Mickey Shaughnessy
Acting • Born 1920-08-05 – Died 1985-07-23
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
Filmography
47 credits
Pocketful of Miracles
Movie • 1961
Junior
North to Alaska
Movie • 1960
Peter Boggs
From Here to Eternity
Movie • 1953
Cpl. Leva
Never a Dull Moment
Movie • 1968
Francis
Conquest of Space
Movie • 1955
Sgt. Mahoney
Designing Woman
Movie • 1957
Maxie Stultz
The Burglar
Movie • 1957
Dohmer
Last of the Comanches
Movie • 1953
Rusty Potter
The Boatniks
Movie • 1970
Charlie
Gunman's Walk
Movie • 1958
Deputy Sheriff Will Motely
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Movie • 1961
Jim Kelly
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Movie • 1960
Duke of Bilgewater
Jailhouse Rock
Movie • 1957
Hunk Houghton
My Dog, the Thief
Movie • 1969
Foley
College Confidential
Movie • 1960
Sam Grover
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
Movie • 1957
Solly Pitts
Edge of Eternity
Movie • 1959
Scotty O'Brien
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
Movie • 1958
Harold 'Rocky' Baker
Don't Go Near the Water
Movie • 1957
Farragut Jones
A Global Affair
Movie • 1964
Police Officer Dugan
Don't Give Up the Ship
Movie • 1959
Stan Wychinski
Sex Kittens Go to College
Movie • 1960
Boomie
A House Is Not a Home
Movie • 1964
Police Sergeant John Riordan
The Sheepman
Movie • 1958
"Jumbo" McCall
Dondi
Movie • 1961
Sergeant
The Hangman
Movie • 1959
Al Cruse
Until They Sail
Movie • 1957
US Marine, Store Customer
How the West Was Won
Movie • 1962
Deputy Stover
Primal Scream
Movie • 1986
Charlie Waxman
Ask Any Girl
Movie • 1959
Mr. Eager (uncredited)
A Boy Called Nuthin’
Movie • 1967
Sheriff Hoop
Vernon's Volunteers
Movie • 1969
Elvis: A Life in Music
Movie • 2026
Self (archive footage)
The Marrying Kind
Movie • 1952
Pat Bundy
The Princess and the Pirate
Movie • 1944
Man who brings the beers (uncredited)
Alias Smith and Jones
TV • 1971
Laredo
TV • 1965
Going My Way
TV • 1962
Run for Your Life
TV • 1965
Morgan
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Muldoon
One Step Beyond
TV • 1959
Pippo the Clown
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV • 1956
Self
The Legend of Jesse James
TV • 1965
Ab Truxton
Vacation Playhouse
TV • 1963
Coach Mickey Brennan
The Outsider
TV • 1968
Maverick
TV • 1957
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self