1957Designing Woman as Maxie Stultz
- 1957Jailhouse Rock as Hunk Houghton
- 1955Conquest of Space as Sgt. Mahoney
- 1953From Here to Eternity as Cpl. Leva
- 1953Last of the Comanches as Rusty Potter
- 1952The Marrying Kind as Pat Bundy
- 1944The Princess and the Pirate as Man who brings the beers (uncredited)