Al Shean

Personal Info

Birthday

May 12, 1868

Day of Death

1949-08-12

(81 years old)

Place of Birth

Dornum, Germany

Also Known As

Abraham Elieser Adolph Schoenberg

Al Shearer

Al Shean

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.

Known For

The Blue Bird

San Francisco

Ziegfeld Girl

That's Entertainment, Part II

It's in the Air

Broadway Serenade

Atlantic City

Too Hot to Handle

Filmography

1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1944
Atlantic City
as Al Shean
1943
Crime Doctor
as Dave, a Convict
Hitler's Madman
as Father Cemlanek
1942
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
as Old Dann
1941
Ziegfeld Girl
as Al
1940
Friendly Neighbors
as Doc
The Blue Bird
as Grandpa Tyl
1939
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Father Reicher
Broadway Serenade
as Herman
1938
The Great Waltz
as Cellist
Too Hot to Handle
as Gumpert
1937
Tim Tyler's Luck
as Professor Tyler
Live, Love and Learn
as Professor Fraum
It Could Happen to You
as Max 'Pa' Barrett
The Road Back
as Markheim
1936
San Francisco
as Professor
At Sea Ashore
as Adolph Rumplemeyer
Hitch Hike To Heaven
as Herman Blatz
1935
It's in the Air
as Mr. Johnson
Page Miss Glory
as Mr. Hamburgher
Traveling Saleslady
as Schmidt
Sweet Music
as Sigmund Selzer
Symphony of Living
as Adolph Greig
1934
Music in the Air
as Dr. Walter Lessing
1931
Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean
as Self
1930
Chills and Fever
as Betty's Uncle Emil