Mickey Shaughnessy
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
- Maverick (1957)
- The Virginian (1962)
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
- Run for Your Life (1965)
- One Step Beyond (1959)
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956)
- Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
- Laredo (1965)
- The Outsider (1968)
- The Legend of Jesse James (1965)
- Going My Way (1962)
- How the West Was Won (1962)
- From Here to Eternity (1953)
- Jailhouse Rock (1957)
- North to Alaska (1960)
- Gunman's Walk (1958)
- The Princess and the Pirate (1944)
- Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
- Last of the Comanches (1953)
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960)