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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- 1976 ·That's Entertainment, Part IIas (archive footage)
- 1944 ·Atlantic Cityas Al Shean
- 1943 ·Crime Doctoras Dave, a Convict
- 1943 ·Hitler's Madmanas Father Cemlanek
- 1942 ·The Daughter of Rosie O'Gradyas Old Dann
- 1941 ·Ziegfeld Girlas Al
- 1940 ·Friendly Neighborsas Doc
- 1940 ·The Blue Birdas Grandpa Tyl
- 1939 ·Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the Presidentas Father Reicher
- 1939 ·Broadway Serenadeas Herman
- 1938 ·The Great Waltzas Cellist
- 1938 ·Too Hot to Handleas Gumpert
- 1937 ·Tim Tyler's Luckas Professor Tyler
- 1937 ·Live, Love and Learnas Professor Fraum
- 1937 ·It Could Happen to Youas Max 'Pa' Barrett
- 1937 ·The Road Backas Markheim
- 1936 ·San Franciscoas Professor
- 1936 ·At Sea Ashoreas Adolph Rumplemeyer
- 1936 ·Hitch Hike To Heavenas Herman Blatz
- 1935 ·It's in the Airas Mr. Johnson
- 1935 ·Page Miss Gloryas Mr. Hamburgher
- 1935 ·Traveling Salesladyas Schmidt
- 1935 ·Sweet Musicas Sigmund Selzer
- 1935 ·Symphony of Livingas Adolph Greig
- 1934 ·Music in the Airas Dr. Walter Lessing
- 1931 ·Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Sheanas Self
- 1930 ·Chills and Feveras Betty's Uncle Emil