Mickey Shaughnessy
Department: Acting
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
Pocketful of Miracles
1961
North to Alaska
1960
From Here to Eternity
1953
Never a Dull Moment
1968
Conquest of Space
1955
Designing Woman
1957
The Burglar
1957
Last of the Comanches
1953
The Boatniks
1970
Gunman's Walk
1958
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
1961
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960
Jailhouse Rock
1957
My Dog, the Thief
1969
College Confidential
1960
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
1957
Edge of Eternity
1959
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
1958
Don't Go Near the Water
1957
A Global Affair
1964
Don't Give Up the Ship
1959
Sex Kittens Go to College
1960
A House Is Not a Home
1964
The Sheepman
1958
Dondi
1961
The Hangman
1959
Until They Sail
1957
How the West Was Won
1962
Primal Scream
1986
Ask Any Girl
1959
A Boy Called Nuthin’
1967
Vernon's Volunteers
1969
Elvis: A Life in Music
2026
The Marrying Kind
1952
The Princess and the Pirate
1944
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Laredo
1965
Going My Way
1962
Run for Your Life
1965
The Virginian
1962
One Step Beyond
1959
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
The Legend of Jesse James
1965
Vacation Playhouse
1963
The Outsider
1968
Maverick
1957
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948