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Mickey Shaughnessy
Acting
Born: August 5, 1920
New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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
From Here to Eternity
as Cpl. Leva
How the West Was Won
as Deputy Stover
North to Alaska
as Peter Boggs
Pocketful of Miracles
as Junior
Designing Woman
as Maxie Stultz
Jailhouse Rock
as Hunk Houghton
The Sheepman
as "Jumbo" McCall
Don't Give Up the Ship
as Stan Wychinski
The Hangman
as Al Cruse
Edge of Eternity
as Scotty O'Brien
