Al Shean
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1868-05-12 (81 years old)
Deathday
1949-08-12
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. His sister, Minnie, married Sam "Frenchie" Marx; their children would become the Marx Brothers. After making a name for himself in va...
Acting
1942
as Old Dann
1931
as Self
1939
as Herman
1935
as Sigmund Selzer
1935
as Adolph Greig
1938
as Gumpert
1941
as Al
1938
as Cellist
1936
as Adolph Rumplemeyer
1937
as Professor Fraum
1937
as Professor Tyler
1935
as Mr. Hamburgher
1935
as Schmidt
1940
as Grandpa Tyl
1930
as Betty's Uncle Emil
1935
as Mr. Johnson
1940
as Doc
1936
as Herman Blatz
1944
as Al Shean
1943
as Dave, a Convict
1943
as Father Cemlanek
1976
as (archive footage)
1934
as Dr. Walter Lessing
1937
as Max 'Pa' Barrett
1936
as Professor
1939
as Father Reicher
1937
as Markheim
Production
1941
as Songs
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