Personal Info
Abraham Elieser Adolph Schoenberg
Al Shearer
Al Shean
Acting
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 Mar…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
Atlantic City
as Al Shean
Crime Doctor
as Dave, a Convict
Hitler's Madman
as Father Cemlanek
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
as Old Dann
Ziegfeld Girl
as Al
The Blue Bird
as Grandpa Tyl
Friendly Neighbors
as Doc
Broadway Serenade
as Herman
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Father Reicher