Jack Shea

Acting
1913-04-24
Rockford, Illinois, USA

Known For & Full Filmography48 Titles

#1Perry Mason

Drama Series - 1957, 16 episodes as Officer #5

7.7 / 10
MysteryDramaCrime

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.

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#2The Andy Griffith Show

Drama Series - 1960, 16 episodes as Jed Hanson

7.6 / 10
ComedyFamily

The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays the widowed sheriff of the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina. His life is complicated by an inept, but well-meaning deputy, Barney Fife, a spinster aunt and housekeeper, Aunt Bee, and a precocious young son, Opie. Local ne'er-do-wells, bumbling pals, and temperamental girlfriends further complicate his life. Andy Griffith stated in a Today Show interview, with respect to the time period of the show: "Well, though we never said it, and though it was shot in the '60s, it had a feeling of the '30s. It was when we were doing it, of a time gone by." The series never placed lower than seventh in the Nielsen ratings and ended its final season at number one. It has been ranked by TV Guide as the 9th-best show in American television history. Though neither Griffith nor the show won awards during its eight-season run, series co-stars Knotts and Bavier accumulated a combined total of six Emmy Awards. The show, a semi-spin-off from an episode of The Danny Thomas Show titled "Danny Meets Andy Griffith", spawned its own spin-off series, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., a sequel series, Mayberry R.F.D., and a reunion telemovie, Return to Mayberry. The show's enduring popularity has generated a good deal of show-related merchandise. Reruns currently air on TV Land, and the complete series is available on DVD. All eight seasons are also now available by streaming video services such as Netflix.

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#3Richard Diamond, Private Detective

Drama Series - 1957, 16 episodes as Officer

6.8 / 10
CrimeDramaAction & Adventure

Richard Diamond, Private Detective is an American detective drama which aired on radio from 1949 to 1953, and on television from 1957 to 1960.

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#4I Led Three Lives

Drama Series - 1953, 16 episodes as Alvin Bolt

8.0 / 10
Drama

I Led Three Lives is an American drama series which was syndicated by Ziv Television Programs from October 1, 1953 to January 1, 1956. The series stars Richard Carlson. The show was a companion piece of sorts to the radio drama I Was a Communist for the FBI, which dealt with a similar subject and was also syndicated by Ziv from 1952 to 1954.

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#5The Alaskans

Drama Series - 1959, 16 episodes as Green

6.7 / 10
WesternDrama

The Alaskans is a 1959-1960 ABC/Warner Brothers western television series set during the late 1890s in the port of Skagway, Alaska. The show features Roger Moore as "Silky Harris" and Jeff York as "Reno McKee", a pair of adventurers intent on swindling travelers bound for the Yukon Territories during the height of the Klondike Gold Rush. Their plans are inevitably complicated by the presence of singer "Rocky Shaw", "an entertainer with a taste for the finer things in life". The show was the first regular work on American television for the British actor Roger Moore.

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#6The Asphalt Jungle

Movie - 1950, 2h 15m as Policeman (uncredited)

7.5 / 10
CrimeDrama

Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.

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#7Pocketful of Miracles

Movie - 1961, 2h 15m as Hotel Doorman (uncredited)

7.3 / 10
ComedyDrama

A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.

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#8On the Town

Movie - 1949, 2h 15m as Tough Marine in Subway (uncredited)

7.0 / 10
ComedyRomance

Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.

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#9The Three Musketeers

Movie - 1948, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

6.8 / 10
AdventureRomance

In 17th century France, young D'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends three legendary musketeers—Athos, Porthos, and Aramis—and together, they become embroiled in the political intrigue surrounding King Louis XIII and his adversaries, particularly the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.

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#10Revlon Mirror Theatre

Drama Series - 1953, 16 episodes as Detective

8.8 / 10

Also known as 'Mirror Theater', this was an American anthology drama television series.

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#11Somebody Up There Likes Me

Movie - 1956, 2h 15m as Prison Guard (uncredited)

7.2 / 10
Drama

The story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.

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#12Battle Cry

Movie - 1955, 2h 15m as Baltimore Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited)

5.8 / 10
WarDramaRomance

The dramatic story of US Marines in training, in combat, and in love, during World War II. The story centers on a major who guides the raw recruits from their training to combat.

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#13Christmas in July

Movie - 1940, 2h 15m as Coworker (uncredited)

7.0 / 10
ComedyRomance

An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying the girl he loves. His latest attempt is the Maxford House Coffee Slogan Contest. As a joke, some of his co-workers put together a fake telegram which says that he won the $25,000 grand prize.

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#14Detective Story

Movie - 1951, 2h 15m as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

7.1 / 10
CrimeDrama

Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. An embittered cop, Det. Jim McLeod, leads a precinct of characters in their grim daily battle with the city's lowlife. The characters who pass through the precinct over the course of the day include a young petty embezzler, a pair of burglars, and a naive shoplifter.

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#15Mystery Street

Movie - 1950, 2h 15m as Policeman (uncredited)

6.8 / 10
CrimeThriller

When a young woman's skeletal remains turn up on a Massachusetts beach, Barnstable cop Peter Moralas teams with Boston police and uses forensics, with the help of a Harvard professor, to determine the woman's identity, how she died, and who killed her.

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#16This Land Is Mine

Movie - 1943, 2h 15m as Burly Cop

7.1 / 10
DramaWar

Somewhere in Europe, in a city occupied by the Nazis, a gentle school teacher finds himself torn between collaboration and resistance, cowardice and courage.

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#17The Racket

Movie - 1951, 2h 15m as Night Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

6.3 / 10
CrimeThriller

The big national crime syndicate has moved into town, partnering up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon. McQuigg, the only honest police captain on the force, and his loyal patrolman, Johnson, take on the violent Nick.

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#18This Above All

Movie - 1942, 2h 15m as British Soldier in Bar

6.8 / 10
DramaRomanceWar

In 1940 England, aristocratic Prudence Cathaway alarms her snobbish parents by joining the WAF service branch. She soon meets and falls in love with the brooding Clive Briggs, despite his prejudice against the upper classes, and agrees to spend a week with him at a Dover hotel. When Clive's soldier friend, Monty, arrives to retrieve him, Prudence learns that Clive went AWOL after Dunkirk, and urges him to recall why England must fight the war.

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#19Too Late for Tears

Movie - 1949, 2h 15m as Policeman (uncredited)

6.8 / 10
CrimeThriller

Through a fluke circumstance, a ruthless woman stumbles across a suitcase filled with $60,000, and is determined to hold onto it even if it means murder.

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#20The Glass Key

Movie - 1942, 2h 15m as Policeman (uncredited)

6.6 / 10
CrimeMysteryThriller

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

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#21Bannerline

Movie - 1951, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

6.8 / 10
Drama

A young crusading reporter in a small town tackles civic corruption.

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#22An American Dream

Movie - 1966, 2h 15m as Police Detective

5.0 / 10
DramaThriller

Stephen Rojack is a decorated war vet who has now found success as an outspoken television personality. During a vicious argument with his wife, Deborah, Stephen snaps and pushes her from his high-rise apartment to her death. He manages to convince the authorities that she killed herself, then reignites an old affair with singer Cherry McMahon -- which doesn't sit well with her jealous mobster boyfriend, Nicky.

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#23Rio Rita

Movie - 1942, 2h 15m as Hotel Guest (uncredited)

6.0 / 10
ComedyMusic

Doc and Wishey run into some Nazi-agents, who want to smuggle bombs into the USA from a Mexican border hotel.

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#24Kansas City Confidential

Movie - 1952, 2h 15m as Policeman (uncredited)

7.1 / 10
Crime

An ex-convict sets out to uncover who framed him for an armored car robbery.

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#25Road to Utopia

Movie - 1946, 2h 15m as Departing Ship Passenger (uncredited)

6.7 / 10
AdventureComedyMusic

While on a ship to Skagway, Alaska, Duke and Chester find a map to a secret gold mine, which had been 'stolen' by thugs. In Alaska to recover her father's map, Sal Van Hoyden falls in with Ace Larson, who secretly wants to steal the gold mine for himself. Duke, Chester, the thugs, Ace and his henchman chase each other all over the countryside—for the map.

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#26The Male Animal

Movie - 1942, 2h 15m as Rally Spectator (uncredited)

4.5 / 10
ComedyRomance

The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists. Trustee Ed Keller has also threatened mild mannered English Professor Tommy Turner, because he plans to read a controversial piece of prose in class. Tommy is upset that his wife Ellen also suggested he not read the passage. Meanwhile, Ellen's old boyfriend, the football player Joe Ferguson, comes to visit for the homecoming weekend. He takes Ellen out dancing after the football rally, causing Tommy to worry that he will lose her to Joe.

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#27Wake Island

Movie - 1942, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

5.9 / 10
WarActionDrama

In late 1941, with no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island base.

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#28Undercover Maisie

Movie - 1947, 2h 15m as Detective Lieutenant Wellman (uncredited)

8.0 / 10
CrimeMysteryComedy

Maisie Revere, a showgirl stranded in Los Angeles, decides to join the local police department on the persuasion of Lieutenant Paul Scott who wants to use her as an undercover agent to expose a conman.

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#29The Incredible Mr. Limpet

Movie - 1964, 2h 15m as Sailor (uncredited)

6.2 / 10
AnimationFamilyComedy

Milquetoast Henry Limpet experiences his fondest wish and is transformed into a fish. As a talking fish he assists the US Navy in hunting German submarines during World War II.

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#30The Pride of the Yankees

Movie - 1942, 2h 15m as Hammond (uncredited)

7.4 / 10
DramaFamily

The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.

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#31The Wheeler Dealers

Movie - 1963, 2h 15m as Bonaparte (uncredited)

6.3 / 10
ComedyRomance

Henry J. Tyroon leaves Texas, where his oil wells are drying up, and arrives in New York with a lot of oil money to play with in the stock market. He meets stock analyst Molly Thatcher, who tries to ignore the lavish attention he spends on her but, in the end, she falls for his charm.

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#32Gambling House

Movie - 1950, 2h 15m as Wally (uncredited)

6.2 / 10
CrimeDrama

A gambler faces deportation when he gets mixed up with murder.

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#33The Bonnie Parker Story

Movie - 1958, 2h 15m as Beer Delivery Man / Customer in Bar (uncredited)

5.0 / 10
CrimeAdventure

In the 1930s, amoral blonde tommy-gun girl Bonnie Parker cut a swath of bodies across the South-West. Starting out on gas stations and bars with side-kick Guy Darrow she graduated to bank hold-ups with Darrow's brother and, after bloodily springing him, her jailed husband. But there was never any doubt who was in charge.

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#34Armored Car Robbery

Movie - 1950, 2h 15m as Officer Evans (uncredited)

6.5 / 10
ThrillerCrimeAction

While executing an armored car heist in Los Angeles, icy crook Dave Purvis shoots policeman Lt. Phillips before he and his cronies make off with the loot. Thinking he got away scot-free, Purvis collects his money-crazy mistress, Yvonne, then disposes of his partners and heads out of town. What Purvis doesn't know is that Phillips' partner, tough-as-nails Lt. Cordell, is wise to the criminal's plans and is closing in on his prey.

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#35Sunrise at Campobello

Movie - 1960, 2h 15m as Policeman (uncredited)

6.0 / 10
DramaHistory

The story of Franklin Roosevelt's bout with polio at age 40 in 1921 and how his family (and especially his wife Eleanor) cope with his illness. From being stricken while vacationing at Campobello to his triumphant nominating speech for Al Smith's presidency in 1924, the story follows the various influences on his life and his determination to recover.

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#36The Unknown Man

Movie - 1951, 2h 15m as Sash (uncredited)

5.1 / 10
CrimeDrama

A scrupulously honest lawyer discovers that the client he's gotten off was really guilty.

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#37Going Places

Movie - 1938, 2h 15m as Party Guest

6.6 / 10
RomanceComedy

A sports store clerk poses as a famous jockey as an advertising stunt, but gets more than he bargained for.

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#38Walk Softly, Stranger

Movie - 1950, 2h 15m as Policeman (uncredited)

5.1 / 10
DramaCrimeRomance

Fugitive Chris Hale starts over in a small Midwestern town in Ohio, where he befriends Elaine Corelli, a kind-hearted heiress left disabled after a skiing accident. As love blossoms, Hale vows to change his ways, but escaping his past may mean one last job.

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#39Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison

Movie - 1951, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

6.6 / 10
CrimeDrama

A warden and his assistant clash over prison reform, triggering a violent riot.

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#40Swing Shift Maisie

Movie - 1943, 2h 15m as Plant Worker (Uncredited)

6.8 / 10
ComedyRomance

Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and falls in love with handsome pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin. Breezy, however, falling in love with and getting engaged to Maisie's conniving roommate Iris, doesn't realize she's using him and it's up to Maisie to convince him.

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#41Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad

Movie - 1948, 2h 15m as Jeff Lundy

8.0 / 10
ComedyDrama

Joe Palooka goes blind during a fight. An operation restores his vision, but he's told not to fight for a year. His trainer Knobby has picked up another fighter, but gangsters are pressing him to fix fights. Joe decides to risk his eyesight to save Knobby's honor.

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#42A Strange Adventure

Movie - 1956, 2h 15m as Jail Guard (uncredited)

5.6 / 10
CrimeDramaThriller

A trio of thieves make their getaway by kidnapping a young hot-rodder, and take over a mountain cabin for a hideout after overpowering its occupants.

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#43Big Town

Movie - 1946, 2h 15m as Cop (uncredited)

5.5 / 10
CrimeDrama

A newspaper editor goes on an anti-crime crusade, but gets carried away.

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#44The Invisible Menace

Movie - 1938, 2h 15m as Tough Soldier

4.3 / 10
MysteryThrillerCrime

Army Private Eddie Pratt smuggles his new bride into camp in hopes of having a happy wedding night. Instead they discover a murder. Colonel Rogers of Army Intelligence arrives to take over the case. The prime suspect, Jevries, is well-known to Rogers, who sets out to get a confession from Jevries even though there are plenty of other suspects.

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#45Fall In

Movie - 1942, 2h 15m as Sgt. William Tasacoscowitz

6.5 / 10
Comedy

An Army sergeant's photographic memory puts him in conflict with a Nazi spy.

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#46Inflation

Movie - 1942, 2h 15m as Worker in Pay Line (uncredited)

6.3 / 10
WarDrama

The Devil works with Adolf Hitler to cause inflation in the United States.

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#47$1,000 a Touchdown

Movie - 1939, 2h 15m as Dimples (uncredited)

3.7 / 10
Comedy

A couple inherits a college and to generate revenue offers a thousand dollars to players for each touchdown they score.

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#48Million Dollar Pursuit

Movie - 1951, 2h 15m as Police Lieut. Spears

6.5 / 10
Crime

A petty thief schemes a big score when he plans an armored car robbery.

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