Mickey Shaughnessy
Joseph C. Shaughnessy
Birth Date
8/5/1920 (Age 64)Birth Place
New York City, New York, USADeath Date
7/23/1985Departments
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
Best Known For
Cpl. Leva
Hunk Houghton
Peter Boggs
Deputy Stover
Maxie Stultz
Deputy Sheriff Will Motely
Frequent Collaborators
Richard Thorpe
1 film together
Elvis Presley
1 film together
Guy Trosper
1 film together
Fred Zinnemann
1 film together
Burt Lancaster
1 film together
George Duning
2 films together
