Mickey Shaughnessy
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Joseph Michael Shaughnessy (August 5, 1920 – July 23, 1985) was an Irish American character actor and comedian who excelled in playing lovable, but not-too-bright lugs.
He was known for his roles as Elvis Presley's tough, experienced mentor in Jailhouse Rock and Maxi the punch-drunk boxer in Designing Woman (1957) opposite Gregory Peck. Shaughnessy, a New York City-born boxer, started out as a musician before he became a comedian.
He served in World War II and appeared in "Stars and Gripes," a US Army magazine.
After the war, a Columbia Pictures producer saw him on stage and gave him a screen test.
In addition to his film work, he worked in radio and television and performed in a nightclub.
Early life
Joseph C. Shaughnessy was born in New York City and died. He started out as a singer at resorts and then went to be a comedian because the pay was higher. He was also a Golden Gloves boxer.
He served in World War II and appeared in "Stars and Gripes," a U.S. Army publication. After the war, a Columbia Pictures producer saw him on stage and gave him a screen test. In 1952 film The Marrying Kind, his screen debut was made.
Career
In films ranging from Here to Eternity, where he portrayed the amiable Sergeant Leva, Shaughnessy, who was six foot tall and weighed 210 pounds, he played "tough, colorful characters." He also appeared in Jailhouse Rock as Elvis Presley's character's prison mentor, and in Designing Woman (1957) as a punch-drunk ex-boxer who could only sleep with his eyes open.
He received acclaim for roles that might not have otherwise been overlooked as a performer. "British film critic Bosley Crowther said that Shaughnessy's role in The Sheepman (1958) was the "item to be thankful for," and that he was "a slag heap of pot-belly, wounded dignity, and scowls."
He appeared in Walt Disney's The Boatniks for a while. He appeared in the 1971 film Chicago Teddy Bears, a 1920s parody of a speakeasy.
Shaughnessy once said that he often remembered "the old Irishman--the guy who refuses the dentist's No. 2," according to the Los Angeles Times. He stands there and takes out his rosary and laments over the agony of his sins."
He has worked in radio and television as well as had a nightclub appearance.