Actor
Al Shean
May 12, 1868 · Dornum, Germany
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.
Often works with
Clark Gable
3 titles together
San Francisco, That's Entertainment, Part II, Too Hot to Handle
Jeanette MacDonald
3 titles together
San Francisco, That's Entertainment, Part II, Broadway Serenade
Charles Judels
3 titles together
San Francisco, Live, Love and Learn, Symphony of Living
Bert Roach
3 titles together
San Francisco, The Great Waltz, Traveling Saleslady
Russell Hicks
3 titles together
The Blue Bird, Sweet Music, Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Christian Rub
3 titles together
The Great Waltz, Music in the Air, It Could Happen to You
Full filmography · 26
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
19767
Atlantic City
as Al Shean
1944
Crime Doctor
as Dave, a Convict
1943
Hitler's Madman
as Father Cemlanek
1943The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
as Old Dann
1942
Ziegfeld Girl
as Al
19416.6
Friendly Neighbors
as Doc
1940
The Blue Bird
as Grandpa Tyl
19405.8
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Father Reicher
1939
Broadway Serenade
as Herman
1939
The Great Waltz
as Cellist
1938
Too Hot to Handle
as Gumpert
19386