Mickey Shaughnessy
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
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Movies (35)
Elvis: A Life in Music
as Self (archive footage)
2026
Primal Scream
as Charlie Waxman
1986
The Boatniks
as Charlie
1970
My Dog, the Thief
as Foley
1969
Vernon's Volunteers
1969
Never a Dull Moment
as Francis
1968
A Boy Called Nuthin’
as Sheriff Hoop
1967
A House Is Not a Home
as Police Sergeant John Riordan
1964
A Global Affair
as Police Officer Dugan
1964
How the West Was Won
as Deputy Stover
1962
Pocketful of Miracles
as Junior
1961
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
as Jim Kelly
1961
Dondi
as Sergeant
1961
North to Alaska
as Peter Boggs
1960
College Confidential
as Sam Grover
1960
Sex Kittens Go to College
as Boomie
1960
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Duke of Bilgewater
1960
Edge of Eternity
as Scotty O'Brien
1959
Ask Any Girl
as Mr. Eager (uncredited)
1959
Don't Give Up the Ship
as Stan Wychinski
1959
The Hangman
as Al Cruse
1959
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
as Harold 'Rocky' Baker
1958
Gunman's Walk
as Deputy Sheriff Will Motely
1958
The Sheepman
as "Jumbo" McCall
1958
Don't Go Near the Water
as Farragut Jones
1957
Until They Sail
as US Marine, Store Customer
1957
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
as Solly Pitts
1957
The Burglar
as Dohmer
1957
Designing Woman
as Maxie Stultz
1957
Jailhouse Rock
as Hunk Houghton
1957
Conquest of Space
as Sgt. Mahoney
1955
From Here to Eternity
as Cpl. Leva
1953
Last of the Comanches
as Rusty Potter
1953
The Marrying Kind
as Pat Bundy
1952
The Princess and the Pirate
as Man who brings the beers (uncredited)
1944
TV Shows (12)
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
The Outsider
1968
Laredo
1965
Run for Your Life
as Morgan
1965
The Legend of Jesse James
as Ab Truxton
1965
Vacation Playhouse
as Coach Mickey Brennan
1963
Going My Way
1962
The Virginian
as Muldoon
1962
One Step Beyond
as Pippo the Clown
1959
Maverick
1957
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948