Editing Milo O'Shea

{{Short description|Irish-American actor (1926–2013)}}
{{EngvarB|date=November 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}}
{{Infobox person
| name          = Milo O'Shea
| image         = Milo O'Shea 1967.jpg
| imagesize     = 
| caption       = O'Shea in ''[[Ulysses (1967 film)|Ulysses]]'' (1967)
| birth_name    = Milo Donal O'Shea
| birth_date    = {{birth date|df=y|1926|06|02}}
| birth_place   = [[Dublin]], Ireland
| death_date    = {{death date and age|df=y|2013|04|02|1926|06|02}}
| death_place   = [[Manhattan]], New York, U.S.
| resting_place = [[Deans Grange Cemetery]]
| education     = [[Congregation of Christian Brothers|Christian Brothers]]
| occupation    = Actor
| yearsactive   = 1940–2005
| spouse        = {{plainlist|
*{{marriage|[[Maureen Toal]]|1952|1974|end=divorced}}
*{{marriage|Kitty Sullivan|1976}}
}}
| children      = 2 sons (with Toal)
}}

'''Milo Donal O'Shea''' (2 June 1926 – 2 April 2013) was an [[Irish people|Irish]] actor. He was twice nominated for the [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play]] for his performances in ''[[Staircase (play)|Staircase]]'' (1968) and ''[[Mass Appeal (play)|Mass Appeal]]'' (1982).<ref name=Tony/>

==Early life==
O'Shea was born and brought up in [[Dublin]] and educated by the [[Congregation of Christian Brothers|Christian Brothers]] at [[Synge Street CBS|Synge Street school]],<ref name="Pittsburgh Mass Appeal">{{cite news|last=Blank|first=Ed|title=Milo O'Shea Has Mass Appeal|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press|date=31 January 1982|pages=J1, J3}}</ref> along with his friend [[Donal Donnelly]]. His father was a singer and his mother a ballet teacher. Because he was bilingual, O'Shea performed in English-speaking theatres and in Irish in the [[Abbey Theatre]] Company.<ref name="Pittsburgh Mass Appeal"/> At age 12, he appeared in [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s ''[[Caesar and Cleopatra (play)|Caesar and Cleopatra]]'' at the [[Gate Theatre]]. He later studied music and drama at the [[Guildhall School of Music and Drama|Guildhall School]] in London and was a skilled pianist.<ref name=Guardian>{{cite news|last=Coveney|first=Michael|title=Milo O'Shea obituary: Irish stage and screen character actor who appeared in Barbarella, The Verdict and the BBC's 1969 sitcom Me Mammy|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/apr/03/milo-o-shea?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487|access-date=6 April 2013|newspaper=The Guardian|date=3 April 2013}}</ref>

He was discovered in the 1950s by Harry Dillon, who ran the 37 Theatre Club on the top floor of his shop the Swiss Gem Company, 51 Lower O'Connell Street Dublin. Early in his career O'Shea toured with the theatrical company of [[Anew McMaster]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/a-multitalented-actor-with-star-quality-1.1350721 | title=Obituary for Milo O'Shea | newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] | date=6 April 2013}}</ref>

==Career==
O'Shea began acting on the stage, then moved into film in the 1960s. He became popular in the United Kingdom, as a result of starring in the [[BBC]] sitcom ''[[Me Mammy]]'' alongside [[Yootha Joyce]]. In 1967–68 he appeared in the drama ''[[Staircase (play)|Staircase]]'', co-starring [[Eli Wallach]] and directed by [[Barry Morse]], which stands as Broadway's first depiction of homosexual men in a serious light. For his role in that drama, he was nominated for the [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play]] in 1968.<ref name=Tony/>

O'Shea starred as [[Leopold Bloom]] in [[Joseph Strick]]'s 1967 film version of ''[[Ulysses (1967 film)|Ulysses]]''. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-22011629]
Among his other memorable film roles in the 1960s were the well-intentioned Friar Laurence in [[Franco Zeffirelli]]'s ''[[Romeo and Juliet (1968 film)|Romeo and Juliet]]'' and the villainous Dr. Durand Durand (who tried to kill [[Jane Fonda]]'s character by making her die of pleasure) in [[Roger Vadim]]'s counterculture classic ''[[Barbarella (film)|Barbarella]]'' (both films were released in 1968). In 1984, O'Shea reprised his role as Dr. Durand Durand (credited as Dr. Duran Duran) for the 1985 [[Duran Duran]] concert film ''[[Arena (An Absurd Notion)]]'', since his character inspired the band's name. He played Inspector Boot in the 1973 [[Vincent Price]] horror/comedy film ''[[Theatre of Blood]]''.

He was active in American films and television, such as his memorable supporting role as the trial judge in the [[Sidney Lumet]]-directed movie ''[[The Verdict]]'' (1982) with [[Paul Newman]], an episode of ''[[The Golden Girls]]'' in 1987, and portraying [[Chief Justice of the United States]] Roy Ashland in the television series ''[[The West Wing (television)|The West Wing]]''. In 1992, O'Shea guest starred in the season 10 finale of the sitcom ''[[Cheers]]'' and in 1995, in an episode of the show's spin-off ''[[Frasier]]''. In the episode of ''Frasier'', he played Dr. Schachter, a couple's therapist who counsels the Crane brothers together.<ref name="Information">{{cite web|url=http://www.fancast.com/tv/Frasier/2332/episodes/Shrink-Rap/1536|title=Episode Information for ''Frasier''|publisher=fancast.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605194205/http://www.fancast.com/tv/Frasier/2332/episodes/Shrink-Rap/1536|archive-date=5 June 2008}}</ref> He appeared in the pilot episode of ''[[Early Edition]]'' as Sherman.

Other stage appearances include ''[[Mass Appeal (play)|Mass Appeal]]'' (1981) in which he originated the role of Father Tim Farley (for which he was nominated for the [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play]] in 1982),<ref name=Tony>To view nominations, type "Milo O'Shea" in the search box. {{cite web|url=http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/history/pastwinners/index.html |title=Search Past Winners |publisher=Tony Awards |access-date=7 April 2013}}</ref> the musical ''[[Dear World]]'' in which he played the Sewer Man opposite [[Angela Lansbury]] as Countess Aurelia, ''Corpse!'' (1986) and a 1994 Broadway revival of ''[[Philadelphia, Here I Come]]''.

O'Shea received an honorary degree from [[Quinnipiac University]] in 2010.<ref name="Graduation">{{cite web | url=http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2010/05/17/news/aa1mongraduationsart051710.txt | title=Graduation Day | first1=Pamela | last1=McLoughlin | first2=Jim | last2=Shelton | date=May 17, 2010 | work=New Haven Register | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327084503/http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2010/05/17/news/aa1mongraduationsart051710.txt | archive-date=27 March 2012 | df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Personal life==
O'Shea's first wife was [[Maureen Toal]], an Irish actress, with whom he had two sons.<ref name="Pittsburgh Mass Appeal"/> He divorced her in 1974.

He was married to the Irish actress Kitty Sullivan, whom he met in Italy, where he was filming ''[[Barbarella (film)|Barbarella]]'' and she was auditioning for ''[[Man of La Mancha]]''.<ref name="Pittsburgh Mass Appeal"/> The couple occasionally acted together, such as in a 1981 Broadway revival of ''[[My Fair Lady]]''. O'Shea and Sullivan had no children together. They both adopted United States citizenship and resided in New York City, where they both lived from 1976.<ref name=Guardian/>

===Death===
O'Shea died on 2 April 2013, in New York City following a short illness at the age of 86.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22011629 | title=Milo O'Shea dies after a short illness | work=BBC News | date=3 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last=Trounson | first=Rebecca | title=Actor often 'played Irish' | work=Los Angeles Times | date=4 April 2012}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class = "wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1940 || ''[[Contraband (1940 film)|Contraband]]'' || Air Raid Warden || Uncredited
|-
|1946 || ''[[Great Expectations (1946 film)|Great Expectations]]'' || Condemned criminal || Uncredited
|-
|1950 || ''[[Talk of a Million]]'' || Signwriter ||
|- 
|1958 || ''[[Never Love a Stranger]]'' || Off-Screen Narrator || Uncredited 
|-
|1959 || ''[[This Other Eden (film)|This Other Eden]]'' || Pat Tweedy ||
|-
|1962 || ''[[Mrs. Gibbons' Boys (film)|Mrs. Gibbons' Boys]]'' || Horse ||
|-
|1963 || ''[[Carry On Cabby]]'' || Len ||
|-
|1964 || ''[[Never Put It in Writing]]'' || Danny O'Toole ||
|-
|1967 || ''[[Ulysses (1967 film)|Ulysses]]'' || Leopold Bloom ||
|-
|1968 || ''[[Romeo and Juliet (1968 film)|Romeo and Juliet]]'' || Friar Laurence ||
|-
|1968 || ''[[Barbarella (film)|Barbarella]]'' || Concierge / Durand-Durand ||
|-
|1968|| ''[[Journey into Darkness (film)|Journey into Darkness]]'' || Matt Dystal || (episode 'The New People')
|-
|1969 || ''[[The Adding Machine (film)|The Adding Machine]]'' || Mr. Zero ||
|-
|1970 || ''[[Paddy (film)|Paddy]]'' || Harry Redmond ||
|-
|1970 || ''[[The Angel Levine]]'' || Dr. Arnold Berg ||
|-
|1970 || ''[[Loot (1970 film)|Loot]]'' || Mr. McLeavy ||
|-
|1971 || ''[[Sacco & Vanzetti (1971 film)|Sacco & Vanzetti]]'' || Fred Moore ||
|-
|1973 || ''[[The Love Ban]]'' || Father Andrew ||
|-
|1973 || ''[[Theatre of Blood]]'' || Inspector Boot ||
|-
|1973 || ''[[Steptoe and Son Ride Again]]'' || Doctor Popplewell ||
|-
|1973 || ''[[Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World]]'' || Dr. Jameson ||
|-
|1974 || ''[[Professor Popper's Problem]]'' || Dr. Klein ||
|-
|1974 || ''[[Percy's Progress]]'' || Professor Crabbit ||
|-
|1979 || ''[[Arabian Adventure]]'' || Khasim ||
|-
|1980 || ''[[The Pilot (film)|The Pilot]]'' || Doctor O'Brian ||
|-
|1982 || ''[[The Verdict]]'' || Judge Hoyle ||
|-
|1985 || ''[[The Purple Rose of Cairo]]'' || Father Donnelly ||
|-
|1989 || ''[[The Dream Team (1989 film)|The Dream Team]]'' || Dr. Newald ||
|-
|1990 || ''[[Opportunity Knocks (film)|Opportunity Knocks]]'' || Max ||
|-
|1991 || ''[[Only the Lonely (film)|Only the Lonely]]'' || Doyle ||
|-
|1992 || ''[[The Playboys (film)|The Playboys]]'' || Freddie ||
|-
|1997 || ''[[The Butcher Boy (1997 film)|The Butcher Boy]]'' || Father Sullivan ||
|- 
|1997 || ''[[The Matchmaker (1997 film)|The Matchmaker]]'' || Dermot O'Brien ||
|-
|2000 || ''[[Moonglow (film)|Moonglow]]'' || Peter Brener ||
|-
|2002 || ''[[Puckoon]]'' || Sgt. McGillikuddie ||
|-
|2003 || ''[[Mystics (film)|Mystics]]'' || Locky ||
|}

=== Television ===
{| class = "wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1951 || ''The Passing Show'' || Performer || Episode: "The Years of Change"
|-
|1957–1958 || ''[[Armchair Theatre]]'' || Performer || 2 episodes
|-
|1958 || ''[[Theatre Night]]'' || Shawn Keogh || Episode: "The Hearts a Wonderer"
|-
|1960 || ''[[Playhouse (British TV series)|ITV Television Playhouse]]'' || Performer || 3 episodes
|-
|1960 || ''On Trial'' || Charles Armstrong || Episode: "W.T. Stead"
|-
|1961 || ''[[The Play of the Week]]'' || Presenter || Episode: "Waiting for Godot"
|-
|1961 || ''[[No Hiding Place]]'' || Perkins || Episode: "Mr. and Mrs. Smith"
|-
|1962 || ''[[Out of This World (British TV series)|Out of This World]]'' || Jacob Luke || Episode: "Pictures Don't Lie"
|-
|1962 || ''[[Z-Cars]]'' || Caxton / Chauncey || 2 episodes
|-
|1963 || ''Maupassant'' || Brument || Episode: "Women and Money"
|-
|1963 || ''First Night'' || Benjy Spillane || Episode: "My One True Love"
|-
|1964 || ''[[Festival (British TV series)|Festival]]'' || Leopold Bloom || Episode: "Bloomsday"
|-
|1960–1965 || ''[[ITV Play of the Week]]'' || Performer || 4 episodes 
|-
|1965 || ''[[Drama 61-67]]'' || Sam Quilly || Episode: "Drama '65: Mrs Quilley's Murder Shoes"
|-
|1965 || ''[[Theatre 625]]'' || Mulligan || Episode: "Portrait of the North"
|-
|1966 || ''[[The Wednesday Play]]'' || Brother Arnold || Episode: "Silent Song"
|-
|1966 || ''[[Pardon the Expression]]'' || Uncle Mike || Episode: "Heads Down"
|-
|1966 || ''[[Thirty-Minute Theatre]]'' || Fred || Episode: "Friday Night's the Best Night"
|- 
|1967 || ''Uncle Charles'' || Renzo Phillipe || Episode: "Mrs. Phillipe is Hurt"
|-
|1968 || ''[[Journey to the Unknown]]'' || Matt Dystal || Episode: "The New People"
|-
|1965–1969 || ''[[Out of the Unknown]]'' || Monty/Henry || 2 episodes
|-
|1969 || ''[[Galton and Simpson|Galton and Simpson Comedy]]'' || Alec Hemphill || Episode: "Pity Poor Edie"
|-
|1970 || ''[[On the House (TV series)|On the House]]'' || Mr. McGonigle || "The Great McGonigle"
|-
|1970 || ''The Glorious Uncertainty'' || Sam Price || TV movie
|-
|1968–1971 || ''[[Me Mammy]]'' || Bunjy Kennefick || 21 episodes
|-
|1971 || ''[[Jackanory]]'' || Storyteller || 5 episodes
|-
|1971 || ''Andorra'' || The Teacher || TV movie
|-
|1972 || ''Tales from the Lazy Acre'' || Various roles || 7 episodes
|-
|1973 || ''[[And No One Could Save Her]]'' || Patrick Dooley || Television movie
|-
|1973 || ''[[The Protectors]]'' || Prince Carpiano || Episode: "A Case for the Right"
|-
|1973 || ''[[Orson Welles Great Mysteries]]'' || Father Crumlish || Episode: "In the Confessional"
|-
|1974 || ''[[QB VII (miniseries)|QB VII]]'' || Dr. Lotaki || 3 episodes
|-
|1968–1974 || ''[[Comedy Playhouse]]'' || Various Roles || 2 episodes
|-
|1974 || ''Microbes and Men'' || Paul Erlich || 2 episodes
|-
|1975 || ''My Son Rueben'' || Dennis Baxter || Episode: "Better to Have Loved and Lost"
|-
|1977 || ''The Best of Families'' || Patrick Rafferty || Mini-Series
|-
|1977 || ''[[Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion|Peter Lundy <br />and the Medicine Hat Stallion]]'' || Brisly || TV movie
|-
|1980 || ''Portrait of a Rebel: <br />The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger'' || Higgins || TV movie
|-
|1980 || ''[[A Time for Miracles]]'' || Performer || TV movie
|-
|1984 || ''Two by Forsyth'' || Performer || TV movie
|-
|1984 || ''[[Jennifer Slept Here]]'' || Grandpa || Episode: "Life with Grandfather"
|-
|1984 || ''[[Ellis Island (miniseries)|Ellis Island]]'' || Casey O'Donnell || 3 episode miniseries
|-
|1985 || ''[[Arena (An Absurd Notion)]]'' || Duran Duran || Short video
|-
|1986 || ''[[St. Elsewhere]]'' || Brendan Connelly || Episode: "Lost Weekend"
|-
|1987 || ''[[Broken Vows (1987 film)|Broken Vows]]'' || Monsignor Casey || TV movie
|-
|1987 || ''Angel in Green'' || Father Mahon || TV movie
|-
|1987 || ''[[Once a Hero]]'' || Abner Bevis || 3 episodes
|-
|1987 || ''[[Who's the Boss]]'' || Judge Kresheck || Episode: "Car and Driver"
|-
|1987 || ''[[The Golden Girls]]'' || Buddy Rourke || Episode: "Charlie's Buddy"
|-
|1988 || ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1987 TV series)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' || Evan Brannigan || Episode: "Temptation"
|-
|1991 || ''[[The Commish]]'' || Frank Atkins || Episode: "No Greater Gift"
|-
|1992 || ''[[Cheers]]'' || Uncle Roger || Episode: "An Old-Fashioned Wedding"
|-
|1993 || ''[[Murder in the Heartland]]'' || Clem Gaughan || 2 episodes
|-
|1995 || ''[[Frasier]]'' || Dr. Schachter || Episode: "Shrink Rap"
|-
|1996 || ''[[Early Edition]]'' || Sherman || Episode: "Pilot"
|-
|1998 || ''[[Spin City]]'' || Father Larry || Episode: "The Paul Bearer"
|-
|1999 || ''[[Swing Vote (1999 film)|Swing Vote]]'' || Justice Greene || TV movie
|-
|1999 || ''[[Oz (TV series)|Oz]]'' || Dr. Frederick Garvey || 3 episodes
|-
|2000 || ''[[Madigan Men]]'' || Milo || 2 episodes
|-
|2003–2004 || ''[[The West Wing]]'' || Chief Justice Ashland || 2 episodes, (final appearance)
|}

=== Theatre===
{| class = "wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Venue
! Ref. 
|-
|1968 || ''[[Staircase (play)|Staircase]]'' || Harry C. Leeds || [[Samuel J. Friedman Theatre|Biltmore Theatre]], Broadway || rowspan=12|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/person/milo-oshea-vault-0000040848|title = Milo O'Shea|work=Playbill}}</ref>
|-
|1969 || ''[[Dear World]]'' || The Sewerman || [[Mark Hellinger Theatre]], Broadway
|-
|1976 || ''[[Mrs. Warren's Profession]]'' || Rev. Samuel Gardner || [[Vivian Beaumont Theatre]], Broadway
|-
|1976–1977 || ''[[Comedians (play)|Comedians]]'' || Eddie Waters || [[Music Box Theatre]], Broadway
|-
|1977–1978 || ''[[A Touch of the Poet]]'' || Jamie Cregan || [[Hayes Theater|Helen Hayes Theatre]], Broadway
|-
|1979 || ''[[Pygmalion (play)|Pygmalion]]'' || rowspan=2|Alfred Doolitte || Ahmanson Theatre, California
|-
|1981 || ''[[My Fair Lady]]'' || [[Gershwin Theatre|Uris Theatre]], Broadway
|-
|1981–1982 || ''[[Mass Appeal (play)|Mass Appeal]]'' || Father Tim Farley || [[Booth Theatre]], Broadway
|-
|1986 || ''Corpse!'' || Major Walter Powell || Helen Hayes Theatre, Broadway
|-
|1989–1990 || ''[[Meet Me in St. Louis]]'' || Grandpa || [[Gershwin Theatre]], Broadway
|-
|1994 || ''[[Philadelphia, Here I Come!]]'' || S.B. O'Donnell || [[Olympia Theatre (New York City)|Center Stage Right]], Broadway
|}

== Awards and nominations ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Nominated work
! Result
|-
|1968 || [[British Academy Film Awards]] || Most Promising Newcomer || ''[[Ulysses (1967 film)|Ulysses]]'' || {{nom}}
|-
|1968 || rowspan=2|[[Tony Awards]] || rowspan=2|[[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play|Best Actor in a Play]] || ''[[Staircase (play)|Staircase]]'' || {{nom}} 
|-
|1982 || rowspan=3|''[[Mass Appeal (play)|Mass Appeal]]'' || {{nom}}
|-
|1982 || [[Drama Desk Award]] || Best Actor in a Play || {{nom}}
|-
|1982 || [[Outer Critics Circle]] || Best Actor in a Play || {{won}}
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0642675|name=Milo O'Shea}}
* {{IBDB name}}
* {{iobdb name|6619}}
* [http://www.irishtimes.com/news/actor-milo-o-shea-86-dies-in-new-york-1.1347431 Obituary in ''The Irish Times'']

{{Distinguished Performance Award}}

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Oshea, Milo}}
[[Category:1926 births]]
[[Category:2013 deaths]]
[[Category:Irish male film actors]]
[[Category:Irish emigrants to the United States]]
[[Category:Irish male television actors]]
[[Category:Irish male stage actors]]
[[Category:Male actors from Dublin (city)]]
[[Category:Male actors from New York City]]
[[Category:People educated at Synge Street CBS]]
[[Category:Quinnipiac University people]]