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Mickey Shaughnessy

Mickey Shaughnessy

Acting
05 Aug 1920
23 Jul 1985
New York City, New York, USA

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, li...

Also Known As

Joseph C. Shaughnessy

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