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Al Shean

Al Shean

Actor, Writer

Born May 12, 1868 in Dornum, Germany

Died August 12, 1949

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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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Ziegfeld Girl Intro Documentary2004Al

Inside the Marx Brothers Poster

Inside the Marx Brothers Documentary2003Self

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years Poster

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years Documentary1997Self

That's Entertainment, Part II Poster

That's Entertainment, Part II Documentary1976Clip from 'Broadway Serenade'

The Golden Twenties Poster

The Golden Twenties Documentary1950Self

We, the People TV Series1948Self

Atlantic City Poster

Atlantic City Feature Film1944Al Shean

Crime Doctor Poster

Crime Doctor Feature Film1943Dave - Convict

Hitler's Madman Poster

Hitler's Madman Feature Film1943Father Cemlanek

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady Poster

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady Short Film1942Old Dann

Tish Feature Film1942Rev. Ostermaier

Love in Gloom Short Film1941Al

Ziegfeld Girl Poster

Ziegfeld Girl Feature Film1941Al

Friendly Neighbors Poster

Friendly Neighbors Feature Film1940Doc

The Blue Bird Poster

The Blue Bird Feature Film1940Grandpa Tyl

Broadway Serenade Poster

Broadway Serenade Feature Film1939Herman

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President Poster

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President Feature Film1939Father Reicher

The Great Waltz Poster

The Great Waltz Feature Film1938Cellist

Too Hot to Handle Poster

Too Hot to Handle Feature Film1938Gumpert

52nd Street Poster

52nd Street Feature Film1937Klauber

It Could Happen to You Poster

It Could Happen to You Feature Film1937Max 'Pa' Barrett

Live, Love and Learn Poster

Live, Love and Learn Feature Film1937Professor Fraum

Rosalie Feature Film1937Herman Schmidt

The Prisoner of Zenda Poster

The Prisoner of Zenda Feature Film1937Orchestra leader

The Road Back Poster

The Road Back Feature Film1937Markheim

Tim Tyler's Luck Poster

Tim Tyler's Luck Feature Film1937Professor Tyler

At Sea Ashore Poster

At Sea Ashore Short Film1936Adolph Rumplemeyer

Hitch Hike to Heaven Poster

Hitch Hike to Heaven Feature Film1936Herman Blatz

San Francisco Poster

San Francisco Feature Film1936Professor

Slide, Nellie, Slide Poster

Slide, Nellie, Slide Short Film1936The Mustard Manufacturer

The King Steps Out Poster

The King Steps Out Feature Film1936Ballet master

The Law in Her Hands Poster

The Law in Her Hands Feature Film1936Franz

It's in the Air Poster

It's in the Air Feature Film1935Mr. Johnson

Page Miss Glory Poster

Page Miss Glory Feature Film1935Mr. Hamburgher

Springtime in Holland Short Film1935

Sweet Music Poster

Sweet Music Feature Film1935Sigmund Selzer

Symphony of Living Poster

Symphony of Living Feature Film1935Adolph Greig

Traveling Saleslady Poster

Traveling Saleslady Feature Film1935Schmidt

Music in the Air Poster

Music in the Air Feature Film1934Dr. Walter Lessing

Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean Poster

Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean Short Film1931Shean

Chills and Fever Poster

Chills and Fever Short Film1930Betty's Uncle Emil

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Monkey Business Poster

Monkey Business Feature Film1931

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