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Al Shean
Acting

Al Shean
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1868-05-12,Dornum, Germany
Gender
Male
Biography
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.

Filmography

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

9

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
1942-07-04

Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean

10

Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean
1931-08-29

Broadway Serenade

6.6

Broadway Serenade
1939-04-07

6.75

Sweet Music
1935-02-23

Symphony of Living

6.5

Symphony of Living
1935-01-19

Too Hot to Handle

6.024

Too Hot to Handle
1938-09-16

6.7

Ziegfeld Girl
1941-04-25

The Great Waltz

5.889

The Great Waltz
1938-11-04

8

At Sea Ashore
1936-04-04

Live, Love and Learn

5.625

Live, Love and Learn
1937-10-29

Tim Tyler's Luck

7

Tim Tyler's Luck
1937-12-27

Page Miss Glory

6.714

Page Miss Glory
1935-09-07

Traveling Saleslady

6.063

Traveling Saleslady
1935-03-28

5.826

The Blue Bird
1940-01-15

Chills and Fever

9

Chills and Fever
1930-04-26

It's in the Air

6.333

It's in the Air
1935-10-10

Friendly Neighbors

8

Friendly Neighbors
1940-11-17

Hitch Hike To Heaven

10

Hitch Hike To Heaven
1936-03-12

6.333

Atlantic City
1944-09-15

6.357

Crime Doctor
1943-06-22

Hitler's Madman

5.5

Hitler's Madman
1943-06-10

That's Entertainment, Part II

7

That's Entertainment, Part II
1976-05-16

Music in the Air

5.571

Music in the Air
1934-12-13

It Could Happen to You

3

It Could Happen to You
1937-06-28

6.599

San Francisco
1936-06-26

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

5

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939-12-01

6.667

The Road Back
1937-06-01