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Mickey Shaughnessy

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

August 5, 1920(64)

Day of Death

July 23, 1985

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Joseph C. Shaughnessy
IMDb

Mickey Shaughnessy

Acting

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

Known For

Filmography