1962Nominee
Best Performance
How the West Was Won
Mickey Shaughnessy
Actor
New York City, New York, USA
August 5, 1920
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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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1957Nominee
Best Performance
Jailhouse Rock
1953Nominee
Best Performance
From Here to Eternity
Career Highlights
1958Highlight
Best Performance
Gunman's Walk
1960Highlight
Best Performance
North to Alaska
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How the West Was Won
Jailhouse Rock
From Here to Eternity