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person_profile-Al Shean

Al Shean Died at age: 81

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Al Shean

Date of Birth:

May 12, 1868

Country of birth:

Germany

Died:

Aug 12, 1949

Biography of

Al Shean

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Abraham Elieser Adolph Schönberg (12 May 1868 – 12 August 1949), known as Al Shean, was a comedian and vaudeville performer. Other sources give his birth name variously as Adolf Schönberg, Albert Schönberg, or Alfred Schönberg.[6] He is most remembered for being half of the vaudeville team Gallagher and Shean, and as the uncle of the Marx Brothers.

    Shean was born in Dornum, Germany, on 12 May 1868, the son of Fanny and Levi or Louis Schoenberg. His father was a magician. His sister, Minnie, married Sam "Frenchie" Marx; their children would become the Marx Brothers.

    After making a name for himself in vaudeville, Shean teamed up with Edward Gallagher to create the act Gallagher and Shean in the 1920s. While the act was successful, the men apparently did not like each other much. After their act's final Ziegfeld Follies pairing, Shean went on to perform solo in eight Broadway shows, even playing the title character in Father Malachy's Miracle.

    Shean had some solo film roles: as the piano player, known as "The Professor" in San Francisco (1936), as a priest in Hitler's Madman (1943), as grandfather in The Blue Bird (1940), and in some three dozen other films. He and Gallagher also made an early sound film at the Theodore Case studio in Auburn, New York, in 1925.

    He died on 12 August 1949.

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Al Shean

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Filmography of

Al Shean

Found 23 Movies in total

That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1976

Atlantic City

Al Shean ( Actor )

... 1944

Crime Doctor

Dave, a Convict ( Actor )

... 1943

Hitler's Madman

Father Cemlanek ( Actor )

... 1943

Ziegfeld Girl

Al ( Actor )

Songs

... 1941

Friendly Neighbors

Doc ( Actor )

... 1940

The Blue Bird

Grandpa Tyl ( Actor )

... 1940

... 1939

Broadway Serenade

Herman ( Actor )

... 1939

The Great Waltz

Cellist ( Actor )

... 1938

Too Hot to Handle

Gumpert ( Actor )

... 1938

Tim Tyler's Luck

Professor Tyler ( Actor )

... 1937

Live, Love and Learn

Professor Fraum ( Actor )

... 1937

It Could Happen to You

Max 'Pa' Barrett ( Actor )

... 1937

The Road Back

Markheim ( Actor )

... 1937

San Francisco

Professor ( Actor )

... 1936

Hitch Hike To Heaven

Herman Blatz ( Actor )

... 1936

It's in the Air

Mr. Johnson ( Actor )

... 1935

Page Miss Glory

Mr. Hamburgher ( Actor )

... 1935

Traveling Saleslady

Schmidt ( Actor )

... 1935

Sweet Music

Sigmund Selzer ( Actor )

... 1935

Symphony of Living

Adolph Greig ( Actor )

... 1935

Music in the Air

Dr. Walter Lessing ( Actor )

... 1934