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